KIEV, Oct. 20 - Ukraine will try to expand capacity of the Slovakian natural gas imports if very cold weather persists during the winter, Yuriy Vitrenko, the commercial director at Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said Thursday.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny is inviting interested companies to use available gas transportation capacity reserved by the company at the Budintse metering station on the Ukrainian-Slovak border, the state oil and gas company said on Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 19 – NJSC Naftogaz Ukrayiny has repaid all the debts owed to its gas producing subsidiary PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia for gas bought before and in 2015, the company reported on Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 19 - As of October 16, 49.6 million tons of grain with an average yield of 38.7 centners per ha was threshed, Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko said.

KIEV, Oct. 16 – Motor Sich (Zaporizhia) is preparing for the supply of first multipurpose modernized Mi-8MSB helicopters in November as a part of the order of the Defense Ministry, the top managers of the company told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced on Friday that it is mulling the provision of a loan to the Lviv Communal Enterprise Lvivvodokanal, a municipally owned water and wastewater utility operating in the city of Lviv, to finance the rehabilitation and upgrade of the wastewater treatment infrastructure.

KIEV, Oct. 17 - The European Investment Bank has issued Ђ50 million to Astarta agroholding for the construction of grain elevators in Poltava, Vinnytsia and Khmelnytsky regions.

KIEV, Oct. 17 - Industrial production in Ukraine in September decreased by 16.6% compared to September 2013, while in August the fall was 21.4%, July - 12.1%, June - 5%, and in May - 2.1%, the State Statistics Service report.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – The Antimonopoly Committee has denied accusations by the State Railway Administration (Ukrzaliznytsia) it made unlawful decisions on Ukrzaliznytsia's tenders to buy property appraisal services and coal.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – The European Union plans to allocate EUR 186 million in technical assistance to Ukraine by the end of 2013.

The funds are intended for five-year projects of EU technical assistance in Ukraine, Head of the EU cooperation programs in Ukraine Andrew Rasbash said at a briefing on Thursday.