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      Swiss National Bank approves a $200 mln loan to NBU
      Apr18

      Swiss National Bank approves a $200 mln loan to NBU

      The Swiss National Bank will provide a loan to the National Bank of Ukraine in the amount of $200 million in several tranches, which will be used to replenish Ukraine`s international reserves, as reported on the NBU website. The report refers to an earlier signed bilateral loan agreement which entered into force on April 6 between the National...

      Ukraine`s gas stocks in underground facilities grow to 8.6 bcm
      Apr18

      Ukraine`s gas stocks in underground facilities grow to 8.6 bcm

      The stocks of natural gas in Ukraine`s underground storage facilities grew by 1.6% from April 11 to April 16, or 135 million cubic meters (mcm), to 8.595 billion cubic meters (bcm) from 8.46 bcm, according to the operator of Ukraine`s gas transport system, Ukrtransgaz. The average daily volume of pumping gas for underground storage is about 16...

      Russian GRU officers Yerofeyev, Alexandrov sentenced to 14 years in Ukraine prison
      Apr18

      Russian GRU officers Yerofeyev, Alexandrov sentenced to 14 years in Ukraine prison

      Russian military intelligence servicemen Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov were found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison with confiscation of property. The sentence was rendered by a board of judges of Holosiyivskyi district court in Kyiv, chaired by Judge Mykola Didyk. The court found Alexandrov and Yerofeyev guilty under the...

      Kernel sells two oilseed crushing plants in Russia for $12 mln
      Apr18

      Kernel sells two oilseed crushing plants in Russia for $12 mln

      Ukraine`s largest vegetable oil producer, Kernel, announces it has sold two Russian-based oilseed crushing plants for RUB 800 million ($12 million). ”Kernel reports it has divested two oilseed crushing plants located in southern Russia for RUB 800 million paid in cash by the buyer,” the company said in an official statement. The plants have a...

      Income for IS drops 30%
      Apr18

      Income for IS drops 30%

      A U.S.-based analysis firm says the Islamic State (IS) militant group`s income has dropped by about one-third in the past 15 months, describing the decline as a threat to its long-term rule over its self-proclaimed caliphate, according to Radio Liberty.In a report released on April 18, IHS says revenue for the group fell to $56 million in March...

      Ukraine`s Cabinet names average gas price for 2016
      Apr18

      Ukraine`s Cabinet names average gas price for 2016

      The Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade announces the average price of natural gas in Ukraine in 2016 calculated on the basis of a consensus forecast given by interviewed experts.The price of imported gas for Ukraine this year will be about $202 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to the consensus forecast.The average gas price in...

      One Ukrainian soldier killed in booby-trap blast in Stanytsia Luhanska
      Apr18

      One Ukrainian soldier killed in booby-trap blast in Stanytsia Luhanska

      One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another one was wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”Over the last day, we lost one Ukrainian soldier in a...

      Ukrainian banks see rise in share of foreign capital in Feb
      Apr18

      Ukrainian banks see rise in share of foreign capital in Feb

      The share of foreign capital in solvent Ukrainian banks` charter capital grew by 0.4 percentage points (pp) in February 2016, to 43.2% as of March 1, 2016, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.The data does not include the insolvent banks` information.At the same time, the share of foreign capital in the solvent banks` charter capital has...

      Russian-made UAV downed by Ukraine troops in Donetsk region
      Apr18

      Russian-made UAV downed by Ukraine troops in Donetsk region

      Ukrainian troops participating in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, have downed a Russian-made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near the village of Novoselivka in Donetsk region`s Volnovakha district, according to the press center of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine. ”Terrorist groups regularly use drones in that area,...

      Hryvnia trades at UAH 25.52 to dollar on interbank market
      Apr18

      Hryvnia trades at UAH 25.52 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Monday set at UAH 25.42/25.52 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UaPosition correspondent.Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 28.7320/28.8420, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...