KYIV, June 17 – Ukraine's score in Global Peace Index in 2020 improved by 0.22 or 7.6%, to 2.66, which recorded the largest increase in peacefulness globally among 163 countries, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI) report posted by the London-based Institute for Economics and Peace on Thursday.

KYIV, June 17 – Ukraine may have two pension systems running from 2021 at the same time, including one for all potential pensioners and one the people entitled to a preferential pension, Social Policy Minister Maryna Lazebna said.

KYIV, June 16 – The price offer of a bidder in a green electricity auction for solar power plants and wind farms to be held before December 31, 2024, cannot be higher than 9 eurocents per kW and for auctions that will be held starting from January 1, 2025- no more than 8 eurocents per kW.

KYIV, June 17 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has had a video conference with the leadership of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to discuss the possibilities of foreign investment in the construction of Ukrainian roads, the press service reported.

KYIV, June 17 – The government's bill on improving the conditions for supporting the production of electricity from alternative sources provides for a reduction in the feed-in tariff (FiT) for solar plants launched from July 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019 with a capacity of more than 1 MW by 15%, for wind farms with turbines with a capacity of 2,000 kW– by 7.5%.

KYIV, June 17 – Ukrnafta increased oil and condensate production by 0.9% to 638,300 tons in January-May, while gas production – by 2.2% or 10.7 million cubic meters, to 493.2 million cubic meters.

KYIV, June 16 - Ukraine reduced ferroalloy output 21.3% year-on-year in January-May, to 340,300 tons, the Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers' Association told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, June 17 – Metinvest, an international vertically integrated group of mining and metallurgical companies, has conducted a comprehensive assessment of its environmental performance, social policy and corporate governance (ESG) with the assistance of Sustainalytics, a leading independent provider of research, ratings and data in the field of ESG.

KYIV, June 17 – Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the corporate family rating (CFR) of Ferrexpo plc (Ferrexpo) to B2 from B3 and its probability of default rating (PDR) to B2-PD from B3-PD, concurrently, Moody's changed the outlook to negative from positive," the agency said on its website.

KYIV, June 18 – The Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) has called on President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal not to introduce duties on imported diesel fuel.