KYIV, May 20 – The Ukrainian hryvnia is not expected to show significant volatility on the forex market following President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s decision to dismiss Parliament, analysts said Tuesday.
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KYIV, May 20 – Ukraine in the short-term outlook will be able to maintain macrofinancial stability without a new tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), although in the long-term outlook the country needs to continue cooperation with the IMF, Executive Director of Blazer International Foundation and Volodymyr Zelensky's advisor for macroeconomic policy Oleh Ustenko said. | More

KYIV, May 20 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has included a 413-square-meter villa in Italy, which is registered for its owner, which is foreign legal entity San Tommaso S.R.L., in his 2018 property declaration. | More

KYIV, May 20 – In January-April 2019, the Ukrainian coking plants reduced the production of metallurgical coke by 6% moisture by 3% compared to the same period last year, to 3.503 million tons. | More

KYIV, May 20 – Ukrtransgaz has already signed agreements for the storage of natural gas with 23 foreign companies, within which around 360 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas are stored in the underground gas storage facilities (UGS), Ukrtransgaz director for strategy and business development Serhiy Makohon said on Facebook. | More

KYIV, May 20 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny is planning to increase its production of liquefied petroleum gas by 40-50%, to 240,000 tons (up from 160,000-165,000 tons in recent years), the head of the group's oil division, Mykola Havrylenko, said. | More

KYIV, May 20 – Ukrtransnafta hopes to sign a new ten-year transit contract with PJSC Transneft in June 2019, the director general of the Ukrainian company, Mykola Havrylenko, said. | More

KYIV, May 21 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy may resort to a referendum if his peace plan with Russia faces opposition from political groups, Andriy Bohdan, his newly appointed chief of staff, said Tuesday. | More

KYIV, May 20 – Ukraine can count on the EU's resolute support for reforms, and the EU is looking forward to working with new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on energy sector reforms, EU Commission's Vice President in charge of the Energy Union and EU Space Policy Maros Sefcovic said. | More

KYIV, May 20 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said he will resign after a meeting of the government this Wednesday and suggested he will lead a group at parliamentary election in two months. | More