KIEV, March 15 ??“ Kraft Foods Ukraine, one of the largest Ukrainian confectionary producers, plans to set up an office in Belarus, the company reported.

KIEV, March 15 - Pravex-Bank, a bank owned by Kiev Mayor Leonid Chernovetskiy, plans in the fall of 2007 to place a $100 million debut issue of Eurobonds, a bank official said.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ Calyon Bank Ukraine, the country??™s No. 34 bank by assets, will double its statutory capital to UAH 170 million via an additional issue of shares, the bank reported.

KIEV, March 15 - Ukraine??™s economy expanded 7.9% year-on-year in February and was led by robust growth in the construction sector and the steel industry, the State Statistics Committee reported Thursday.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ Ukraine's trade with South Korea is likely to increase 17% on the year to more than $1 billion in 2006, Interfax-Ukraine reported Wednesday citing a Ukrainian Trade and Industrial Chamber official.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ Eurocar, Ukraine??™s producer of Volkswagen cars, increased output of vehicles by 170% on the year to 2,419 in January-February, the company reported Wednesday.

KIEV, March 15 ??“ The Ministry of Transport and Communications is going to create a
national air carrier on the basis of state assets, Transport and Communications Minister Yevhen Chervonenko said.

KIEV, March 15 - Russia's biggest cellular operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) intends to invest $500 million in Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC).

KIEV, March 15 ??“ The Industrial Union of Donbas is going to present programs connected with power resources and metallurgical development in the near time, chairman of its board of directors Serhiy Taruta told journalists on Monday.

KYIV, Feb 14 – The business activity index, after two months of stable indicators, decreased by 7 percentage points in January, to 43%, these are the results of the 21st issue of the New Monthly Enterprises Survey, conducted by the Institute of Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER).