KYIV, March 20 - The consumer confidence of Ukrainians worsened in February 2018: The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) equals 55.4, which is 4.2 points lower than the indicator in January 2018 and 0.8 lower than in February 2017. Almost all components of the index worsened, according to a study published by GfK Ukraine.

KIEV, March 20 – The attraction of a European company to the management of the Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS) would allow the country to retain the status of a large natural gas transit country, Naftogaz Ukrayiny Chairman Andriy Kobolev said.

KIEV, March 20 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will open its fourth representative office in Odessa in May, completing the formation of its representative offices in Ukraine, EBRD Director for Ukraine Sevki Acuner said.

KIEV, March 20 – All Ukrainian banks with Russian state capital in Ukraine are holding talks to sell the banks, the National Bank of Ukraine said.

"We know for sure that all banks with state Russian capital operating today in Ukraine are holding negotiations on the potential sale," Deputy NBU head Kateryna Rozhkova said on Inter TV Channel on Sunday.

MOSCOW, March 20 - The impact of Ukrainian sanctions against the Ukrainian subsidiaries of Russian banks on the parent banks themselves will be limited, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

KIEV, March 21 – The creation of the Cyclone-4M space rocket complex in Canada by 2020 will be carried out within the commercial project of the space sector companies of Canada, the United States and Ukraine, the project will be funded by Western investors, Pivdenne Design Bureau (Dnipro), the Ukrainian developer of space equipment said.

KIEV, March 21 – Ukrainian State Fiscal Service Chairman Roman Nasirov, who has been suspended on charges of embezzlement, says he has submitted all his foreign travel documents to the State Migration Service of Ukraine.

KIEV, March 18 – Ukraine's Food-Grain Corporation has paid a $200,000 fine for a failure to use the commodity part of a $1.5 billion Chinese credit, Lidia Havrylova, head of the State Financial Inspectorate, said at a government meeting.

KIEV, March 18 – India's Dr.Reddy's integrated international pharmaceutical company is still optimistic about the Ukrainian pharmaceutical market and continues developing its Ukrainian business, Dr.Reddy's Executive Vice President M.V. Ramana has said.

KIEV, March 18 – Only six state-run enterprises out of 150 have passed international audit as specified in a cabinet resolution, First Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Yulia Kovaliv said at a government meeting.