KYIV, Sept 22 - Ukraine's return to the international bond market reduces refinancing risk and boosts reserves, supporting the country's sovereign credit profile, Fitch Ratings reported.

KYIV, Sept 25 – The board chairman of Kyivoblenergo, a major regional power distributing company, was found dead in his house on Sunday after an apparent attack by a group of assailants, police reported Monday.

KYIV, Sept 25 - President Petro Poroshenko has met with Canadian business representatives as part of his working visit to Canada and invited them to Ukraine, the press service of the head of state reported on September 23.

KYIV, Sept 25 - The popularity of the Russian media in Ukraine in 2017 has decreased compared with 2016, but the trust in them has slightly increased, according to a recent nation-wide survey.

KYIV, Sept 25 - Most of Ukrainian citizens (61%) see the level of tension in society as high and put the blame for this on the incumbent administration and tycoons, as is seen from the findings of a public opinion poll conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, which the Ukrainian news website ZN.UA cited on Friday.

KYIV, Sept 25 – Foreign investors showed growing interest in buying hryvnia-denominated government bonds, Deputy Finance Minister Yuriy Butsa said Monday.

ODESA, Sept 22 - Former deputy prime minister Serhiy Tigipko, who owns and leads TAS Group, may acquire VS Bank, a subsidiary of Russia’s Sberbank in Ukraine, a central bank official said.

KYIV, Sept. 26 – A major fire was reported to hit one of Ukraine’s largest ammunitions depots in the Vinnytsia region late Tuesday, local authorities reported.

KYIV, Sept 26 - Ukraine’s insurance companies increased risk reinsurance in Switzerland to 17.2% as of June 30 from 6.1% a year ago, also boosting reinsurance in Austria to 5.6% from 3.5%, the National Commission for the State Regulation of Financial Services Markets reported.

KYIV, Sept 25 - Auchan Retail Ukraine, part of France's Auchan Holding, will open its hypermarkets in Karavan trade and entertainment centers in Kyiv and Dnipro on October 20.