KYIV, Feb 17 – The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) of Ukrainians, after improving by 1.2 points in December, worsened in January by 4.9 points, to 62.3 points on a 200-point scale, according to a study by the Info Sapiens agency.

KYIV, Feb 18 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and the international grain trader Kernel held talks on developing the infrastructure of Chornomorsk seaport, and agreed to launch a number of projects worth over $100 million.

KYIV, Feb 18 – Since the beginning of 2022, Naftogaz Ukrayiny has already imported 176 million cubic meters of natural gas, and will import another 1.1 billion cubic meters in total into the country by May, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.

KYIV, Feb 18 – Ukrenergo has officially notified the operation of the Integrated Power System (IPS) of Ukraine in a mode isolated from the power systems of Russia, Belarus and the ENTSO-E network on February 24-26, 2022.

KYIV, Feb 18 – Ukraine expects to receive the first tranche of macro-financial assistance in the amount of EUR 600 million in late March-early April, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

KYIV, Feb 18 – The accession of Skhidny Mining and Processing Plant to National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom will have a positive effect on the former's performance, but it must be preceded by a number of measures, including the corporatization of Energoatom, Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko has said.

KYIV, Feb 21 – On Monday, the Hague Arbitral Tribunal began hearings to determine the amount of compensation for Naftogaz Ukrayiny for the lost opportunity to use its assets in Crimea, Yuriy Vitrenko, Board Chairman of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said.

KYIV, Feb 21 – The power systems of Moldova and Ukraine, which will operate in isolated mode on February 24-26 in preparation for synchronization with ENTSO-E, will conduct a similar test this summer, Constantin Borosan, State Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Moldova, said.

KYIV, Feb 19 – Contrary to market fears, the vacancy rate of Kyiv's shopping and entertainment centers in December 2020 was 10%, which is even lower than the figure for December 2019 - 11.9%, head of retail projects at Colliers International (Ukraine) Ihor Zabolotsky said.

KYIV, Feb 19 – Ukraine’s consumer confidence index dropped to 65.7 in December 2020 from 97.5 in December 2019 due to COVID-19 pandemic, Ihor Zabolotsky, the head of retail projects at Colliers International (Ukraine) said.