KYIV, Sept 7 - Transit shipments of crude oil by pipelines through the territory of Ukraine to European countries in January-August 2018 decreased by 4.5%, or 409,500 tons, compared to the same period in 2017, to 8.692 million tons, PJSC Ukrtransnafta has said. | More

KYIV, Sep 7 – Ukraine's SBU Security Service has stopped the activity of an international hacker group that specialized in stealing and legalizing funds taken from banking institutions in more than 20 countries. Members of the group live in Kyiv, Chernivtsi, Odesa, and Voznesensk. | More

KYIV, Sept 6 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects that negotiations with the mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which started working in Ukraine on September 6, will be successful, head of the central bank Yakiv Smolii has stated. | More

KYIV, Sept 6 - The National Bank of Ukraine considers relevant the July forecast of inflation reduction to 8.9% in 2018, its return to the target range at the end of 2019 and the medium-term target of 5% in 2020. | More

KYIV, Sept 6 - Kyivspetstrans plans to build a waste treatment plant with a capacity of 450,000 tons of garbage a year worth EUR60 million, board chairman of the company Andriy Hruschynsky said at a press conference. | More

KYIV, Sept 6 - Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Commandant of the Turkish Coast Guard Ahmet Kendir have agreed on joint patrolling the Black Sea. | More

KYIV, Sept 6 - Ukraine’s central bank raised its key policy rate by half a percentage point on Thursday and said inflation could only be kept in check if the government secured more IMF aid, Reuters reported. | More

KYIV, Sept 6 - The international reserves of Ukraine in August 2018 decreased by 2.9% and amounted to the equivalent of $17.232 billion by September 1.

A corresponding report was posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). | More

KYIV, Sept 6 – Germany's Bayer chemical concern has launched a seed plant in the village of Pochuiky (Zhytomyr region) for $200 million, President Petro Poroshenko said. | More

KYIV, Sept 6 – Canada's Black Iron with assets in Ukraine has received a formal proposal from Ukraine's government to lease to the company a plot of land connected to the Shymanivske iron ore project, the company has said in a press release. | More