KYIV, Sept. 13 - Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, who oversaw the entry of Ryanair into the country this year, is under investigation on suspicion of illegal enrichment, anti-graft officials said on Thursday, Reuters reported. | More

KYIV, Sept 13 – Mriya farming company, which is pebing purchased by Saudi sovereign fund, in 2018/19 fiscal year expects that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) will be $15 million, which is $9 million less than the preliminary estimate made in February 2018. | More

KYIV, Sept 13 - The volume of hryvnia deposits in the banking system of Ukraine in August decreased by 4.1%, to UAH 494.49 billion, including deposits of the population - by 1.3%, to UAH 251.74 billion, business - by 6.8%, to UAH 242.75 billion, according to the website of the NBU. | More

KYIV, Sept 13 – Supervisory boards of Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Trunk Gas Pipelines of Ukraine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the unbundling of Ukraine's gas transmission system operator (TSO), the press service of Naftogaz told Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday. | More

KYIV, Sept 13 - The Public Investment Fund (PIF), a sovereign wealth fund owned by Saudi Arabia and a global leader in the volume of investment in agriculture, with the acquisition of the Mriya farming company has made the largest investment in the Ukrainian agricultural sector over the entire period of Ukraine's independence and plans to additionally invest large funds in the company, Head of Office of the National Investment Council of Ukraine Yulia Kovaliv said. | More

KYIV, Sept 13 – Sweden's IKEA, the largest furniture and household goods retailer in the world, plans to expand its network in Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine after testing the first store in Kyiv-based Ocean Mall, which will be opened in summer 2019. | More

KYIV, Sept 12 – A first tranche of the macro-financial assistance of the European Union (EU) will arrive in Ukraine this year, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said. | More

KYIV, Sept 12 - The cost of the Ukrainian agroholding Mriya, to be purchased by The Saudi Agricultural & Livestock Investment Co. (SALIC), is in the range of $175-300 million, according to investment experts interviewed by Interfax-Ukraine. | More

KYIV, Sept. 12 - A British court will rule this week on an appeal by Ukraine that it must repay to Russia part of a $3 billion bond in default, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Russia won an early verdict last spring in a lower court. | More

KYIV, Sept. 12 - Swedish retailer IKEA will open its first store in Ukraine next year because of the country’s improved business climate, Reuters reported citing a senior executive said on a visit to Kiev on Wednesday. | More