KYIV, March 15 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) are opening the EU4Business-EBRD credit line with the limit of EUR 60 million to finance projects of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Ukraine, EBRD Managing Director, Eastern Europe and Caucasus Matteo Patrone said at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday.

KYIV, March 15 – JPMorgan Chase & Co. directly lent around $350 million to the government of Ukraine on March 12, 2019, two weeks before the first round of the presidential election in the cash-strapped country, WSJ has reported, referring to people familiar with the deal.

KYIV, March 14 – Ukrzaliznytsia has paid off the first part of loan participation notes (LPN, eurobonds) in the amount of $150 million and paid the coupon on them, the company reported.

KYIV, March 14 – Ukrainian airline SkyUp has created a working group consisting of employees of industrial divisions to monitor, collect and process information about incidents with Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes to develop an action plan, the press service of the airline said.

KYIV, March 15 – Kyivstar, the leading Ukrainian mobile communications operator, plans to invest in the development of 4G (LTE) standard by 18-20% more in 2019 compared with 2018, Kyivstar President Alexander Komarov said.

KYIV, March 15 – President Petro Poroshenko has announced the Ukraine's project, named "The Shadow of Dream cast upon Giardini della Biennale," for the 58th Venice Biennale this year. Ukraine's An-225 Mriya with information about Ukrainian artists on board will fly over Venice.

KIEV, March 15 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny will increase claims against Russia's Gazprom under the gas transit contract by $1 billion at the end of the first quarter, Business Development Director Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KIEV, March 14 – National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva supports the sale of some shares in state-run Oschadbank and Ukreximbank to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the International Finance Corporation, the NBU has written on its Facebook page, referring to the results of a meeting last week between top NBU and EBRD managers.

KIEV, March 16 - Ukraine will seek assistance from the European Union to arrange talks with Russia on natural gas supplies later this month, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Wednesday.

KIEV, March 14 – The State Railway Administration of Ukraine (Ukrzaliznytsia) and Prydniprovska railways say they have not received written or oral statements or declarations from representatives of Crimean authorities on the so-called "nationalization of the railways."