Chinese Vice Premier comes to Kyiv; EU nixes EUR600 million payment; Gov’t Postpones VAT on Equipment Imports; Lviv air traffic jumps 47%

Q3 GDP growth: 2.1%; Russia’s bypass gas lines advance; UN and Ukraine sign 5-year, $675 million development deal; Chinese Vice Premier to visit Kyiv

China to build bypass on Kyiv-Lviv highway; China-EU rail and ferry links advance through Ukraine; Ukraine makes debut as a gas storage hub

Farm export earnings jump 23%; Bullet train from capital to coast could cost EUR1 billion; Salaries up 38% in the last year;

Scarab: new ransomware by email; UIA to increase jet fleet by 25%, add flights to Warsaw, Poland; Ukraine joins EU highway network

PM wants to slash gas royalties to boost production; Dragon ranks top 15 banks in Ukraine; Ukraine to lose EUR600 million EU loan;

Red tape is down. Public private partnerships will boost growth. But real estate forum attendees say downsides are: corruption, brain drain, and squeamish foreign bankers

China signs deal to build Kyiv’s 4th metro line; housing construction up 21%; CabMin approves international board for Naftogaz; MHP eyes purchase of 5 EU poultry farms

​Construction starts on ‘mini city’ in southern Kyiv; Ukraine nearly doubles car imports; Job openings jump 12%; Taxes down, ease of paying up; Japan’s JICA opens in Kyiv.

​Lviv wins flights to London; Ukrainian rocket takes supplies to Space Station; Kyiv tops Eastern Europe capitals for plans to build shopping centers

China to start Kyiv’s fourth subway line in 2019; Gov’t to spend on growing national beef and dairy herds; 650,000 Ukrainians ignore their government’s travel warning and fly to Egypt

​OPIC mulls financing $500 million, 500 MW wind farm powered by GE; China and Ukraine talk about electric car manufacture; Ukraine transports record amount of Russian gas; Ukraine will have two Christmases this winter