KYIV, Feb 16 – Ukraine and Canada agreed to shortly begin negotiations to expand free trade agreement by focusing on services sector and investments, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported Tuesday.

KYIV, Feb 14 – Ukrgazvydobuvannia (UGV) reduced natural gas output amid exodus of top specialists from the company, including the top management, Naftogaz Ukrayiny Executive Officer Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KYIV, Feb 14 – The situation in Ukrnafta is under control, and the recent worsening of its financial indicators is linked to the crude oil price drop, Head of the supervisory board of the company, Executive Director of Naftogaz Ukrayiny Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KYIV, Feb 14 – Money supply in Ukraine in January 2020 increased by 2%, to UAH 1.467 trillion, according to preliminary data of monetary statistics posted by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, Feb 14 – The deficit of Ukraine's balance of foreign trade in 2019 totaled $3.63 billion, which is 41.5% less than in 2018 ($6.21 billion) and this is linked to the sharp improvement of trade in services with Russia, the State Statistics Service has reported.

KYIV, Feb 14 – The business confidence indicator in Ukraine, calculated by the State Statistics Service, in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to 103% compared to 113.4% and 105.9%, respectively, in the fourth and first quarters of 2019.

KYIV, Feb 17 – The Naftogaz Group in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (the Hague) proceedings against the Russian Federation has submitted the updated assessment of compensation for its assets that the Russian Federation unlawfully expropriated in Crimea," Naftogaz reported on Monday.

KYIV, Feb 17 – Alfa-Bank has improved Ukraine’s real GDP growth forecast for 2020 from 3% to 3.2% and expects economic growth to reach 3.8% in 2021, according to the bank's macroeconomic forecast under the base case (most probable) posted on its website last week.

KHARKIV, Feb 15 – Turboatom, a turbine manufacturer, and Energoatom, the nuclear power generator, signed UAH 500 million contract to produce a condenser for the turbine of reactor No 3 of South-Ukrainian NPP, the companies reported.

KYIV, Feb 15 – Ukraine at a meeting of the committee on trade facilitation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has said that Russia does not observe its obligations regarding freedom of transit, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry reported.