KIEV, June 13 – The Ukrainian government has facilitated the entry procedure for businessmen and tourists from China via Boryspil International Airport for the period from June 20 until September 30.

KIEV, June 16 – The parliamentary ad-hoc commission for privatization on Wednesday discussed the return of public joint-stock company Ukrtelecom, which is currently under the control of Rinat Akhmetov's SCM, to state ownership, commission member and Batkivschyna MP Ihor Lutsenko said.

KIEV, June 17 - Electricity production in the united power system of Ukraine in January-May 2015 decreased by 12.7% compared to the same period in 2014, to 70.189 billion kWh, a Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry source has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, June 17 – France's Soufflet Group plans to invest around EUR 250 million in the construction of a grain terminal at Illichivsk maritime merchandise port.

KIEV, June 17 – Antonov State Enterprise (Kiev), Ukraine's leading aircraft designer and manufacturer, will take part in designing and constructing an aviation plant in Saudi Arabia.

KIEV, June 17 - The National Bank of Ukraine has predicted a further slowdown in inflation, which creates the necessary conditions for discussing the possibility of reducing the refinancing rate, NBU Deputy Chairman Oleh Churiy told journalists in Kiev.

MOSCOW, June 17 - The Ad-hoc Committee of Bondholders to Ukraine insist on their offer to restructure Ukrainian bonds, as they do not understand the necessity of a haircut for part of the debt if the IMF ensures that funds are saved.

MOSCOW, June 16 - Gazprom will now consider suing Naftogaz Ukrainy for $18 billion under take-or-pay gas contracts for 2012 and 2013.

"We could have filed [a claim] yesterday or the day before, and now we'll see," Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller told a press conference at the Interfax head office.

KIEV, June 17 – The state-run Pivdenny Machine Building Plant will resume the delivery of Zenit rockets in June for the next launch in the Land Launch program from Baikonur space center, following the upgrades carried out after the investigation into the cause of February's failed launch attempt of the Intelsat-27.

KIEV, June 17 – The volume of industrial output in Ukraine fell by 9.3% in May compared to May 2012, which was a significantly worse decline than in previous months, the State Statistics Service said on Monday.