KYIV, Oct 20 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny considers the multibillion-dollar claims against the company voiced by Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine Oleksiy Liubchenko to be groundless.

KYIV, Oct 20 – Ukraine’s local currency, the hryvnia, stabilized against the U.S. dollar on the interbank foreign exchange market, following 0.2% drop over the past week, as domestic supply of US dollars had accelerated, Bohdan Danylyshyn, the head of the NBU Council said.

KYIV, Oct 20 – Ukrainian businesses should be able to borrow money against debts receivable, a transaction known as factoring, that will open door for many companies to replenish capital and save jobs, a senior official at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said Tuesday.

KYIV, Oct 21 – A series of negative news from Ukraine recently influenced the fact that the ratio between the risk of investing in eurobonds of Naftogaz Ukrayiny and the yield was not optimal, so Naftogaz decided to postpone the placement, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Peter van Driel said.

KYIV, Oct. 18 – British American Tobacco (BAT), a large global tobacco manufacturer, halted production at the B.A.T.-Pryluky factory in Chernihiv region on October 11, 2019.

KYIV, Oct 17 – Uncertainty over Russian gas transit has increased interest in accumulation of gas into Ukraine's underground gas storage (UGS) facilities, Director General of Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LCC (TSO of Ukraine) Sergiy Makogon said.

KYIV, Oct 17 – Meetings that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk last week with bankers give all grounds to expect the increase in the quality of work to return non-performing loans (NPL), according to Head of the International Association of Banks of Ukraine (NABU) Roman Shpek.

KYIV, Oct 17 – Ukraine could receive financial support from the World Bank in early 2020 provided that a number of measures are implemented, in particular privatization, continued balanced fiscal policy and effective public debt management and corporate governance reform in state-run banks, the Finance Ministry has said following a meeting of the Ukrainian delegation with representatives of the World Bank on October 16.

KYIV, Oct 17 – Consumer confidence in Ukraine continued improving in September and grew by 1.9 points compared with August, reaching 97.5 (the values of indices can vary from 0 to 200), while a year ago this indicator was 62.6, according to a study conducted by Info Sapiens posted on its website.

KYIV, Oct 17 – Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture forecast that the growth of the country's economy would accelerate to 3.7% in 2020, which coincides with the forecast of the World Bank, Minister Tymofiy Mylovanov said.