KYIV, Aug 17 – The European Business Association (EBA) has called on relevant state agencies to take urgent measures in order to prevent the introduction of additional customs duties by Turkey on Ukrainian confectionary products.

KYIV, Aug 18 - Ukraine will get a loan from Cargill Financial Services International, Inc. of up to EUR 250 million, the loans will bear interest at a rate of 5.95% per annum for contracts with maturity in three years and 6.85% for contracts with maturity in five years.

KYIV, Aug 15 – Minority shareholders of Ukrnafta represented by the Privat group have given up the right to appoint the chairman of the company's board only from their nominees in exchange for forming a supervisory board with a majority of independent directors, Executive Director of Naftogaz Ukrainy Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KYIV, Aug 16 – Power generation by all power plants of state-owned enterprise Energoatom in January-July 2019 increased by 4.5% (2.099 billion kWh) compared to the same period of 2018, to 48.861 billion kWh.

KYIV, Aug 15 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny expects to complete the process to recover $3 billion from Russia's Gazprom at the end of 2020, Naftogaz's Executive Director Yuriy Vitrenko has said.

KYIV, Aug 15 – The number of plots of land suitable for building cottage estates 5-10 km from Kyiv has decreased by 65% over the past decade, and will continue to decline over the next five to seven years, says Vladislav Kononov, Managing Partner of AVM Development Group.

KYIV, Aug 15 – Ukrainian Power Bridge Company Limited (UPBCL, a consortium of Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB, Polenergia International S.àr.l. and EDF Trading Limited) has been named the winner of a competition to select a private partner for the Ukraine-EU Energy Bridge Project, according to information in the protocol of the commission conducting the competition.

KIEV, Aug. 18 – The Individuals' Deposit Guarantee Fund under the decision of the National Bank of Ukraine on the liquidation of Eurobank (Kiev) on August 17 started the procedure of liquidation for the period until August 16, 2018, according to the fund's website.

KIEV, Aug. 16 – State-run Oschadbank (Kiev) seeks to challenge the court decision that revoked its right to use the Sberbank brand on the territory of Ukraine, the bank said in a press release.

KIEV, Aug. 17 - Ukrzaliznytsia and Newag Group (Poland) signed a memorandum of cooperation to upgrade locomotives in Kiev on August 17.