KIEV, May 29 - The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry forecasts a 66.7% decrease in electricity exports to Moldova, from a monthly 270-280 million kWh in April-June to 90 million kWh in July-December 2017.

KIEV, May 29 – Wage arrears in Ukraine increased by 5.6% in April, since the beginning of the year by 22% and as of May 1, 2017 amounted to UAH 2.185 billion, the State Statistics Service reported.

MOSCOW/KIEV, May 29 - Evraz (Russia) has entered into an agreement to sell its PJSC Evraz Sukha Balka iron ore mining and beneficiation plant in Ukraine (ESB, Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region) to a firm belonging to Oleksandr Yaroslavsky's DCH Group for $110 million excluding debt, Evraz said in a statement.

KIEV/ARKHANGELSK/ST. PETERSBURG, May 27 – Kyivsky cardboard and paper mill, part of Pulp Mill Holding GmbH, has become independent of Russian paper waste. The mill uses alternative paper waste from Ukrainian and European markets, the company reported.

KIEV, May 27 – Ukraine has proposed implementing a project to build an energy bridge with Poland and Hungary at a total cost of EUR 55 million.

KIEV, May 27 - Ukraine will eliminate completely natural gas imports by 2020 after boosting domestic gas output within the next four years, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk said.

KIEV, May 29 - The Ukrainian government on Thursday authorized the issuance of bonds to recapitalize the national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny, a move that signals the company may be preparing to pay its Russian gas debts.

KIEV, May 29 - Ukraine will scrap its earlier plans to build coal-to-gas plants in the country because these projects are likely to be unprofitable, first deputy energy and coal industry minister Yuriy Ziukov said Thursday.

BRUSSELS, May 27 – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara has warned Brussels against a failure to sign the Association Agreement with Kiev, saying it could cause “a serious geopolitical collapse“ the European Union's foreign policy.

KIEV, May 28 – The International Monetary Fund is unlikely to come to an agreement with Ukraine in 2013, director of sovereign ratings at S&P (Standard & Poor's international agency) Trevor Cullinan has said.