ST. PETERSBURG, July 14 - VTB may wind down its business in Ukraine if it is unable to sell its subsidiary banks in the country, the Russian state bank's head, Andrei Kostin said at the International Financial Congress.

KIEV, July 13 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in July improved the sunflower harvest forecast for Ukraine in 2017 by 500,000 tons, to 14.5 million metric tons compared with the June forecast.

KIEV, July 14 – Ukraine's higher administrative court ruled in favor of Yuzgaz B.V. in its dispute with the government over development of a major shale gas field in the country.

KIEV, July 14 - The investigators have evidence UAH 96 billion, or $12 billion at the exchange rate at the time, were siphoned off by former Minister of Income and Taxes of Ukraine Oleksandr Klymenko.

KIEV, July 14 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to extend a syndicated loan of $90 million to Nibulon, EBRD Senior Advisor Anton Usov said.

KIEV, July 14 - Ukraine cut coal production 2.9% year-on-year in January-June 2017, to 18.436 million tons, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has told Interfax-Ukraine, quoting preliminary data.

KIEV, July 14 – Energoatom, the state nuclear power generating company, boosted power output 13.4% on year to 45.726 billion kWh in January through June, the company said.

The target for production of power for the period was exceeded by 5.6%, the company said.

KIEV, July 14 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has worsened the estimate of Ukraine's real GDP growth in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the same quarter of 2016 to 1.5% from 2.4%, according to a report on conducting credit and monetary policy in the first half of 2017.

KIEV, July 17 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering the possibility of providing Ukraine with a EUR160 million loan for the extension of the Kharkiv subway.

KIEV, July 17 - Investments in the construction of a transshipment terminal of Nibulon company for grain and oilseeds in Hola Prystan amounted to UAH 500 million, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Maksym Nefyodov said.