KYIV, March 21 - The Ukrainian cabinet will extend a contract with CEO of the nation's state-owned natural gas monopoly Naftogaz Andriy Kobolev for one year, Volodymyr Groysman said at a government meeting on Wednesday, bne IntelliNews reported. | More

KYIV, March 21 – Vice-President of Alfa-Bank (Kyiv) Iryna Skorokhodova has created Property Investment Boutique STRIX, which core business is purchase, management and sale of property. The company's portfolio includes projects for $300 million. | More

KYIV, March 20 – Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko are most likely to compete in the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, according to results of a survey conducted by the Socis Center for Social and Marketing Research. | More

KYIV, March 21 – Companies affiliated with operations of Crimea Titan plant located on the occupied Ukrainian peninsula in Armiansk were placed to the updated sanction list of the National Security and Defense Council (NSCD) of Ukraine. | More

KYIV, March 21 – The Cabinet of Ministers has published resolution No. 224 dated February 20, 2019 on the approval of the updated methods for appraising property, according to which the conclusion on the value of a facility targeted for privatization is effective for 18 months after the date of the appraisal, while earlier the validity period was 12 months. | More

KYIV, March 21 – The largest solar power plant in Khmelnytsky region – the solar power plant in Kamianets-Podilsky with a peak power capacity of around 64 MW – was launched on March 19, 2019. | More

KYIV, March 20 – President Petro Poroshenko by his decree No. 82/2019 enacted the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) dated March 19, 2019 on the application, abolition and amendment of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions), in particular against the heads of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. | More

KYIV, March 20 – Ukraine's Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Ihor Nasalyk stated that foreign companies are interested in developing hydrocarbon sites in Ukraine under the terms of product sharing agreements (PSA). | More

KYIV, March 20 – Ukraine plans in the spring and autumn of 2019 to increase the volume of gas pumped into its underground gas storage facilities (UGS) by 3 billion cubic meters (bcm) to start the next heating season with the reserves of about 20 billion cubic meters, head of Naftogaz Ukrainy Andriy Kobolev said. | More

KYIV, March 20 – Ukrzaliznytsia jointly with Kyiv city and district administrations is working on a project to upgrade the commuting traffic of the Kyiv hub, Ukrzaliznytsia Board Chairman Yevhen Kravtsov told reporters Wednesday. | More