Interinstitutional talks between the European Parliament, the European Council and the country presiding in the EU (Malta) on granting trade preferences to Ukraine have ended with reaching a compromise, according to which quotas for processed tomatoes, wheat, corn, and honey will be reduced, while urea will be excluded, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Head of Ukraine's National Energy and Utilities Regulation Commission (NEURC) Dmitry Vovk pledges there will be no changes in the model of payment for natural gas by Ukrainian households before a new heating season starts in 2017-2018, and a commission decision to introduce a delivery charge (the so-called customer charge) will be postponed for at least three months.