KYIV, Oct 24 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on Wednesday he hoped Parliament would pass the 2019 budget by Dec. 1, adding that the government did not plan to raise gas prices again during the heating season running to April, Reuters reported. | More

KYIV, Oct 24 – Ukraine has entered the heating season with enough natural gas stocks, and nothing is threatening to the heating season, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at a government meeting on Wednesday. | More

KYIV, Oct 24 – The total sum of overpayments to Gazprom for gas transit sent to Naftogaz Ukrayiny to offset the penalty accrued on the debt of the Russian company in line with the arbitration award on the transit contract issued on February 28, 2018, has reached $18 million, Chief Commercial Officer of Naftogaz Ukrayiny Yuriy Vitrenko said. | More

KYIV, Oct 24 – Registrations of electric cars in Ukraine grew by 54% in January-September 2018 year-over-year, to 3,798 vehicles, which is also 533 cars more than in the entire period of 2017, the Employers' Federation of Automotive Industry has reported, referring to an analysis of data from the Interior Ministry. | More

KYIV, Oct 23 – In November 2018, the national JSC Naftogaz Ukrayiny will keep its price for natural gas for industrial customers that purchase it on a prepaid basis at the October level, i.e. UAH 13,439 for every 1,000 cubic meters. | More

KYIV, Oct 22 – The approval of the Stand-By Arrangement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will contribute to macro-financial stability and will be a positive signal for foreign investors, according to bankers polled by Interfax-Ukraine. | More

KYIV, Oct 22 - The Ukrainian government should expand the program of subsidies for the population due to an increase in natural gas tariffs, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said. | More

KYIV, Oct 22 – The Facebook social network has opened a vacancy of public policy manager for Ukraine, posting the announcement on its website.

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MOSCOW, Oct 23 - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow is preparing sanctions that will ban imports to Russia of some Ukrainian products, RFE/RL reported. | More

KYIV, Oct 22 - S&P Global Ratings affirmed its 'B-/B' long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Ukraine. The outlook is stable, S&P has reported. | More