KYIV, Sept 18 – Nuclear regulators of Ukraine and Norway have started implementing two new joint projects in 2024, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine said on Wednesday.

KYIV, Sept 18 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed to Interfax-Ukraine its decision to postpone the visit to Russia for consultations on Article IV of the statute, which caused protests from Ukraine and a number of other countries.

KYIV, Sept 18 – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expended its nuclear safety assistance to Ukraine as well as support for the completion of the construction of power units 3 and 4 at the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has said on Wednesday.

KYIV, Sept 19 – Investments in the 54.6 MW Skole Wind Farm (Orovska LLC) in Lviv region, whose official presentation took place on Wednesday, amounted to approximately UAH 2.1 billion, according to Andriy Konechenkov, Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA).

KYIV, Sept 19 – The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to keep its key policy rate at 13%, but from September 20, 2024, interest rates on three-month certificates of deposit and interest rates on refinancing loans will be decreased by 0.5 percentage points (p.p.) and 1 p.p., respectively.

KYIV, Sept 19 – Real gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine in August 2024 year-over-year decreased for the first time since March 2023, a decrease of 2.1%, while in July an increase of 4.4% was recorded, according to the assessment of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER).

KYIV, Sept 21 – The overwhelming majority of Ukrainians (82%) have noticed an improvement in the condition of roads and an increase in their repair over the past year, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Sociological Group Rating on September 10-13.

KYIV, Sept 21 – The statement that the cost of natural gas production by the National Joint Stock Company Naftogaz Ukrayiny is allegedly UAH 1 per cubic meter, which a member of the board, Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) Otto Waterlander said in an interview with the Economic Pravda publication, is not true, Naftogaz has said.

KYIV, Sept 21 – The law on virtual assets (bill No. 3637) will enter into force no earlier than in six months, Director of the Strategy and Development Department of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Arsen Makarchuk has said.

KYIV, Sept 21 - The turnover of retail trade in Ukraine in August 2021 compared to the same month in 2020 in comparable prices increased by 9.6%, while in July it grew by 10.1%, the State Statistics Service reported.