Ukraine: EBRD supports strategy for state-owned banks

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ukraine’s largest international investor, supports the Ukrainian government’s updated strategy for reforming the country’s state-owned banks. EBRD’s Country Director for Ukraine Sevki Acuner said that the strategy had been developed in the form of a general debate, which resulted in a very clear-cut strategy with the clear…

Ukraine: gas withdrawal up due to cold snap

Ukrainian energy and coal industry minister’s advisor Maksym Beliavsky says because of the cold snap on February 24-25, Ukraine has increased gas withdrawal from its underground storage facilities (USFs) to 101 million cubic meters per day, the maximum level for the entire 2017-2018 heating season. “Ukraine, because of the temperature drop, has increased the pumping…