KYIV, Dec 17 – The proposal of the National Commission of Ukraine for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) to authorize investors in renewable energy to transfer renewable energy facilities to state ownership is nationalization, Board Chairman of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA) Andriy Konechenkov said.

KYIV, Dec. 17 - The European Energy Community has certified the Operator GTS of Ukraine as the country’s natural gas shipper in line with a plan to split the national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny to reflect European energy legislation.

KYIV, Dec. 17 - Ukraine will delay for at least one month the restart of a nuclear power reactor whose malfunction in August has already cost the country $160 million in repairs, Energoatom officials said Tuesday.

KYIV, Dec 14 - The owner of the Swiss company Plirofories AG (owned 100% of the TV channels of 112.ua group), Eduard Katz, has announced his withdrawal from media business in Ukraine and the sale of the television channel.

KYIV, Dec 14 - Ukraine has been allowed to export poultry, eggs and egg products to Singapore, the State Service for Food Safety and Consumers' Rights Protection has reported.

KYIV, Dec 14 – The Ukrainian Oil & Gas Association and the State Fiscal Service have launched the perevir.AZS.info interactive project aimed at fighting illegal filling stations.

KYIV, Dec 14 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank each will provide a EUR 18 million loan for the implementation by Rengy Solar B.V. of a project to build three solar power plants in Mykolaiv region, the EBRD press service has said.

KYIV, Dec 17 – Ukraine and the European Union agreed on Monday to work together to improve the country’s energy efficiency, speed up reforms and strengthen educational institutions, the government reported.

KYIV, Dec 14 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has raised the refinancing rate from 13.5% to 14.5% per annum from December 15, 2017.

According to a press release of the NBU, the board of the central bank made the decision on December 14.

KYIV, Dec 15 – ERU Group, a private energy trader, imported around 70 million cubic meters of gas from the United States to Ukraine via the Swinoujscie LNG terminal in Poland, the co-owner of the group, Andriy Favorov, said.