KIEV, Jan. 26 - The National Bank of Ukraine will refrain from holding a new round of stress tests of banks despite the World Bank's recommendations, the NBU said in a statement.

KIEV, Jan. 27 – Ukraine's State Property Fund is to call tenders in February for the sale of 73.37% of the Makiyivka coke and chemical plant, 67.27% of the Sokol instrument-making plant, and a 79.54% stake in the Nadvirna woodworking factory.

KIEV, Jan. 27 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has changed its forecast for Ukrainian economic development in 2009 from the 1% growth predicted in November 2008 to a 5% decline.

CHISINAU, Jan. 28 – Moldova is ready to sign a contract to buy Ukrainian electricity, if long-term supplies are guaranteed, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Trade Igor Dodon said in Chisinau on Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 29 - The Metinvest group's Northern Mining and Central Mining, two of Ukraine's top five iron ore producers, increased net profit substantially in 2008, the companies reported in the agenda for a March 20 shareholder meeting that will review the year's results and vote on distribution of profits.

KIEV, Jan. 29 - A number of large Ukrainian mining and metallurgical companies have asked the government to cancel a resolution of the Transport and Communications Ministry that increases the tariffs on cargo dispatch and cuts benefits for cargo shipments in private gondolas, as well as requesting that it not come into effect before the issue is discussed with consumers.

Ukraine’s largest natural gas producer UkrGazVydobuvannya (UGV) plans to boost investments 41% this year in prospecting and production of hydrocarbons, seeking to reverse the country’s recent output decline, the company reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 26 – The price of natural gas supplied by the UkrGaz-Energo joint venture to industrial consumers is UAH934.7 per 1,000 cubic meters as of Jan. 1.

KIEV, Jan. 28 - Centravis Ltd. International Holding, which was established on the basis of Nikopol Stainless Pipe Plant (Dnipropetrovsk region), UVIS Ltd. manufacturing and commercial group, Ukraine's major stainless steel pipe producer, in January launched a new pipe production line, investing $15 million.

KIEV, Jan. 29 - A fall in ethylene sales on the European markets could lead to a sharp cut in production of the main types of products or a full stoppage of Karpatnaftokhim Ltd. in Kalush Ivano-Frankivsk region in February, the head of its production and control department, Mykola Sorokhteya, has told Interfax-Ukraine.