KIEV, Oct. 27 - A recent energy deal signed in Moscow ecuring gas for Ukraine at lower-than-market rates will not be affected if Central Asian suppliers increase their price, a top energy official said Friday.

KYIV, Sept 29 – Ukrtransgaz, acting as the UGS Operator in Ukraine, received a grant from the European Commission to study the process of storing gas-hydrogen mixtures in gas storage facilities, Director for Integrated Communications of Naftogaz Ukrayiny Maksym Beliavsky has said.

KYIV, Sept 29 - The Cabinet of Ministers on September 29 supported the bill on approval of the national scientific and technical space program of Ukraine for 2021-2025 with an approximate amount of funds for its implementation of UAH 40.78 billion, including UAH 15.76 billion from the state budget.

KYIV, Sept 29 - The National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) has extended the ban on the import of electricity from the countries that are not members of the Energy Community, that is, from the Russian Federation and Belarus, for another month - until November 1 of this year.

KYIV, Sept 29 – The Ministry of Energy, in preparation for the high-demand season, plans to cover the shortage of coal by increasing its imports in October, Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko said at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday.

KYIV, Sept 28 - SkyUp (Kyiv), after consultations with the responsible state and aviation authorities of Ukraine and the Republic of Armenia, has decided to continue flights on the Kyiv-Yerevan route in full in accordance with the announced schedule, the press service of the airline has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 28 – Anders Aslund, a Swedish economist, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, has decided to leave the supervisory board of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia.

KYIV, Sept 29 – The Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (ICMT) of Ukraine from September 29 introduced the final anti-dumping measures against imports from China of a number of bolts and nuts in the amount of 32.47% to 67.4%, depending on the manufacturer, for five years, according to an announcement in the Uriadovy Kurier government's newspaper.

KYIV, Sept 29 – The current level of electricity prices in Ukraine makes it profitable to smelt steel in outdated and environmentally harmful open-hearth furnaces, and not in environmentally friendly electric steel-making furnaces, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Interpipe Wheel and Pipe Company Denys Morozov said.

KYIV, Sept 27 – Ukrtatnafta opposed a rise in domestic tariffs for oil transportation, planned by the National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER), saying that this will affect the country's oil refining industry.