KYIV, Nov 19 – The winner of a privatization auction General Commerce LLC confirms plans to purchase First Kyiv Machine-Building Plant (previously the Bilshovyk plant), despite the delay at the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU), the Consortium of Investors told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Nov 19 – The State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine this week sent to the Cabinet of Ministers a draft order on providing additional guarantees to a winner of a tender for sale of United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC), scheduled for December 20, in order to increase competition and ensure successful sale.

KYIV, Nov 19 – The U.S. Department of Energy will finance an independent review of the safety analysis report for small modular reactors (SMRs) by the American company NuScale Power, which is to be carried out by the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety of Ukraine.

KYIV, Nov 20 – The State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine plans soon to hold a road show for three tenders announced in August to develop fossil fuel fields under production sharing agreements (PSA), Head of the Service Roman Opimakh has said.

KYIV, Nov 20 – Ukrainian coal mining companies in January-October 2019 reduced production of coal by 7.6% (by 2.102 million tons) compared to the same period in 2018, to 25.586 million tons.

KYIV, Nov 21 – The Fozzy Group on November 20, 2019 officially opened the largest store of the Silpo retail chain in Ukraine. The store with a total area of around 9,000 square meters (retail area is 5,700 square meters) in the style of the universe of the Mavka. The Forest Song animated feature film was placed in new Blockbuster Mall in Bandery Avenue in Kyiv.

KYIV, Nov 21 – Quality standards should be introduced to develop Ayurveda and yoga in Ukraine, according to Ambassador of the Republic of India to Ukraine Partha Satpathy.

Satpathy said that the standardization is need so that Ayurveda is recognized in the same way in India, Ukraine and other countries.

KYIV, Nov 20 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) together with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) will finance a program of support for bioenergy development worth over $50 million, Lesya Kuzmenko, the EBRD Deputy Head in Ukraine, has said.

KYIV, Nov 20 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will suspend financing solar projects in Ukraine until further notice, Olga Yeriomina, senior banker of the EBRD's energy department, said.

KYIV, Nov 20 – Former Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tigipko, now a wealthy entrepreneur, is estimated to have paid $300 million to acquire Kyiv-based shipbuilding plant owned by President Petro Poroshenko, industry sources said.