KIEV, July 12 – Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Kozak has expressed alarm at the level of passenger servicing by Ukraine International Airlines, resulting in delays of flights and the organization of code sharing.

KIEV, July 12 – Ihor Didenko, the former first deputy head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, has called on politicians not to make political capital from thw criminal case opened against him.

"I'm asking politicians not to use this case in their own political affairs," he said at a meeting at Kiev Pechersky District Court on Monday.

KIEV, July 13 – The current government of Ukraine is passive in the question of diversification of imports of energy resources to the country, analysts said at a press conference at the press center of the Ukrainian News information agency.

KIEV, July 13 – Shareholders of the Ukrtatnafta Company (the Kremenchuk oil refinery in Poltava region) have dismissed Valentyn Franchuk from the post of supervisory board chairman and appointed Yevhen Bakulin to the post.

KIEV, July 13 – The deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in commodities January through May shrank by 8.3% year-over-year, to $2.1 billion, according to Ukraine's State Statistics Committee.

KIEV, July 13 – Ukravtodor, Ukraine’s state road service, has proposed increasing fuel excise rates and vehicle ownership taxes.

According to a draft law prepared by Ukravtodor amending certain laws of Ukraine on road sector activities, in particular, it is proposed to increase petrol excise rates by 64%, to EUR180 per ton from Jan. 1, 2010.

KIEV, July 13 - British oil and gas company Cadogan Petroleum plc, which owns assets in Ukraine, has said that the attack on its executive director and head of its office in Ukraine Ian Baron is connected with his professional activities on these posts.

KIEV, July 13 – The European Commission will provide EUR9 million to support Ukraine's coal industry, a representative of the European Commission's delegation to Ukraine, Hans Rhien, said in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, July 14 - Ukraine's State Statistics Committee has increased its estimate for real GDP growth in the first quarter to 6.5% from 6%, the committee said in a Friday statement.

KIEV, July 14 - Ukraine and Japan on Monday signed a memorandum on cooperation for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, the Ukrainian environment protection ministry said Monday.