KYIV, Nov 24 – The estimate of the total sales of household appliances and electronics imported without proper customs procedures in 2020 fell by 12%, to almost UAH 18 billion, or 16% to the total sales of the studied categories, according to a study by Gfk.

MOSCOW, Nov 24 – The rosing natural gas and oil prices on the European energy market will not influence the certification of the Nord Stream 2 operating company as an independent network operator, German Ambassador to Russia Geza Andreas von Geyr said in an interview with Interfax.

KYIV, Nov 23 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the terms of a production sharing agreement (PSA) within Ichnianska hydrocarbon area with York Energy (UK) Holdings Limited (Great Britain, a branch of the American oil and gas company Alpha Energy).

KYIV, Nov 23 - ICU Investment Group has improved its forecast for the fall of Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) to 5% from 5.7%, head of the group's macroeconomic research department Serhiy Nikolaichuk said.

KYIV, Nov 24 – Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee for the third time rejected a bid from the Chinese state company to acquire a controlling stake in the country’s aircraft engine manufacturer Motor Sich.

KYIV, Nov 24 – Ukraine’s grain exporting contracts may be in jeopardy and escalate into litigation next month due to confusion caused by the government over potential force majeure, according to the Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA).

KYIV, Nov 23 – Some 15 business centers (BC) with a total leasable area of about 400,000 square meters have been announced for opening in 2020-2021, according to the NAI Ukraine report.

KYIV, Nov 24 – The European Energy Community (EEC) noted the highest level 84% of implementation of reforms in the energy sector in the gas market in 2020.

This is proved by the data of the Annual Implementation Report of the European Energy Community published on its website on Monday.

KYIV, Nov 24 – Fitch Ratings has maintained Ukraine-based electricity generation company DTEK Renewables B.V.'s 'B-' Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) on rating watch negative (RWN), the agency said on its website.

KYIV, Nov 21 – Transshipment of grain in the seaports of Ukraine for almost 11 months of 2019 exceeded the indicator for the whole year of 2018 by 6.1 million tons and is, according to recent data, more than 46 million tons, according to the website of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority.