MOSCOW, April 24 - The two major shareholders of mobile phone company Vimpelcom on Sunday gave sharply differing reactions to the rejection by the Russian company's board of a proposed purchase of a Ukrainian mobile operator, Reuters reported Sunday.

KYIV, March 23 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) made two more EUR100 million payments to Ukraine this week, the bank said on its website.

With these two disbursements, we have provided EUR629 million of our initial support package of EUR668 million, and that's not all. These funds will help cover urgent financial needs in the face of Russian aggression, the bank said.

KYIV, March 25 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced the launch of a pilot project in Ukraine to provide assistance in creation of online courts to consider small claims (EUR 5,000-10,000), which is then planned to be extended to other countries.

KYIV, March 24 - Coca-Cola Beverages Ukraine has invested EUR25 million in the modernization of a production line at the Kyiv plant, the capacity of which will triple, to 42,000 half-liter PET bottles per hour, the company said in a press release.

KYIV, March 24 – President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree enacting a non-public decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) regarding Motor Sich Joint Stock Company.

KYIV, March 25 – The Cabinet of Ministers has extended until May 1 the effect of a fixed price for electricity for household consumers in the amount of UAH 1.68 per kWh, according to Resolution No. 238 of March 24, posted on the Uriadovy portal on Thursday.

KYIV, March 24 - The Ministry for Communities and Territories Development may receive a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) in the amount of EUR100 million and technical assistance in the amount of EUR1.5 million for the modernization of street lighting in Ukraine.

KYIV, March 24 – The volume of retail sales of oil products decreased by 20% over the week, March 14-21, a fall against the background of quarantine measures may reach 40-50% in April, Director of A-95 Consulting Group (Kyiv) Serhiy Kuyun has said.

KYIV, March 24 – The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine has urged the Verkhovna Rada to greenlight the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and supports the measures taken to date by the Ukrainian government to safeguard Ukrainian people as much as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chamber said on its website on Tuesday.

KYIV, March 25 – Ukrainian business is backing medical workers in the conditions of quarantine imposed over the coronavirus disease COVID-19 pandemic, and is actively buying lungs artificial ventilators and other required equipment.