KIEV, May 19 – The share of foreign capital in the Ukrainian banking sector is growing in the light of the high profitability of credit and financial institutions in the country, according to Ihor Shumilo, executive director for economic issues at the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, May 19- The Ukrainian authorities can curb inflation to provide an inflow of investments to the agro-industrial sector and energy saving, said Jean Lemierre president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

LONDON, May 18 -- Fitch Ratings, the international rating agency, on Wednesday affirmed Ukraine-based UkrSibbank's ("UkrSib") ratings at Long-term 'B-' (B minus), Short-term 'B', Individual 'D/E' and Support '5', reads a Fitch press release carried by Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Apr 15 – Energoatom and the U.S. company Westinghouse have begun a project to build KhNPP-5 and KhNPP-6 using AP1000 technology.

The launch ceremony of the project took place on April 11 at Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant site with the participation of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink and Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Haluschenko (information is provided with a delay for security reasons).

KYIV, Apr 16 – In order to guarantee the food security of Ukraine and the world, it is necessary to create a threat-resistant supply system for agricultural products disrupted after February 24, 2022, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky said during a speech at a meeting of the NATO Food and Agricultural Planning Committee.

KYIV, April 16 – ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) in January-March of this year increased its steel production by 93% compared to the same period last year - up to 278,000 tons.

KYIV, April 16 – When the government creates conditions for the development of distributed generation, including the maneuverable generation critically scarce due to Russian shelling, businesses could potentially construct 500-1000 MW of such capacity by the end of the year, according to Heorhiy Heletukha, the Chairman of the Board of the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine (UABIO).

KYIV, April 16 – Ukraine will not lose its leadership in sunflower oil trade, the harvest in 2024 will be 2% higher than a year earlier, exports will not be lower than last year, the information and analytical agency UkrAgroConsult reported.

KYIV, April 16 – Vegetable prices in Ukraine have leveled off and will no longer be as high as they were in 2022-2023. Fluctuations within the range of 10-15% are acceptable, according to Taras Vysotsky, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, during a national telethon broadcast.

KYIV, April 17 - Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Zaporizhstal has allocated more than UAH 1.2 billion to update production equipment and treatment facilities operating in the complex.