KYIV, Jan 18 – The Ukrainian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market in 2017 grew by 8.4% compared to 2016, to 1.578 million tons, according to the A-95 consulting group (Kyiv).

KYIV, Jan. 18 - Ukraine’s largest privately held energy group DTEK has signed a deal with General Electric to supply 26 wind turbines with capacity of 3 MW each for construction of Prymorska Wind Power Plant in the Zaporizhia region, the group reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – DP World (the United Arab Emirates, UAE), an international port operator, is showing its interest in a concession at the Yuzhny port in Ukraine. The company is ready to invest in improvement of logistics of Odessa port, head of the National Investment Council, former head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine Borys Lozhkin visiting the World Economic Forum in Davos wrote on his Facebook page.

KIEV, Jan 18 – Ukraine’s energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny on Wednesday refused to pay a $5.32 billion bill from Gazprom for allegedly breaching a take-or-pay clause in a gas supply contract in 2016.

Gazprom sent the bill on Tuesday seeking to charge for gas not taken by Naftogaz in 2016 under the take-or-pay terms of the 10-year contract.

KIEV. Jan 18 – The Consumer Confidence Index in Ukraine rose last month to 57.1, 9.7 points higher than November and the highest since summer 2014, GfK Ukraine said on Tuesday in a monthly survey.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - Fitch Ratings has stated that the recently adopted changes to the Ukrainian tax regime for agricultural producers are neutral for Kernel Holding S.A.'s and MHP S.A.'s 'CCC' ratings.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – Metallurgy has been excluded from the priority sectors of the Ukrainian economy as it requires large investments, according to President Petro Poroshenko.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - The second revision of the EFF program for Ukraine will be completed after the plan of work for 2016 is finalized, IMF Communications Department Director Gerry Rice said.

MOSCOW, Jan. 15 – Russia does not see any reason to continue electricity supplies to Ukraine as a contract has not been signed for supplies of electricity from Ukraine to Crimea, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on the sidelines of the Gaidar Forum.

MOSCOW, Jan. 15 – Russia does not see any reason to continue electricity supplies to Ukraine as a contract has not been signed for supplies of electricity from Ukraine to Crimea, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on the sidelines of the Gaidar Forum.