KYIV, April 17 - The index of business expectations of enterprises in Ukraine for the next 12 months has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2011 - 120.6%, according to a survey of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on business expectations, which was conducted in the first quarter of 2018.

KIEV, April 15 - Fujikura Automotive Ukraine Lviv has been opened in Lviv region to produce automotive parts.

President Petro Poroshenko took part in the opening ceremony.

KIEV, April 15 - Ukraine will seek to upgrade one of its oil refineries to make sure the country has enough domestically produced gasoline, Ihor Nasalyk, the newly appointed energy and coal industry minister, said Friday.

KIEV, April 14 - Investors are expecting the new government of Volodymyr Groysman to further judicial reform and privatization and harmonize deregulation policy priorities with business needs, as well as maintaining cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, reads a statement by the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.

KIEV, April 15 – The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has suspended cooperation with the Ukrainian Chess Federation because of the latter's debts, the FIDE said in an announcement on its website.

KIEV, April 15 – The McMahon spouses who are owners and investors in Ukraine's leading manufacturer of upholstered furniture, Morgan Furniture LLC (Kvasyliv, Rivne region), plan to invest UAH 280 million (EUR 9.3 million) in the expansion of production facilities and additional equipment within three years.

KIEV, April 15 - Fujikura (Japan), the world's leading manufacturer of machines for producing optical fibers, will invest $75 million in the construction of a plant in Lviv, said Serhiy Yevtushenko, head of the State Agency for Investment and National Projects Management.

KIEV, April 15 - The outflow of deposits from banks in Ukraine has slowed significantly, said Oleksandr Arseniuk, the deputy director of the general department for monetary and credit policy at the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, April 17 – The Ukrainian subsidiaries of Sberbank of Russia and VTB Bank (Kiev) have denied their involvement in the illegal actions in Ukraine.

KIEV, April 17 – Support of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Commission and other international organizations and active actions taken by the National Bank of Ukraine against speculators and conversion centers will result in the strengthening of the hryvnia, PrivatBank Chairman Oleksandr Dubilet has said.