KYIV, Feb 18 - The opening of IKEA stores in Ukraine is expected in 2025, the date will be officially announced by IKEA, said Dmytro Lashin, COO of the Lavina Mall and Blockbuster Mall trade centers.

KYIV, Feb 18 – Kyiv and Ankara are committed to expanding bilateral trade, setting an ambitious goal to increase mutual trade turnover by more than 1.5 times – from $6.2 billion in 2024 to $10 billion. This was announced by Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Yulia Svyrydenko, following a meeting with Turkish Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat.

KYIV, Feb 16 – The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has collected evidence on the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and his top managers in Ukraine, who supplied raw materials to the Russian Federation for the production of Iskander missiles, the SBU reports.

KYIV, Feb 17 - Analysts from BofA Global Research predict that the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will revise inflation towards increase by 50 b.p. in April and another 50 b.p. by the end of the year, according to the BofA survey.

KYIV, Feb 18 – Naftogaz plans to invest $7.3 billion in hydrocarbon production in 2021-2025, boosting reserves by 1.8 times, Chief Operating Officer of the Naftogaz Group Otto Waterlander said.

KYIV, Feb 17 – The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) in Ukraine fell to 60.7 in January, down 5.2 points from December 2020, according to a study of Info Sapiens.

KYIV, Feb 18 – Former President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday acquired the Pershiy television channel for an undisclosed amount of money expanding his television assets as battle intensifies for control over media in Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 17 – National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom plans to increase the annual volume of electricity production to 95 billion kWh in two or three years, while the expected volume of electricity generation this year is 78 billion kWh, acting President of Energoatom Petro Kotin said at the forum Ukraine30 on Wednesday.

KYIV, Feb 17 – Coke and chemical plants of Ukraine in January this year imported 770,000 tons of raw coking coal concentrate, which is 14.6% more than in the same period last year.

KYIV, Feb 17 - Metinvest B.V. in 2020 reduced sales of products in Europe by 21% compared to the previous year, to $2.851 billion.

According to the audited consolidated financial results for 2020, sales in Europe fell mainly due lower sales prices for steel products. This was also affected by a decrease in sales of semi-finished products by 31% and iron ore products by 48%. As a result, the region's share in total revenue decreased by 7 percentage points (p.p.) compared to the previous year, to 27%.