KYIV, Jan 21 – Ukraine in the past three years cut anthracite consumption by 63% thanks to the switch of units of thermal power plants (TPP) to long flame coal consumption, from 10.5 million tons in 2016 to 3.9 million tons in 2018, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk said. | More

KYIV, Jan 18 – Switzerland's asset management company responsAbility Participations AG (Zurich), which in August 2018 acquired 40.4% of shares in PJSC Bank Lviv from New Progress Holding LLC has increased its stake to 51%. | More

KYIV, Jan 17 – President Petro Poroshenko has said that increasing the level of social standards would be the main priority in 2019, the presidential website reported. | More

TALLINN, Jan 17 – The Baltic States and Poland are in favor of imposing new sanctions in connection with the events in the Kerch Strait, Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser has said. | More

KYIV, Jan 17 - Ukrainian businesses predict further economic growth and the creation of new jobs in 2019 for the second year in a row, according to a survey of company heads conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in the fourth quarter of 2018. | More

KYIV, Jan 17 – Ukrainian agricultural exports to the EU country in January-November 2018 grew by 6.9% year-over-year, to $5.6 billion. | More

KYIV, Jan 17 - Nibulon (Mykolaiv), one of the largest grain traders in Ukraine, intends to export 6 million tons of agricultural products in the 2018/2019 marketing year (MY, July-June). | More

KYIV, Jan 29 - Ukrainian actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who has said he is running for president of Ukraine, has admitted that he has commercial interests in Russia and has said he will divest himself of them "in the near future." | More

KYIV, Jan 18 – Russia at the trilateral gas talks on gas imports and transit across Ukraine will play for time until the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine are completed and due to the fact that there will not be new contracts Russia could halt gas transit early 2020, Naftogaz Ukrainy CEO Andriy Kobolev said. | More

KYIV, Jan 18 – Ukrainian coking plants imported 11.98 million tons of coking coal and coal concentrate for coking in 2018, which is 11% more than in 2017, taking into account enterprises located on the government uncontrolled areas and 14% more, not taking into account them. | More