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.

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.