MOSCOW, Sept 16 - The board of Russia's No.2 mobile phone group Vimpelcom backed a bid for Ukrainian firm RadioSystem (URS) but failed to diffuse the risk of a protracted legal battle, the company said on Friday.

KYIV, Aug 16 - Ukrhydroenergo has announced a tender for the purchase of services to provide legal representation in international arbitration on issues of compensation for losses caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP) by Russian troops in June 2023.

KYIV, Aug 16 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), together with law enforcement agencies, will check owners of licensed financial companies in the coming months through open and closed databases for Russian passports, deputy head of the central bank Dmytro Oliynyk told the Interfax-Ukraine agency.

KYIV, Aug 16 – Finnish-based Peikko Group Corporation has signed an agreement with the Bila Tserkva industrial park for the turnkey construction of a plant for the production of concrete joints and composite structures with an area of 2,400 square meters, the industrial park’s website reports.

KYIV, Aug 16 - Alfa-Bank (Kyiv) has sufficient liquidity and operates without serious disruptions, it is important for us in the market and the National Bank of Ukraine that this systemically important bank function today without adding new stresses to the financial system, First Deputy Governor of the NBU Kateryna Rozhkova said.

KYIV, Aug 17 – Ukraine’s national nuclear power company Energoatom plans to build and put into operation power unit-5 of Rivne nuclear power plant (NPP) using the AP1000 technology of U.S. Westinghouse by 2032.

KYIV, Aug 17 – The consumer confidence index of Ukrainians improved by 1.1 points in July to 73.2 points on a 200-point scale, according to a study by the Info Sapiens agency.

KYIV, Aug 18 – Investments in the construction sector of Ukraine in the next three years could reach $2 billion, the founder and president of City One Development, Valeriy Kodetsky, told Interfax-Ukraine, commenting on the results of CC Forum Monaco Global Investment in Sustainable Development held in July.

KYIV, Aug 18 – This year, the Ukrainian company Interpipe has significantly increased sales of premium pipes to the countries of Central Asia, which are the traditional markets for the group's pipes, the company said on its Facebook page on Tuesday.

KYIV, Aug 18 – Coke and chemical plants of Ukraine in January-July of this year imported 5.34 million tons of raw coking coal and coking coal concentrate, which is 4.8% more than in the same period last year.