KYIV, Oct 30 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny is waiting for official proposals for the "package" settling of the debt and the signing of gas transit and supply contracts from Russia's Gazprom.

KYIV, Oct 29 – Coal miners at the Kapustin coal mine in Pryvillia in Luhansk region continue to demand that their wage arrears reaching up to UAH 170 million be paid off, Mykhailo Volynets, chairman of the Independent Trade Union of Coal Miners of Ukraine, has announced.

KYIV, Oct 29 – The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) has announced a tender to sell 78.289% of shares in PJSC Centrenergo.

The announcement was published in the Vidomosti Pryvatyzatsii newspaper on Monday, October 29.

KYIV, Oct 29 – ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel company, intends to invest about $1.5 billion in PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) in 2019-2022.

KYIV, Oct 30 – Kharkiv-based Morozov Design Bureau, part of Ukroboronprom State Concern, has transferred the first batch of seven domestic-made BTR-4 armored vehicles to the Armed Forces, the state concern's press service has reported.

KYIV, Oct 30 - Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko has the highest approval rating among presidential candidates - 15%, whereas 9% of voters are ready to support incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, 8% - showman Volodymyr Zelensky, and 7% - Civil Position Party leader Anatoliy Hrytsenko.

KYIV, Oct 30 – President Petro Poroshenko will hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on November 1 as part of her visit to Ukraine, the presidential press service reported.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 30 - Russia clashed with European nations and the United States on Tuesday over the legality of elections in two Moscow-backed separatist areas in eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press reported.

DNIPRO, Oct 27 - DTEK Energy plans to increase coal production by 6.5%, or 1.5 million tons, to 24.5 million metric tons in 2018, company CEO Dmytro Sakharuk said.

KYIV, Oct 27 – An increase in consumer prices, more significant than expected, has been caused by the growth of the economy, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.