DAVOS, Jan 29 - The Ukrainian power system will need up to three years to make changes to accept the additional 700-800 MW of wind capacity, the construction of which was previously announced by the Norwegian company NBT, Vsevolod Kovalchuk, the head of Ukrenergo, said in Davos.

KYIV, Jan 29 – Ukraine's GDP growth in 2019 will slow down to 2.5% compared to 3.4% projected by the European Business Association (EBA) in 2018, the Head of Dragon Capital investment group, EBA President Tomas Fiala has said.

KYIV, Jan 29 – Ukraine has signed a framework intergovernmental agreement with France on financial support for a project to supply drinking water to Mariupol in Donetsk region.

KYIV, Jan 26 - Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH, or BSH, Europe’s leading household appliance company, plans to expand its store chain in Ukrainian regions in 2018, BSH Pobutova Tekhnika Director General Serhiy Maksymov said.

DAVOS, Jan 25 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny will strengthen its positions among industrial consumers after offering more competitive prices, Chief Commercial Director of Naftogaz Ukrayiny Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KYIV, Jan 25 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has worsened the inflation forecast for 2018 to 8.9% from 7.3%, according to the central bank's website.

"The National Bank predicts that in 2018 inflation will remain high: 8.9% total inflation and 8.2% underlying inflation," the report said.

KYIV, Jan 26 – The state gas producer Ukrgazvydobuvannia is the leader in the list of largest taxpayers in 2017, paying UAH 50.4 billion of taxes in 2017 compared with UAH 38.1 billion in 2016, the Office of Large Taxpayers of the State Fiscal Service has reported.

KYIV, Jan 26 – Ukrainians are selling more hard currency savings to fuel consumer spending, a development that supports stability of the hryvnia, according to Bohdan Danylyshyn, the head of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KYIV, Jan 29 – Indian pharmaceutical companies are expecting Ukraine to relax procedures for registration of drugs in order to boost supplies, Interfax-Ukraine reported citing President of Indian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association in Ukraine (IPMA) Dr. Ramanan Menon.

KYIV, Jan 29 – The state nuclear power generating company Energoatom and Westinghouse Electric extended the term of a contract on supplies of nuclear fuel until 2025 in Brussels on Monday.