KIEV, Jan. 19 - Ukraine's industrial output fell 10.7 percent in 2014 compared with the previous year, the Ukrainian state statistics office said on Monday, reflecting the impact of the separatist war in the industrial east of the country.

KIEV, Jan. 17 - The Ukrainian travel operator News Travel stopped sending clients to vacation destinations on January 17, the operator reported on its website.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – Growth of monetary base in Ukraine in 2014 slowed to 8.5% from 20.3% in the previous year, being considerably lower the limiting value set in the key principles of the monetary and credit policy (up to 28%).

KIEV, Jan. 16 – NATO is planning to extend the leasing of Ukrainian and Russian An-124-100 Ruslan heavy transport aircraft after 2014, as a part of the SALIS program (Strategic Airlift Interim Solution), an informed military source told Interfax-Ukraine.

BERLIN, Jan. 16 - The decline in the yield of Ukraine's bonds after the December agreements with Russia, which made them attractive for investors around the world, could create a misconception about the economic difficulties of Ukraine among investors, which sooner or later will put an end to this bond rally, analysts from Landesbank Berlin Investment said.

KIEV, Jan. 16 – The increased volatility on the interbank foreign exchange market this week is caused by the put-up demand for currency, which formed over the holidays, according to Olena Scherbakova, the director of the general department for monetary and credit policy at the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 17 - Public funding for the development of weapons and military equipment for the Defense Ministry is foreseen at UAH 563.32 million, 38.7% less than 2013.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering a sovereign loan of EUR 152 million for an extension of Metro Line I in Dnipropetrovsk.

The EBRD Board of Directors is to consider the loan on April 25, 2012, the Bank said in a statement.

KIEV, Jan. 18 - Artem Polyakov, who previously headed the sugar division of the Russian group of companies RusAgro, has been appointed the new chief executive of the ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih steel mill, ArcelorMittal announced.

KIEV, Jan. 18 - Ukraine is scheduled to pay the International Monetary Fund 2.433 billion SDR ($3.719 billion at the current exchange rate) this year, including 199 million SDR worth of interest, IMF materials say.