KIEV, Aug. 18 - Ukrgazvydobuvannia, without increasing investment, will annually reduce gas production by up to one billion cubic meters (bcm), Oleh Prokhorenko, chairman of the country's largest gas producing company, said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 18 – As of August 6, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko still owned 99.9878% of shares in Prime Assets Capital investment, according to a report of Kiev-based International Investment Bank, which has been posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 19 - The National Commission for Communications Regulation (NCCR) at a meeting has approved an action plan for the implementation of the LTE communications standard (4G), according to which a tender for licenses is scheduled for the second half of 2017.

KIEV, Aug. 16 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov says economic growth has resumed in the country and forecasts the continuation of this positive trend until the end of the year.

KIEV, Aug. 16 - The Ukrainian Association of Auto Importers and Dealers (VAAID) has called for the reduction of the vehicle recycling tax rate from UAH 5,500 to UAH 1,000 for passenger cars, and the association will propose postponing the term of the collection of the tax until January 1, 2014 (today – from September 1, 2013), VAAID Director General Oleh Nazarenko said.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – Russia does not have any remarks on the safety of Ukrainian foodstuff, Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said after talks on the supplies of confectionary in Moscow on August 16.

KIEV, Aug. 19 - Kyivsky cardboard paper mill (Obukhiv, Kiev region), a leader in Ukraine's pulp and paper industry in terms of production and sales, has assessed the general loss from the blocking of its goods at the Russian border at UAH 3.75 million a month due to paying penalty fees to Russian customers alone.

KIEV, Aug. 19 - Ukraine plans by early October to select a company to build its first plant converting coal to synthetic gas amid attempts to reduce imports of Russian natural gas, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said.

KIEV, Aug. 16 – Luhanskteplovoz, the owner of which is Russia's Transmashholding, switched earlier this month from the four-day work week it has had since 2010 to five days.

KIEV, Aug. 16 - The consumer sentiment index in Ukraine worsened by 3 points compared to June, to 81.1 points, according to a monthly survey conducted by GfK Ukraine.