KYIV, Aug 16 – UkrGazVydobuvannia, or UGV, Ukraine’s largest natural gas producer, and Croatia's Crosco Integrated Drilling & Well Services Ltd have signed two contracts on drilling twelve wells in Poltava region.

KYIV, Aug 16 - The European Central Bank (ECB) has allowed Ukraine in the person of the Finance Ministry to obtain qualifying participation in PrivatBank (Latvia), according to the website of the Ministry of Finance.

KYIV, Aug 16 - Raiffeisen Bank Aval will issue a loan of UAH 514 million to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to finance the program of lending to Ukrainian companies in the hryvnia, according to the website of Raiffeisen Bank Aval.

KYIV, Aug 16 – State-owned companies transferred UAH 15.5 billion to the national budget last year, according to the website of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

KYIV, Aug 17 – Imports of passenger cars to Ukraine in the first half of 2017 almost doubled year-over-year, to 69,700, the Ukrautoprom association has reported.

DNIPRO, Aug 17 - Coking plants in Ukraine imported 6 million tons of coking coal and coal concentrate in January-July 2017, which is 17% or 1 million tons down from a year ago.

KYIV, Aug 17 – Hryvnia-denominated loans issued by banks to individuals grew by 13.4% in January-June 2017, and those issued to companies – by 2.6%, according to a survey of the banking sector by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) posted on its website.

KYIV, Aug 17 – The order of Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry on the specifics of transportation of hazardous freight by rail could block operation of the fuel market from September, the Ukrainian Oil & Gas Association has said.

KYIV, Aug 16 – Ukrzaliznytsia, the state railroad company, published revised draft of financial plan for 2017 suggesting net profit may decline to UAH 59.8 million by the end of the year, down from UAH 1.2 billion previously projected.

KIEV, Aug. 17 – Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is draining water from the spent fuel pools and intends to exploit them in the dry storage mode, the plant reported.