KYIV, July 26 – Ukroboronprom state concern has sent the first set of BTR-3KSh (command and staff) armored vehicle to Thailand for licensed assembly in this country, director general of the concern Pavlo Bukin has said.

KYIV, July 26 – Financial Company (FC) Geneva LLC and Yevropeiske Oshchadne Tovarystvo ("European Saving Society") (both based in Kyiv), which are affiliated with ex-head of Alfa-Bank (Kyiv) Andriy Volkov's Investohills, an investment banking boutique, intend to buy a Ukrainian subsidiary of Russia's VEB, Prominvestbank (PIB), put up for sale pursuant to an international arbitration award on the Crimean assets lawsuit filed by companies associated with the ex-owners of PrivatBank.

KYIV, July 29 – National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Danyliuk has supported the initiative of Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, who intends to propose Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers review the possibility of announcing a new competition for developing hydrocarbon deposits in the Dolphin sector of the Black Sea shelf under the terms of a production-sharing agreement (PSA).

KYIV, July 29 – Odesa Port-Side Chemical Plant (OPZ) started pre-commissioning and will resume its work on August 1, 2019, said OPZ Deputy Director on Economic and Financial Issues Volodymyr Vakeryak at a press conference regarding signing of give-and-take contract with LLC Agro Gas Trading (Kyiv).

KYIV, July 29 – The Monetary Policy Committee of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in one voice decided to lower refinancing rate following its meeting on July 17.

KYIV, July 26 – Producer prices in Ukraine in 2019 will grow by 7.6%, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said in its updated forecast in the inflation report, whereas it predicted 8.2% growth of producer prices in its earlier forecast in April.

KYIV, July 26 - The largest Chinese companies are interested in investing in infrastructure projects in Ukrainian ports, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority said after the visit of a Chinese delegation to the Black Sea ports of Ukraine.

KYIV, July 27 – MS Social Project LLC (Kyiv), part of the ICU Group, will invest in construction of the largest solid household waste treatment plant in Zhytomyr using a custom technology, ICU reported on Thursday.

KYIV, July 27 – Conditions for investing into the oil and gas sector of Ukraine have improved in the past years, although for boosting production the country should hold tenders to sell new licenses and attract respected international advisors, Head of Office of the National Investment Council Yulia Kovaliv said.

KYIV, July 27 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a schedule for paying undistributed dividends in the amount of 40% of net profit for 2017 by national company Naftogaz Ukrayiny to the national budget.