KYIV, March 19 – Ukraine’s state-owned aircraft producer Antonov is holding talks with Libya on restoration of airworthiness of Libya's An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft being stored in Ukraine since 2010.

KYIV, March 16 – The change of the inflation trends to a downward one is expected in coming months, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Dmytro Solohub said.

KYIV, March 16 – Ukraine’s economic conditions remain unstable, vulnerability of the fiscal system in the past years has grown, World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine Satu Kahkonen said.

KIEV, March 17 - The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) equaled 56.2 in February, which is 2.5 points higher than the indicator in January, GfK Ukraine said in a monthly survey.

KIEV, March 17 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) from the World Bank Group could invest up to $20 million into the Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, L.P. (EEGF III, Delaware, the United States) launched by Horizon Capital Advisors, LLC mainly for investment in Ukraine.

ODESSA, March 16 - The captain of the Sky Moon vessel (Tanzanian flag) has been found guilty of moving (from Crimea) over 3,000 of commercial soda outside the Ukrainian customs control area, the Malynovsky District Court in Odessa ruled.

KIEV, March 17 - Westinghouse Electric Company is studying the possibility of producing elements of nuclear fuel assemblies in Ukraine, President and CEO Danny Roderick said.

KIEV, March 19 - The decline in Ukraine's industrial production in February accelerated to 22.5% from 21.3% in January, 17.9% in December and 16.3% in November-October, the State Statistics Committee reported on Monday.

KIEV, March 19 – PrivatBank, as the largest investor in Crimea, says it is ready to continue working at the peninsula and demanded that Crimean authorities clearly define the legal status of banks and the rules of their operation, as well as the implicit recognition of top-priority of rights of creditors.

KHARKIV, March 19 - Shell and Ukrgazvydobuvannia have received consent from residents in Kharkiv region's Blyzniuky district to drill the Novo-Mechebilivska-100 exploration well under their joint operations agreement.