KYIV, Oct 27 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued the affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Italy, Korea, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

KYIV, Oct 27 - The total amount of wage arrears in Ukraine in September 2017 increased by 5.6%, since the beginning of the year rose by 37.8% and as of October 1, 2017 stood at UAH 2.47 billion, the State Statistics Service has said.

KYIV, Oct 30 – Kyivenergo, a producer of power and heat the Ukrainian capital, sees losses of around UAH 1.2 million a day from supply of heat and hot water to budget-sustained institutions, the company said.

KYIV, Oct 30 – President Petro Poroshenko signed into laws bills on ratification of Ukraine's intergovernmental agreements with Croatia, Latvia and Turkey on cooperation in investment protection, international transportation and right to work for family members of employees of diplomatic missions.

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Vinnytsia dairy plant Roshen, part of Roshen Corporation, in September sent the first batches of its products to the European Union.

KIEV, Oct. 28 – Ukraine has issued UAH 721.236 million (about $28.25 million) in fines for Russian airlines flights to the annexed Crimea in violation of Ukrainian and international laws, Ukraine's State Aviation Service told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 28 - UkrTransGaz, the state gas shipper, and France's Engie on Friday signed an agreement on gas transmission and storage, making it the first European energy player to enter Ukraine's wholesale gas market.

KIEV, Oct. 29 - Tokmak Solar Energy LLC launched the first phase of a solar power plant in Tokmak district of Zaporizhia region with a capacity of 1.5 MW, the press service of Zaporizhia Regional Administration has reported.

KIEV, Oct. 29 - Ukraine began the 2012/2013 heating season with natural gas reserves in underground gas storage facilities of about 21 billion cubic meters (bcm), Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov said Ukraine's joining the European Energy Community is an obstacle to the creation of an international gas consortium for the management of Ukraine's gas transport system with involvement of Gazprom.