MOSCOW, Aug 16 – Gazprom has booked a mere fraction of additional firm transit capacities through Ukraine for September offered at auction by the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU), according to the results of the monthly Regional Booking Platform auction on Monday.

KYIV, Aug 16 – Pobuzhsky Ferronickel Plant LLC (Kirovograd region), a member of the international investment group Solway, reduced nickel output by 9.4% in January-June 2021, year-over-year, to 7,375 tons.

KYIV, Aug 16 – Fitch Ratings has revised the outlooks on four state-owned Ukrainian banks to Positive from Stable and affirmed their Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) (Long-Term Foreign-Currency and Long-Term Local-Currency) at 'B'. The affected banks are PrivatBank, Oschadbank, Ukreximbank, and Ukrgasbank.

KYIV, Aug 16 – Ukraine’s economy grew at a much slower annual pace in the second quarter than the government had expected, suggesting that three interest rate hikes this year may have started to hurt growth.

KYIV, Aug 14 – Ukraine’s arms exports hit $145 million in the first six months of the year, down about 30% on the year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ukroboronprom, the state defense concern, reported.

KYIV, Aug 13 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in August lowered the forecast for the 2020/2021 marketing year (MY, September-August) for the export of major oilseeds from Ukraine by 1.3 million tons as compared to the forecast in July – up to 4.6 million tons, increased the forecast for the export of oilseeds in the current agricultural year by 0.1 million tons - up to 5.81 million tons.

KYIV, Aug 13 – The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (the AmCham) is concerned about the biased and unfair treatment of foreign investors in Ukraine, which may lead to the consideration of the dispute in the framework of international arbitration.

KYIV, Aug 13 – The renewal of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine next year can give a new impetus to the development of the Ukrainian honey industry, strengthen the country's position in the EU market and reduce its dependence on the supply of Chinese honey, which now forms about 40% of the total supplies in this direction, national consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Hanna Burka has said.

KYIV, Aug 15 - Ukraine's State Agency of Motor Roads of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) plans to overhaul 45 bridges in 2018 for UAH 2.3 billion, said Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan told TV Channel 112 Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 15 - The Kyivstar mobile communications operator, together with the National Police of Ukraine, will extend the joint social project "Search for Missing Children" to three new regions: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava regions, the company said in a statement.