KYIV, June 18 – Ukraine will seek to create a consortium of EU companies and countries that will work to stop the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, New Europe reported Monday.

KIEV, June 16 – Ukraine has presented a statement to members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) asking the to respond to provocative illegal actions made by Russia which are threatening safety of navigation in the northern part of the Black Sea which has literally turned into a "grey zone" for international shipping as a result of the continued illegal occupation by the Russian Federation of the Crimean peninsula.

KIEV, June 16 - Ukraine may start using anthracite coal burning power units in July to cope with growing power demand as air temperatures increase, UkrEnergo, the country’s power grid, said Friday.

KIEV, June 15 - The Medicines Manufacturers of Ukraine association has become a member of the Medicines for Europe association (Brussels), which unites producers of generic drugs.

KIEV, June 15 – Ukrenergo needs to raise about EUR1 billion over the next 10 years to modernize its power grids, company head Vsevolod Kovalchuk said at a press conference in Kiev.

ASTANA (KAZAKHSTAN), June 15 - Ukraine and Kazakhstan are actively working to expand cooperation in the field of fuel supply to Ukrainian nuclear power plants, Deputy Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Dzhaksaliyev said during the National Day of Ukraine at EXPO 2017 in Astana.

KIEV, June 13 – The hryvnia exchange rate to the U.S. dollar in 2016 will decrease from UAH 24.03/$1 to UAH 26/$1, S&P Global Ratings said in its report affirming its 'B-/B' long- and short-term local and foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on Ukraine.

KIEV, June 13 – The State Fiscal Service has again called on the government to introduce floor tobacco prices, citing shortfalls to the budget as companies decrease upper prices.

LONDON, June 10 - S&P Global Ratings has affirmed its 'B-/B' long- and short-term local and foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on Ukraine.

The outlooks on the long-term foreign and local currency ratings are stable.

KIEV, June 10 – The interagency commission for international trade has extended the term of an investigation into imports of some nitrogen fertilizers from Russia for three months, to 15 months.