KIEV, June 29 – Ukraine has transferred Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) into a retirement account to comply with the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period, the press service of the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry has reported.

KIEV, June 29 – Ukrenergo CEO Vsevolod Kovalchuk has signed an agreement on conditions of the future merger of the power grids of Ukraine and Moldova with the energy system of continental Europe, the state-owned Ukrainian company reported.

KIEV, June 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine, Ukraine's Economic Development and Trade Ministry, Deposit Guarantee Fund and Transparency International Ukraine (TI Ukraine) have signed a memorandum of cooperation to create and introduce a new electronic trading platform using standards and principles of the ProZorro electronic procurement system.

KIEV, June 28 - Ukraine is facing a power sector crisis and needs to limit energy consumption during the next two months to avoid power cutoffs, the energy and coal sector ministry warned Monday.

KIEV, June 24 – Ukraine's Health Ministry seeks to intensify cooperation with the World Bank in the healthcare reform sphere under a joint project Serving People, Improving Health Project being realized in Ukraine since 2015 in eight regions.

ODESSA, June 24 – The Black Sea region in the 2016/17 agricultural year (July-June) will send 42 million tons of wheat and 23 million tons of corn for exports, while in 2015/16 the indicators were 45 million tons and 22.8 million tons, respectively.

KIEV, June 24 – Naftogaz Ukrainy expects the prolongation of terms for a loan issued by China, Naftogaz head Andriy Kobolev told reporters in Kiev.

He added that negotiations how to arrange the deal are being held with China.

ODESSA, June 29 – Ukrainian railway infrastructure is not ready to handle growing grain volumes, TIS Group (Odessa region) Director General Andriy Stavnitser said.

KIEV, June 26 – The State Property Fund has approved a list of 30 companies of group E, the state stakes in the charter capital of which are eligible for privatization with the participation of the fund and its regional departments in 2015.

KIEV, June 29 - Ukraine may face a rapid drop in meat production if the country’s government decides to cancel benefits on VAT for livestock producers, according to market participants.