KYIV, Nov 20 – The growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine compared to the same period last year in October slowed to 6.5% from 11.1% in September, primarily due to the lower contribution of agriculture due to a higher statistical base in October last year, according to the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER).

KYIV, Nov 18 – Metinvest mining and metallurgical group wants to receive compensation from the Russian Federation for enterprises destroyed as a result of the war and reinvest it to the development of Ukrainian assets.

KYIV, Nov 18 – Russian full-scale armed aggression for 23% of Ukrainian businesses resulted in a decrease in income by 25% to 50%, for another 35% it fell by half or more, while 11% lost it altogether, these are the results of a Gradus Research poll.

KYIV, Nov 18 – Massive Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure, which began in October, accelerated downward pressure on the economy, which is now expected to contract faster, ICU investment company reported.

KYIV, Nov 19 – The opening of the land market would allow Ukraine to speed up economic growth by 0.5-1.5% of GDP a year in the next five years, Lead Economist and Program Leader covering Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine Faruk Khan has said.

KYIV, Nov 20 - The supervisory board of Kyiv-based state bank Ukreximbank has announced a competition to select a candidate for the position of board chairman and hired international recruitment company Odgers Berndtson, the Finance Ministry of Ukraine reported.

KYIV, Nov 19 – The unbundling bill passed by the Verkhovna Rada on November 15 under which transportation of natural gas should be separated from Naftogaz Ukrainy has formed the necessary conditions for creating an independent gas transmission system (GTS) operator that meets the requirements of the Third Energy Package, according to the Energy Community's Secretariat.

KYIV, Nov 19 – Consumer confidence of Ukrainians in October 2019 worsened first after presidential election and the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) equaled 95.9 (the values of indices can vary from 0 to 200), which is 1.6 points lower, than the indicator in September, according to a survey of Info Sapiens posted on its website.

KYIV, Nov 19 – Renaissance Capital, an investment company, expects the potential growth of the Ukrainian economy thanks to the implementation of declared reforms by 2.5-2.7% and predicts the peak of GDP growth by 3.7% in 2021, while in 2019-2020 it could be 3.4%.

KYIV, Nov 20 – Restructuring of the feed-in tariff for electricity generated by solar power plants is inappropriate for the sector, Executive Director of the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine Artem Semenyshyn on Tuesday.