KYIV, July 30 – The Investytsiyna Kredytna Ustanova LLC (Investment Deposit-Taking Institution) affiliated to Kyiv citizen Oleksandr Zinovyev is going to buy a Ukrainian subsidiary of Russia's VEB, Prominvestbank (PIB), put up for sale pursuant to an international arbitration award on the Crimean assets lawsuit filed by companies associated with the ex-owners of PrivatBank.

KYIV, July 30 – Total wage arrears in Ukraine increased by 5.1% in June 2019, and as of July 1, 2019 amounted to UAH 2.858 billion, the State Statistics Service has reported.

KYIV, July 30 – Real wages in Ukraine in June 2019 increased by 8.1% year-over-year, while compared with May 2019 increased by 5.8%, the State Statistics Service has reported.

KYIV, July 29 – The deviation of inflation expectations of Ukrainian households from the goals and forecasts of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is greatest compared to the expectations of enterprises, banks and financial analysts, NBU reported.

MOSCOW, July 30 - The Nord Stream offshore gas pipeline, which connects Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea floor, has resumed operations on Monday following a scheduled maintenance shutdown that began on July 17, European gas transport operators said.

KYIV, July 30 – The legal merger of Alfa-Bank Ukraine and Ukrsotsbank will be completed in H1 2019, Alfa Group CEO in Ukraine and Board Chairman of Ukrsotsbank Ivan Svitek said.

KYIV, July 27 - Firefly Aerospace Inc., a private American developer of rocket and space equipment, ties prospects and filling cooperation with the Ukrainian rocket and space industry with its reform and the abolition of existing restrictions on work of private companies in the space sector of Ukraine.

KYIV, July 27 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny intends in August to increase the price of domestic natural gas purchases from private gas producers in Ukraine by 6% compared to the July offer, to UAH 8,088 from UAH 7,629 per 1,000 cubic meters (excluding VAT), the press service of the company has reported.

KYIV, July 30 - Atlantic Agro Holding ApS sold its agricultural and mixed feed business in Ukraine for $97.5 million to Eridon, a Ukrainian agriculture group, EY Ukraine, which acted as a financial advisor in the transaction, reported.

KYIV, July 30 – The National Commission for Energy and Housing Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) has postponed the switch to daily gas balancing for two months, until October 1, 2018.