KIEV, Dec. 13 – The National Communications Regulatory Commission plans to announce in January 2011 a tender to issue licenses for the use of the radio frequency bands in the 2,100 MHz range for 3G mobile communications.

KIEV, Dec. 11 – Ukrainian banks in 2010 could put up for sale bad collateral-free credits worth UAH 8-12 billion and bad collateral credits worth UAH 2 billion, according to Christian Schuller, the director of Kiev-based Ukr-Finance Ltd.

KIEV, Dec. 11 – The National Bank of Ukraine has demanded that the banks temporarily stop transferring money abroad using hryvnias and the Western Union system, according to an NBU letter to the banks.

KIEV, Dec. 10 – The European Union has allocated EUR 12 million to Ukraine to realize four projects to provide financial assistance to Ukraine's innovation sector.

KIEV, Dec. 10 – Knauf Group (Germany) is performing geological exploration work at a number of gypsum fields in western Ukraine to search for raw materials for a plant it is to open in the region, said Oleksandr Havrysh, the director general of Knauf Gips Kiew Ltd., part of the group.

KIEV, Dec. 10 - Ukraine reduced ferroalloy production 33.1% year-on-year in January-November to 928,700 tons, the Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers' Association announced.

KIEV, Dec. 10 - The United States Department of Agriculture has upgraded its grain harvest forecast for Ukraine in 2009 by 500,000 tons compared to its November forecast, to 44.95 million tons.

KIEV, Dec. 11 - The Ukrainian government has approved the attraction of a state-secured credit worth $500 million by Ukrmedsnab, a state company providing medication to medical organizations, from Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO, the United States), canceling the previous resolutions of October 14, 2009 and November 11, 2009, which were suspended by the Ukrainian president.

KIEV, Dec. 13 - The National Bank of Ukraine has forecast that total external borrowing on the part of Ukrainian companies and banks in 2008 will reach $28 billion, doubling the anticipated figure for 2007, the Ukrainian business newspaper Economic News reported, citing a National Bank statement.

KIEV, Dec. 11 - Rent rates and the price of offices and commercial real estate in Kiev will grow from 3% to 7% in 2008, the head of the commercial real estate department at Kiev-based Trayektoria Ltd., Valentyn Vechersky, said.