KYIV, Oct 20 – On Wednesday, the state-owned Ukrgazvydobuvannia won an auction for the use of subsoil resources of the Pivdenno-Rusanivska oil and gas area (317.2 sq km, Sumy and Poltava regions) by offering UAH 304.61 million for it, according to the ProZorro.Sale platform.

KYIV, Oct 20 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has signed memorandums of understanding with Dragon Oil (the UAE), SOCAR AQS (Azerbaijan), Helmerich & Payne, Inc. and 3 Seas Energy (both from the United States) with the aim of increasing gas and oil production in the country.

KYIV, Oct 20 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny sets itself the task of increasing natural gas production in the next 10 years by 80% from the current about 13 billion cubic meters (bcm) to 24 billion cubic meters, CEO Yuriy Vitrenko said during the Ukrainian Gas Investment Congress held in Kyiv.

KYIV, Oct 21 – Only 15% of banks correctly calculate the real annual interest rate for consumer loans, according to a study on consumer lending: high rates, low compliance sector conducted in April-July this year within the framework of the USAID Financial Sector Transformation project.

KYIV, Oct. 21 - Nikolai Kiselev, a Russia-born hockey player who won the Ukrainian Hockey League’s Best Sniper Award for the 2018-2019 season, signed a contract with Ukraine’s Kharkiv-based club Rulav Odd, the club reported Thursday.

KYIV, Oct 20 – Prices in the primary housing market in Ukraine in July-September grew by 7.7% compared to the same period in 2019, in the secondary market – by 10.6%, the State Statistics Service has reported.

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.