KYIV, Nov 29 – The International Monetary Fund’s executive board will convene in December to approve a new lending agreement for Ukraine, Christine Lagarde, IMF managing director, said Thursday. | More

KYIV, Nov 29 - Ukraine intends to request the closure of the Bosphorus strait for passage by Russian navy ships in connection with the Russian aggression against the Ukrainian military vessels in the Kerch Strait area, Ukraine's Naval Forces Commander Ihor Voronchenko said. | More

KYIV, Nov 29 — The Ukrainian ports of Mariupol and Berdiansk in the Sea of Azov have been blocked by the Russian Federation for entry and exit of vessels; a total of 35 ships have been blocked, Ukraine's Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said. | More

KYIV, Nov 29 – Azot (Cherkasy), part of Dmytro Firtash's Group DF, has started producing new type of mineral fertilizers – a urea-ammonium mixture with sulphur, the enterprise has reported in a press release. | More

KYIV, Nov 29 – Jysk Ukraine LLC (Kyiv), developing the JYSK furniture and household goods store chain belonged to Jysk Group (Denmark), will open a new store in Khmelnytsky, expanding its chain in Ukraine to 46 stores. | More

KYIV, Nov 28 – Representatives of the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine were denied access to papers of national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrayiny with the purpose of inspecting them, Head of the Accounting Chamber Valeriy Patskan said at a government meeting, asking Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman to react to the situation. | More

KYIV, Nov 28 – A tender to sell a 78.289% stake in Centrenergo is to take place on December 13 as it is scheduled, and all auctions to privatize small facilities in the ProZorro.Sales platform will take place in line with the announced dates, acting Head of the State Property Fund (SPF) Vitaliy Trubarov has said. | More

KYIV, Nov 28 - Passenger traffic on Ukrainian destinations is not sufficiently developed for the simultaneous operation of more than two low cost and hybrid airlines, former head of the State Aviation Service of Ukraine Denys Antoniuk said. | More

KYIV, Nov 28 – The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has recommended PJSC Sun InBev Ukraine (Kyiv), a large brewing company in Ukraine, and 10 other companies to remove signs "eco," "ecological," and similar signs from their labels of products, as they mislead consumers, and refrain from these actions in the future. | More

MOSCOW, Nov 28 - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday shrugged off a threat from U.S. President Donald Trump to cancel a meeting with him due to Moscow's seizure of three Ukrainian navy ships, and accused Ukraine's president of orchestrating the crisis, Reuters reported. | More