KYIV, Oct 16 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is working on the launch of the bioenergy program in Ukraine in 2019, under which it is planned to finance around 10 or 15 projects for the amount of EUR 70-80 million, EBRD Associate Director for Energy Efficiency and Climate Change in Ukraine, Poland and Caucasus Sergiy Maslichenko has said at the 10th Sustainable Energy Forum (SEF) 2018.

KYIV, Oct 17 – The Ukrainian business retains positive expectations regarding the level of business activity for the next 12 months, according to a poll of company heads conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in the third quarter of 2018.

KYIV, Oct. 17 - Hackers with alleged ties to Russia have infected three companies in Eastern Europe with sophisticated malware attacks, a cybersecurity firm revealed on Wednesday, The Hill reported.

KYIV, Oct 17 – Ukraine's Energy and Coal Industry Ministry is working on a bill about energy security and sustainable development of the energy sector, Deputy Minister Natalia Boiko said Wednesday.

KYIV, Oct 17 – Ukraine’s defense sector will seek to expand cooperation with the U.S. to develop new aircraft, armored vehicles and naval ships, Pavlo Bukin, the head of Ukroboronprom, said.

KYIV, Oct 17 - Ukraine in 2018 lost two positions in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and dropped to the 83rd place among 140 countries.

KYIV, Oct 18 – The raids of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in offices of some professional stock market players were linked to a suspicion of their collusion for hiding over UAH 86 million illegally earned.

KYIV, Oct 18 – Ukraine will seek more investments into its IT sector that has been already growing at an annual rate of 20%, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Thursday.

KYIV, Oct 18 – DTEK Energy Holding has signed a second contract with U.S. General Electric to supply equipment for Prymorska wind farm with a total capacity of 200 MW, the press service of the holding has reported.

KYIV, Oct 18 - Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom reduced power generation by 5.1% year-on-year in January-September 2018, to 61.9 billion kWh, the company has said.

The target was met by 101.2%.