KYIV, Jan 18 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national energy company, expects court rulings would be issued before April in the Netherlands, which would allow starting selling frozen assets of Russia's Gazprom to execute the award of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce to collect $2.6 billion.

KYIV, Jan 18 – Farmak, one of Ukraine’s top three pharmaceutical firms, by the end of 2019 plans to bring its products to the U.S. market, CEO Volodymyr Kostiuk said.

KYIV, Jan 21 – Unit three of Trypilska thermal power plant (TPP) on January 18, 2019 was connected to the Ukrainian power grid after its switch from anthracite to long flame coal consumption.

KYIV, Jan 19 – The producer of fat-and-oil products Delta Wilmar has suspended its investment plan for construction of a factory for $150 million due to steps of a charity organization squeezing money from the company, Delta Wilmar Board Chairman Dhruba Charan Panda said at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.

KYIV, Jan 18 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide up to $50 million loan to JV Nibulon LLC to support the expansion and modernization of Nibulon's grain logistics infrastructure in 2018-2019.

KYIV, Jan 18 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny seeks a new loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), even if it resumes gas purchases from Gazprom following the decision of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Managing Director of the EBRD in Eastern Europe and Caucasus Francis Malige said.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - Ukraine does not see any reason to hold negotiations with Moscow on resuming electricity supplies to Crimea, says Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – Ukraine's Economic Development and Trade Ministry has hired Odgers Berndtson, which is engaged in the executive recruitment and international executive search, to select candidates for the positions of independent members of Naftogaz Ukrayiny’s supervisory board, the ministry said in a statement.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny believes that the take-or-pay clause, as set out in its 2009 contract with Gazprom, is "non-market, unlawful and invalid" and therefore contests its application at the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, the Ukrainian gas company said in a statement on Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - Each year Ukraine exports around $1.8 billion worth of its goods via Russia, but Kiev hopes the negative effects from the transit restrictions Moscow has introduced since the beginning of 2016 will be minimized thanks to alternative new transit routes, said Aivaras Abromavicius, Ukraine's Minister of Economic Development and Trade.