KYIV, March 14 – Ukrzaliznytsia has paid off the first part of loan participation notes (LPN, eurobonds) in the amount of $150 million and paid the coupon on them, the company reported.

KYIV, March 14 – Ukrainian airline SkyUp has created a working group consisting of employees of industrial divisions to monitor, collect and process information about incidents with Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes to develop an action plan, the press service of the airline said.

KYIV, March 15 – Kyivstar, the leading Ukrainian mobile communications operator, plans to invest in the development of 4G (LTE) standard by 18-20% more in 2019 compared with 2018, Kyivstar President Alexander Komarov said.

KYIV, March 15 – President Petro Poroshenko has announced the Ukraine's project, named "The Shadow of Dream cast upon Giardini della Biennale," for the 58th Venice Biennale this year. Ukraine's An-225 Mriya with information about Ukrainian artists on board will fly over Venice.

KIEV, March 15 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny will increase claims against Russia's Gazprom under the gas transit contract by $1 billion at the end of the first quarter, Business Development Director Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KIEV, March 14 – National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva supports the sale of some shares in state-run Oschadbank and Ukreximbank to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the International Finance Corporation, the NBU has written on its Facebook page, referring to the results of a meeting last week between top NBU and EBRD managers.

KIEV, March 16 - Ukraine will seek assistance from the European Union to arrange talks with Russia on natural gas supplies later this month, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Wednesday.

KIEV, March 14 – The State Railway Administration of Ukraine (Ukrzaliznytsia) and Prydniprovska railways say they have not received written or oral statements or declarations from representatives of Crimean authorities on the so-called "nationalization of the railways."

KIEV, March 14 – Ukraine has decided to introduce special duties on imports of new passengers cars with engines from 1,000 to 1,500 cubic centimeters at a rate of 6.46% and cars with engines from 1,500 to 2,200 cubic centimeters at a rate of 12.95% irrespective of the country of origin and export, reads an official report in the government's Uriadovy Kurier newspaper issued on Thursday.

KIEV, March 15 – MP Viktor Yanukovych, the younger son of the country's president and vice president of the Automobile Federation of Ukraine, has tilted on his Facebook page against a decision of the interagency commission for international trade to introduce a 6.5-13% duty on imports of new passenger cars with 1,000-2,200 cubic cm engines.