BRUSSELS, Dec 4 - Ukraine on Tuesday pressed NATO to come up with a "comprehensive answer" to Russian aggression in the Black Sea, as the alliance treads carefully for fear of escalating tensions further, AFP reported. | More

KYIV, Dec 4 – A delay in unbundling by national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny puts under threat the signing of new long lasting contract on transit of Russian gas across Ukraine, and the immediate steps should be made today, Energy Community Secretariat Director Janez Kopac said. | More

KYIV, Dec 4 – The pace of growth of retail lending in Ukraine in 2019 could be 30-40%, banking industry experts said Tuesday.

"In 2019, consumer loans will remain the main component and driver of growth in the loan portfolio of banks and the main direction of retail lending: they now form more than 80% of all retail loans in hryvnias. | More

KYIV, Dec 4 — Half of Ukrainians are not ready to get involved in the governance of their towns, with one-third of them being ready, a poll conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center has revealed. | More

KYIV, Dec 3 – The state of the banking system at present is stable, and the introduction of martial law in the country has not affected the operation of the banking system, First Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Kateryna Rozhkova said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday. | More

KYIV, Dec 3 - The Ministerial Council of the Energy Community has approved the list of "projects of mutual interest (PMI) consisting of 13 programs, including three projects initiated by Ukraine.

The relevant recommendations were adopted at a council meeting on November 29. | More

KYIV, Dec 3 - Ukraine since the beginning of the period of gas taking from underground gas storage facilities (UGS), which started on November 7, 2018, and as of December 1 had reduced its reserves by 1.143 billion cubic meters, from 17.195 billion cubic meters to 16.052 billion cubic meters, according to data from JSC Ukrtransgaz. | More

KYIV, Dec 3 – Ukrgazvydobuvannia plans to boost drilling by 66% in 2019 compared with the projected figure for 2018, to 524,000 meters, Head of the Drilling Department at Ukrgazvydobuvannia Mykhailo Paduchak said at the UGV Technology Day Kyiv last week. | More

KYIV, Dec 3 – Ukrainian agricultural exports to the European Union countries in January-October 2018 grew by 1.3% year-over-year, to $4.7 billion, according to a posting on the website of the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine. | More

KYIV, Dec 3 - Ukraine's president on Monday announced a partial call-up of reservists for training amid tensions with Russia, saying the country needs to beef up its defenses to counter the threat of a Russian invasion. | More