KYIV, Oct 21 – The Blockchain4Ukraine, an inter-factional deputy association, plans to introduce the relevant sectoral bills to the Verkhovna Rada in two to three weeks, which all interested specialists are invited to work on.

KYIV, Oct 21 – Metinvest has completed a deal on the repurchase of $440 million eurobonds with a maturity in 2023 out of a total issue of $944.515 million through the placement of two new issues of eurobonds: $500 million due in 2029 and EUR 300 million due in 2025.

KYIV, Oct 18 – Ukrzaliznytsia has confirmed its interest in cooperation with China's CRRC Corporation Limited, the rolling stock manufacturer, the Ukrainian company said on Friday.

KYIV, Oct 18 – The harvest of grain and leguminous crops in Ukraine in 2019, according to preliminary data from the regions, could reach 71.8 million tons, which is 1.7 million tons more than in 2018, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food has reported.

KYIV, Oct 18 – Yuriy Vitrenko, the Executive Director of Naftogaz Ukrainy, said the company would on November 1 file court claims for more than $11 billion against Gazprom to serve as possible compensation for an end to transit.

KYIV, Oct 18 – Providing opportunities for Ukraine to import from Poland up to 6.6 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year requires additional investment in the Polish system, the decision on which will be made after a detailed economic analysis, the Polish gas transmission operator Gaz-System said.

KYIV, Oct 19 – Ukrainian gasoline and diesel fuel retailers are lobbying for a bill that would crack down on illegal gas stations, Leonid Kosianchuk, the Director General of Sun Oil Trade House, said Thursday.

KYIV, Oct 19 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny plans to issue Eurobonds in 2018 following a deal between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund, Naftogaz head Andriy Kobolev said.

KYIV, Oct 19 – Ukraine is facing unfavorable weather for early spring grain crops during the next 10-12 years, Tetiana Adamenko, the head of the agriculture department of the Ukrainian weather center, said.

KYIV, Oct 18 - Ukraine in January-August 2018 increased consumption of natural gas by 2% (by 400 million cubic meters) compared to the same period in 2017, to 20.8 billion cubic meters.