KYIV, Aug 22 - The Nielsen consumer confidence index in Ukraine in the second quarter of 2017 for the first time in three years returned to the level of the third quarter of 2014, to 57 points.

KYIV, July 22 - The total amount of subsidies paid to families for housing and utilities services in Ukraine amounted to UAH 3.069 billion in January-July 2017, which is UAH 487.9 million, or 18.9% up year-over-year, the State Statistics Service has reported.

KYIV, Aug 22 – The top 100 state-owned enterprises in Ukraine in 2016 received UAH 26.4 billion of net profit against UAH 53 billion of loss a year earlier, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Maksym Nefyodov has said.

KYIV, Aug 22 - The U.S. company XCoal Energy and Resources has shipped the first batch of anthracite coal to the port of Baltimore for PJSC Centrenergo, which will be delivered to Yuzhny port by sea.

KYIV, Aug 21 - Exports of information technology and computer programming from Ukraine increased by 7.5% on year to $588.3 million in the first half of 2017, the State Statistics Service hs said.

KYIV, July 22 – Ukraine has resumed export of electricity to Belarus, the press service of Energoatom, the operator of Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPP), said.

KYIV, July 22 – Industrial production decreased 5.6% in Ukraine in June year-over-year, while the decline was 12.2% in May, some 16.2% in April and some 7.7% in March, the State Statistics Service said on Wednesday.

KYIV, July 22 – The Ministry of Internal Affairs signed a contract for the construction of patrol boats for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine with French company OSEA with the participation of the Nibulon company.

KYIV, July 23 – Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Krykliy and President of Switzerland Simonetta Sommaruga during a meeting in Kyiv discussed prospects for further cooperation between the two countries in different directions, in particular, in the railway industry.

KYIV, July 23 – The first phase of the construction of the international airport in Dnipro will start in September 2020, at the same time work on the construction of the runway and the terminal should start, the press service of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration said.