KYIV, Feb 12 – The U.S. and the European Union are close to agreeing upon new sanctions that will be imposed against Russia for attacking Ukrainian naval ships in November, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. | More

KYIV, Feb 12 – With a delay in the signing of a new contract on gas transit via the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) after 2019, Russia could again repeat crisis with deliveries of gas to European consumers, Naftogaz Ukrayiny chief Andriy Kobolev said. | More

KYIV, Feb 12 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry plans soon to borrow funds with the help of unused part of the guarantee of the World Bank, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova said. | More

KYIV, Feb 12 – DTEK as part of the electricity market reform has completed the division of functions to supply and distribute electricity, the company's press service has reported. | More

KYIV, Feb 12 - Processing in the agricultural sector, IT, logistics, engineering and tourism are priority areas for investment and government support in the medium term, said President Petro Poroshenko. | More

KYIV, Feb 12 – President Petro Poroshenko said the Pension Fund received UAH 5 billion in pursuance to the law on customs clearance of cars with European number plates. He ordered the prime minister and the head of the Pension Fund to shape proposals on indexation of pensions thanks to these revenues. | More

KYIV, Feb 11 – The annual inflation rate in January 2019 came close to the projected trajectory, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). | More

KYIV, Feb 11 – The amount of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals in Ukraine in 2018 grew by 78% in 2018 from 2017, to $1.817 billion, their total number increased by 19.4%, to 80, KPMG Ukraine said in a report. | More

KYIV, Feb 11 – Executive Officer of the Naftogaz Group Yuriy Vitrenko has reaffirmed the position of the Ukrainian side on signing a contract with Russia's Gazprom on gas transit shipments after 2019 based on European rules and with unconditional implementation of the awards by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. | More

KYIV, Feb 11 - Ukrainian prosecutors on Monday charged a high-ranking local Kherson official over a deadly acid attack on a prominent anti-corruption activist, BBC reported. | More