KIEV, June 10 – A strategic investor for State Saving Bank of Ukraine (Oschadbank) and State Export-Import Bank (Ukreximbank) should be attracted as quickly as possible, the National Bank of Ukraine said.

KIEV, June 10 – The introduction of new trade restrictions by Russia would result in the decline of Ukrainian exports to this country by 31% or $1.3 billion in 2016, director of the financial stability department at the NBU Vitaliy Vavryschuk said, presenting a first financial stability report of the central bank.

KIEV, June 13 – The Ukrainian government has facilitated the entry procedure for businessmen and tourists from China via Boryspil International Airport for the period from June 20 until September 30.

KIEV, June 16 – The parliamentary ad-hoc commission for privatization on Wednesday discussed the return of public joint-stock company Ukrtelecom, which is currently under the control of Rinat Akhmetov's SCM, to state ownership, commission member and Batkivschyna MP Ihor Lutsenko said.

KIEV, June 17 - Electricity production in the united power system of Ukraine in January-May 2015 decreased by 12.7% compared to the same period in 2014, to 70.189 billion kWh, a Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry source has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, June 17 – France's Soufflet Group plans to invest around EUR 250 million in the construction of a grain terminal at Illichivsk maritime merchandise port.

KIEV, June 17 – Antonov State Enterprise (Kiev), Ukraine's leading aircraft designer and manufacturer, will take part in designing and constructing an aviation plant in Saudi Arabia.

KIEV, June 17 - The National Bank of Ukraine has predicted a further slowdown in inflation, which creates the necessary conditions for discussing the possibility of reducing the refinancing rate, NBU Deputy Chairman Oleh Churiy told journalists in Kiev.

MOSCOW, June 17 - The Ad-hoc Committee of Bondholders to Ukraine insist on their offer to restructure Ukrainian bonds, as they do not understand the necessity of a haircut for part of the debt if the IMF ensures that funds are saved.

MOSCOW, June 16 - Gazprom will now consider suing Naftogaz Ukrainy for $18 billion under take-or-pay gas contracts for 2012 and 2013.

"We could have filed [a claim] yesterday or the day before, and now we'll see," Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller told a press conference at the Interfax head office.