KYIV, March 16 - The Cabinet of Ministers amended the rules for issuing long-term visas for entry to Ukraine for foreign investors.

"The government promotes attracting foreign investments to Ukraine. In particular, changes were made in the rules for issuing visas for entry to Ukraine and transit through its territory in order to provide foreign investors with the possibility of obtaining a long-term Ukrainian visa," reads an explanatory note to the cabinet resolution No. 171 of March 14.

KYIV, March 19 - The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) suspects officials of related companies of Nova Poshta Ltd, a leader in express delivery in Ukraine, of non-payment of taxes in large amounts, according to Larysa Sarhan, spokeswoman for Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko.

KYIV, March 19 – Ukraine’s state-owned aircraft producer Antonov is holding talks with Libya on restoration of airworthiness of Libya's An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft being stored in Ukraine since 2010.

KYIV, March 16 – The change of the inflation trends to a downward one is expected in coming months, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Dmytro Solohub said.

KYIV, March 16 – Ukraine’s economic conditions remain unstable, vulnerability of the fiscal system in the past years has grown, World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine Satu Kahkonen said.

KIEV, March 17 - The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) equaled 56.2 in February, which is 2.5 points higher than the indicator in January, GfK Ukraine said in a monthly survey.

KIEV, March 17 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) from the World Bank Group could invest up to $20 million into the Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, L.P. (EEGF III, Delaware, the United States) launched by Horizon Capital Advisors, LLC mainly for investment in Ukraine.

ODESSA, March 16 - The captain of the Sky Moon vessel (Tanzanian flag) has been found guilty of moving (from Crimea) over 3,000 of commercial soda outside the Ukrainian customs control area, the Malynovsky District Court in Odessa ruled.

KIEV, March 17 - Westinghouse Electric Company is studying the possibility of producing elements of nuclear fuel assemblies in Ukraine, President and CEO Danny Roderick said.

KIEV, March 19 - The decline in Ukraine's industrial production in February accelerated to 22.5% from 21.3% in January, 17.9% in December and 16.3% in November-October, the State Statistics Committee reported on Monday.