KYIV, June 25 – The level of capital declared by many insurance companies is overestimated, and financial stability indicators are not true, according to the recent Financial Stability Report released by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, June 26 – The deal with a private investor to acquire a 100% stake in Ukrainian Idea Bank (Lviv) by Dragon Capital from Poland's Getin Holding S.A. was terminated, Getin reported in a statement.

KYIV, May 26 – Ukraine’s total government debt in May increased by 0.6% if denominated in hryvnias, to UAH 2.209 trillion, and by 0.8% if denominated in U.S. dollars, to $82.12 billion, according to the Ministry of Finance.

KIEV, June 26 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank plan to invest EUR 50 million in development of the Dnipro River as a transport route.

KIEV, June 27 – The ecological situation in Donbas is dire and a critical situation has developed with coal mines located in temporarily occupied areas in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukraine's representative to the humanitarian subgroup of the Minsk Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) and Deputy Speaker of Ukraine's Verkhonva Rada Iryna Gerashchenko said.

KIEV, June 27 - Major tasks of the future head of state-owned PrivatBank include the development of a strategy for growth, preparations for successful inclusion of foreign investors in its capital within several years and further efforts to clear up the bank from toxic assets, acting National Bank of Ukraine Governor Yakiv Smolii said.

KIEV, June 27 – President Petro Poroshenko has vetoed a draft law amending several legislative acts of Ukraine for stabilizing activities of the state joint-stock company Chornomornaftogaz in connection with the temporary occupation of Ukrainian territory. The bill would have established a moratorium on expropriating debts of the enterprise.

KIEV, June 29 – The Ukraine-Canada Free Trade Agreement enters force on August 1, according to an official note from Canada to Ukraine's embassy [in Canada], Ukraine's ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko said.

KIEV, June 29 – Phishing and updates of the popular M.E.Doc software (reports to Ukraine's Fiscal Service, electronic correspondence) were the main two means used by the new Petya virus, which infected hundreds of Ukrainian companies and banks, the cyber police unit of Ukraine's National Police said on its Facebook page on June 28.

KIEV, June 27 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has completed a transaction to transfer UAH 13.3 billion in dividends for 2016 to the national budget along with UAH 2.4 billion in advance payment of corporate tax on the dividends.