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Polysus AG in March to supply first batch of equipment for Altcem cement plant under construction in Crimea

13:06

15.01.2009

Polysus AG Company, part of Germany's Thyssen Krupp Concern, in March 2009 is to supply a first consignment of equipment for the Altcem cement plant, which is under construction in Pryozerne in Crimea.

Kyivenergo denies reports of illegal gas extraction

20:09

14.01.2009

JSC Kyivenergo has denied reports that it has illegally extracted gas.

Ukraine's transport companies cut cargo turnover by 0.2% in 2008

18:18

14.01.2009

Ukrainian transport enterprises in 2008 decreased cargo transportation by 1.3% year-on-year, to 891.8 million tonnes, the State Statistics Committee has told Interfax-Ukraine.

EBRD's investment in Ukraine 29% up in 2008

17:15

14.01.2009

The investment of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Ukraine in 2008 was EUR 835 million, which was 29.1% up compared to 2007, the press service of the bank's Kyiv office has said.

GDP fall in Ukraine in 2009 to be 4.5%, opinion

16:17

14.01.2009

ING Bank Ukraine (Kyiv) has forecast a 4.5% fall in Ukraine's GDP in 2009.

Sunflower exports from Ukraine may grow to 500,000 tonnes in 2008/2009 MY, says Ukroiliyaprom

14:41

14.01.2009

Ukraine could supply around 500,000 tonnes of sunflower seeds to foreign markets in the current marketing year (MY, September 2008 – August 2009), which is 6.8 times more year-over-year, the director general of the Ukroiliyaprom association, Stepan Kapshuk, has said.

Ukraine demands 21 million cubic meters of Russian process gas a day - Tymoshenko

14:03

14.01.2009

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has reiterated her country's demand that Russia should provide some 21 million cubic meters of process gas a day to ensure the transit of nearly 300 million cubic meters of Russian natural gas to European markets.

AMCU starts checking information of RosUkrEnergo's control over 75% of gas sales in Ukraine

12:53

14.01.2009

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has sent inquiries to a representative of Dmytro Firtash, the co-owner of Swiss RosUkrEnergo gas trader, and all 52 regional gas distribution companies in order to check the structure of their assets as a part of the checks of reports that RosUkrEnergo controls over 75% of gas sales in Ukraine.

Cabinet to allocate some funds of second tranche of IMF loan to credit construction of hotels for Euro 2012

12:21

14.01.2009

The Ukrainian government plans to allocate some funds from the second tranche of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan to credit investment projects on the construction of hotels, which were included in the target program on preparations for the Euro 2012 European football championship, deputy culture and tourism minister, Yuriy Zubkov, said at a press conference on Tuesday.

Interpipe Novomoskovsky Pipe Plant receives first tranche of EUR 20 m credit issued by Interpipe Ltd

11:51

14.01.2009

OJSC Interpipe Novomoskovsky Pipe Plant in Dnipropetrovsk on January 12 received a first tranche of EUR 50,000 on the basis of an agreement on a ten-year loan worth EUR 20 million signed with Cyprus-based Interpipe Limited, according to a plant report issued on Tuesday.

Fair gas price for Ukraine not to exceed $210 per 1,000 cbm, Yuschenko says

19:57

13.01.2009

Ukraine's President Viktor Yuschenko stresses that price for Russian gas for Ukraine, according to the calculations due to European prices and the memorandum on the gradual increasing of gas price for Ukraine, should not exceed $210 per 1,000 cubic meters.

Ukraine suggests signing technical agreement on resuming gas transit, says Yuschenko

18:01

13.01.2009

Kyiv and Moscow should use the option of signing a technical agreement to resume gas transit to Europe and Ukrainian gas supplies to the Eastern parts of Ukraine," president Yuschenko has said.

Yuschenko proposes to return to last year's system of Russian gas supplies

18:01

13.01.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko considers it necessary to return to the system of Russian gas supplies in place until December 31, 2008.

Plummeting imports ensures surplus in Ukraine's balance of foreign trade in January, says Finance Ministry

14:35

13.01.2009

Plummeting imports yielded a surplus in Ukraine's balance of foreign trade in first ten days of January 2009, according to Ukrainian Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk.

NBU to try to return to hryvnia exchange rate to December 2008 level

13:01

13.01.2009

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will try to return the hryvnia exchange rate to its level at the end of December 2008, and plans to conduct a currency auction on January 13, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the NBU governor.