KIEV, April 15 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the state-owned natural gas company, has asked the holders of its eurobonds worth $500 million and notes worth $200 million to accept a delay in the terms for submitting an audited financial report for 2006 from March 31, 2008 to May 31, 2008, according to a report of Standard Bank London Holdings Plc. on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange.

KIEV, April 13 - The World Bank said Ukraine??™s economy will probably grow 5.5% on the year in 2007, an upgrade to an earlier forecast that had predicted the economy expanding only 4.5%, according to Ukraine Economic Update.

KIEV, April 13 ??“ First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB), Ukraine??™s No. 15 bank by assets, is to double its statutory capital, to UAH 1.513 million, according to the bank.

MOSCOW, April 13 ??“ Heinman International investment company is to create a $150 million fund, called Heitman Russia and Ukraine Property Partners, to invest in real estate in Russia and Ukraine, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development reported.

KIEV, April 13 - Banks in Ukraine increased assets 11.2% in the first quarter of 2007 to UAH 392.6 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine said on its website, citing preliminary first quarter results.

KIEV, April 13 ??“ Raiffeisen Bank Aval, Ukraine??™s second largest bank, cut interest rates on mortgage loans and reduced the term for loan approval, according to a statement by the bank.

KYIV, March 15 – In 2023, the Government of Denmark will establish a Fund worth DKK 7 billion ($1.01 billion) for military, civil and business assistance to Ukraine, the Danish government said.

KYIV, March 11 – The Russian Federation received from UAH 6 billion to UAH 8 billion a year from Ukraine for the supply of nuclear fuel to its nuclear power plants, Head of Energoatom Petro Kotin has said.

KYIV, March 11 – The amount of direct losses incurred by Ukraine's infrastructure from full-scale Russian military aggression has already reached $119 billion, work is underway to compensate for them at the expense of the seized gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Denys Kudin has said.

KYIV, March 11 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is discussing with Ukraine further steps on the necessary support, is participating in the development of anti-crisis management, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, said at a press conference in Washington on the evening of March 10.