KIEV, Feb. 13 – The installed capacity of plants feeding the Ukrainian power grid grew by 0.3% or 149 megawatts, to 53,311 megawatts, in 2011, according to Ukrenergo.

KIEV, Feb. 14 - ESTA Holding LLC, the managing company of the ESTA Group, which was created by System Capital Management (SCM, Donetsk) to realize real estate projects, said it is planning to invest over $100 million in the reconstruction of Kievsky TsUM – Kiev's central department store, at the crossing of Khreschatyk Street and 38/2 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street.

KIEV, Feb. 11 – Ukraine and India will set up a special joint working body for coordination and cooperation during the implementation of large-scale bilateral contracts in the defense sector.

KIEV, Feb. 11 – Experts of the International Monetary Fund have positively assessed the measures taken by the Ukrainian authorities to overcome the aftermath of the global economic crisis, the National Bank of Ukraine said in a posting on its Web site after a recent IMF-NBU meeting.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – Kiev has abandoned its demand for the establishment of a midline in the demarcation of the border in the Azov Sea, according to an article in the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Ukraine (Mirror Weekly) newspaper on Saturday.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – The signing of a free-trade agreement with the European Union will take a lot more time than originally thought, according to Deputy Economy Minister Valeriy Piatnytsky, the chairman of the Ukrainian delegation at the talks with the EU.

KIEV, Feb. 14 - Ukraine started massive shipments of Azerbaijani crude oil to Belarus via its Odessa-Brody oil pipeline, Ukraine’s oil shipping monopoly UkrTransNafta reported on Monday.

KIEV, Feb. 12 - Ukraine boosted ferroalloy output 280% year-on-year in January to 122,400 tons, the Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers' Association told Interfax.

KIEV, Feb. 12 – The National Bank of Ukraine is ready to continue supporting the cabinet's payments for imported Russian natural gas, although only as a part of its monetary program, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the NBU.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – The Transport and Communications Ministry of Ukraine plans to raise an additional UAH3.5 billion for the reconstruction and construction of roads under preparations for the European Football Championship in 2012, the ministry reported, citing Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Vadym Hurzhos.