DAVOS, Jan. 21 - Despite rampant inflation and only a recent recovery from recession, Ukraine will be able to eke out modest growth in 2016, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko told CNBC Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – Ukraine has cut a number of items, from 29 to 15, from the list of goods subject to export licensing, which contains alloyed ferrous metals, nonferrous metals and their alloys, in particular removing ferroalloys and waste containing aluminum, tin and lead (apart from ethylized petrol sludge).

KIEV, Jan. 22 – State Food-Grain Corporation has fully fulfilled a 2014 contract on supply of corn to China as a part of the general credit agreement on grain exports from Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Avdiyivka by-product coke plant (Donetsk region), part of Metinvest Group, is operating at less than 25% of its capacity and the plant cannot supply coke to the holding's Mariupol Illich Steel Works and Azovstal Steel Works.

LONDON, Jan. 22 - Ukraine's sovereign dollar bonds slumped on Thursday after the government said it would seek talks with bondholders to "improve debt sustainability,“ interpreted by many as a call to restructure the debt, Reuters reported.

BERLIN, Jan. 20 - The creation of the Black Sea Grain Committee by Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan will make it possible to increase these three countries' share of world grain exports to 30% from the current 20%, Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov believes.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – The reduction in prices for Russian gas will not influence heat tariffs for the population, Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Services Andriy Bilousov said in an interview with First National TV Channel.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – Cypriot Komisiano Investments Ltd., founded in 2012 by Vadim Novinsky, could acquire 100% of Cypriot Withine Investments Ltd., receiving control over Ukrainian BM Bank (Kiev).

LONDON, Jan. 22 - Fitch Ratings could revise Ukraine's sovereign rating in late February, Paul Rawkins Fitch Senior Director Sovereigns said at a teleconference on Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 22 - A court considering a lawsuit filed by the Ukrainian Trade Unions' Federation which asked for compensation for the damage caused to its property by protestors has frozen all the bank accounts used to raise funds for the Euromaidan and Automaidan, the Law and Business newspaper said on Wednesday.