KIEV, Oct. 15 – The registration of more participant countries in the Sarmatia International Pipeline Company Ltd. would strengthen the energy security of these countries and allow them to take realistic steps to diversify energy supplies, reads a report by UkrTransNafta.

KIEV, Oct. 15 – Inflation in Ukraine in 2007 may reach 12-14%, member of Ukraine's National Academy of Science and member of the National Bank of Ukraine council Valeriy Heyets believes.

"If we assume that a manipulative component was missing from price growth factors, and price hikes were prompted only by objective factors, then inflation may be 12-14% in 2007.

KIEV, Oct. 15 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, will borrow $200 million to raise enough money by Nov. 1 to clear the debt owed to Russian gas giant Gazprom, an official said Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 12 ??“ Kiev economic court, which suspended a tender for the rights to use radio frequencies in the 5470-5670 MHz frequency range for providing access to the broadband IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) standard, has permitted the National Communication Regulatory Commission to hold a tender for two regional licenses for these frequencies.

KIEV, Oct. 13 ??“ Kiev-based AVK confectionary, one of Ukraine's largest confectionaries, has invested over $11 million in the upgrade of the Dnipropetrovsk confectionary that the company bought in April 2003.

KIEV, Oct. 13 - Multinational Logistic Partnership has started construction of an MLP-Chaika class A logistics center in the Kiev-Sviatoshynsky district of Kiev region.

KIEV, Oct. 13 ??“ AeroSvit Ukrainian Airlines is to increase its fleet by three Boeings before the end of March 2007, Oleksiy Kachanov, the company's first deputy director general said in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, Oct. 13 ??“ The International Bureau of Credit Histories plans to start operating on Oct. 30, CEO Andriy Kyyak told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 13 ??“ Ukraine is not planning to privatize its gas transportation system, according to the country's energy minister.

MOSCOW, Oct. 13 - Belarus and Ukraine are planning to agree on a common price policy for transporting Russian gas to Western Europe along trunk pipelines, a source wishing to remain anonymous told Interfax.