KIEV, May 14 ??“ Russia and Ukraine will start talks on next year??™s natural gas prices in September and will be negotiated by Russian and Ukrainian prime ministers, Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko.

MINSK, May 14 - Belarus is considering the possibility of organizing oil transshipment through Black Sea ports, a source in Belneftekhim told Interfax.

KIEV, May 14 ??“ Energoatom, the national nuclear energy generating company, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Euratom discussed implementation of new safety measures for reactor two of Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant and reactor four of the Rivne NPP.

KIEV, May 14 ??“ Ukraine??™s Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant said Monday it canceled an agreement with AREVA NP, the French engineering group, over construction of a nuclear waste storage facility.

KIEV, May 14 - Ukraine and the European Union will probably next month sign a new steel agreement allowing Ukrainian companies to increase exports of steel to the E.U. in 2007, the European Commission reported.

KIEV, May 12 ??“ Ukraine??™s economy continued strong performance in April defying a major increase in natural gas prices earlier this year, figures released by Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov on Friday suggest.

KIEV, May 12 - The next round of talks aimed at mitigating EU anti-dumping sanctions against Ukrainian pipes takes place on May 16, Economy Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said Friday.

KYIV, April 13 - ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) has resumed production and begins shipping to foreign consumers thanks to cooperation with Ukrzaliznytsia and attention to the enterprise from the government of the country.

KYIV, April 13 – Energoatom expects that the service life of the majority of operating nuclear power units can be extended by 10 years to 60 years, Acting President of Energoatom Petro Kotin said.

KYIV, April 13 – Acting Energy Minister Yuriy Vitrenko is in favor of the earliest possible abandonment of the energy generation from coal, but considers this possible on condition of the development of energy storage systems.