KYIV, Sept 18 – The forecast balance of electricity of Ukraine for the end of 2019 approved by Ukraine's Energy and Ecology Ministry envisage decrease of electricity generation by 1.3% (2.148 billion kWh) compared with the real figures for 2018, to 157.202 billion kWh.

KYIV, Sept 18 – The Cabinet of Ministers has updated a plan on unbundling of natural gas transportation operations from NJSC Naftogaz Ukrayiny, Energy and Environment Protection Minister Oleksiy Orzhel said.

KYIV, Sept 18 – Ukrainian enterprises in January-August 2019 cut consumption of rolled steel by 9.9% year-over-year, to 2.830 million tons.

The Ukrmetallurgprom association said that over the period 953,400 tons was imported, or 33.7% of the domestic rolled steel market.

KYIV, Sept 18 – The state-owned Oschadbank has received enforcement orders under a ruling of Kyiv's court of appeals issued on July 17, 2019, according to which the claim of the bank seeking to recognize the award of the International Court of Arbitration in Paris regarding compensation of losses of the financial institutions over the annexation of Crimea and obtain the permit to execute it, the bank has said in a press release.

KYIV, Sept 17 – Businessman and co-owner of the so-called "Privat" group Ihor Kolomoisky has said he does not have any serious conflicts with EastOne Group Victor Pinchuk, with whom he earlier was in a legal dispute in a London court.

KYIV, Sept 16 – The delegations of Ukraine and Slovakia during the talks, chaired by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Caputova, have discussed improving the business climate, increasing investment, combating smuggling, and further reforms, the Office of the Ukrainian President has reported.

KYIV, Sept 17 – The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) in Ukraine in August 2019 grew by 7.6 points compared with July, to 95.6 (the values of indices can vary from 0 to 200), returning to the level before crisis of 2008, according to a study of Info Sapiens posted on the website of the company.

KYIV, Sept 17 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has met with Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Alain Pilloux and discussed further cooperation with the bank, expressing the hope that the bank in the coming years would boost investment in Ukraine to over EUR 1 billion a year.

KYIV, Sept 17 – Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) Ministry of Ukraine introduced sanctions against Dmytro Firtash's Ukrainian Chemical Products (earlier Crimea Titan).

KYIV, Sept 17 – National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrayiny insists on the soon announcement of a tender to select a strategic international partner to manage the Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS), Naftogaz Board Chairman Andriy Kobolev has said.