KIEV, March 28 – The share of illegal cigarettes on the Ukrainian marketshrank to 1.1-1.2% by late 2015 from 10% in 2013, Philip Morris Ukraine Director General Artem Chernis said.

KIEV, March 28 – The National Bank of Ukraine has mitigated some requirements for foreign credit transactions until June 8.

The NBU also permitted the use of investment accounts of nonresident investors to send funds that banks owe them for a separate currency transaction, the central bank has reported on its website.

The decision is outlined in NBU resolution No. 192 dated March 24 that amends NBU resolution No. 140 dated March 3.

KIEV, March 28 - Ukraine since the beginning of the 2015/2016 heating season has reduced natural gas stocks in its underground gas storage facilities (UGS) by 48.9%, or 8.342 billion cubic meters.

KIEV, March 28 - Ukraine increased gas production 3.5% year-on-year in January-February to 3.34 billion cubic meters (bcm), the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 29 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny saw a 51.5% rise in net revenue in 2015, to UAH 112.672 billion.

According to an unaudited financial report published on Monday, revenue from gas wholesale last year reached UAH 66.866 billion, from gas transit – UAH 45.471 billion and other operations – UAH 424.722 million.

KIEV, March 26 - The total sum of wage arrears in Ukraine rose 7.5% in February, the State Statistics Service reported.

According to the service, wage arrears on March 1, amounted to UAH 1.575 billion, or 5.2% of the monthly wage fund for February, while wage arrears on February 1, 2015 amounted to UAH 1.466 billion, or 5.1% of the monthly wage fund for January.

LONDON, March 27 - Moody's Investors Service has downgraded to Ca from Caa3 the corporate family rating and to Ca-PD from Caa3-PD the probability of default rating of DTEK ENERGY B.V. Moody's has also downgraded to Ca from Caa3 the senior unsecured bond ratings of DTEK Finance B.V. and DTEK Finance Plc, fully owned
finance subsidiaries of DTEK.

KIEV, March 29 – The State Savings Bank of Ukraine (Oschadbank) from April will start updating data on registers of Soviet era depositors, to whom the state is planning to pay compensation of UAH 1,000 per person by the end of the current year.

KIEV, March 29 - Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny seeks to borrow $2 billion from Russian bank Gazprombank to be able to pay for Russian natural gas supplies this year.

KIEV, March 27 – Only the companies belonging to Rinat Akhmetov and Konstantin Grigorishin will be able to participate in the privatization of a 50% stake in Ukraine's largest power supply company PJSC Dniprooblenergo (Dnipropetrovsk), a source at the Ukrainian government has told Interfax-Ukraine.