KYIV, May 15 – Ukraine has extended sanctions against the Russian social-networking websites Odnoklassniki and Vk and Mail.ru web services for three years and against Yandex and its services, Kaspersky Lab and Dr. Web for 12 months.

KYIV, May 18 – About 45% of the representatives of Ukrainian and international businesses of various segments surveyed plan to suspend business expansion in 2020, some 37% of retailers intend to streamline assets by reducing the number of outlets, according to the survey of Colliers International (Ukraine).

KYIV, May 18 – The Ministry of Energy and Environmental Protection plans to help renewable electricity producers to improve the quality of forecasting power generation.

KYIV, May 18 – Yields on Ukrainian Eurobonds due in September dropped as investors bet the country will be able to resume borrowing from the International Monetary Fund and repay debts.

KYIV, May 16 – Growth of Ukraine's real GDP in 2020 would accelerate to 3.3%, in 2021 – to 3.8%, in 2022 – to 4.1% with the gradual decline in inflation to 6%, 5.7% and 5.3% respectively, according to the forecast of social and economic development of Ukraine for 2020-2022 approved by the government at a Wednesday meeting.

KYIV, May 16 - Ukrainian tycoon Ihor Kolomoyskiy, the key supporter of Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s campaign to win the presidency, has returned to the country Thursday after almost two years in self-exile, an investigative television program, reported.

KIEV, May 17 – Money supply in April grew by 1.3%, to UAH 1.089 trillion and monetary base expanded by 3.2%, to UAH 368.357 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, May 17 – The Ukrainian Internet Association (UIA) has asked for explanations about methods of applying the sanctions imposed against some Internet portals as soon as possible intending to strictly implement the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) and president's decree No. 133 dated May 15, 2017.

KIEV, May 15 - Ukraine's gross domestic product in the first quarter of 2017 grew by 2.4% compared to the same period in 2016 against 4.8% in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the State Statistics Service.

KIEV, May 17 - A total of 550,500 tons of imported steam coal was shipped to thermal power plants (TPPs) and combined heat and power plants (CHPPs) of Ukraine in January-April 2017, including 137,200 tons in April alone and only from Russia, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported.