KIEV, June 13 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Ukraine have signed a cooperation agreement for 2007-2009 that will increase EBRD investment in the public and municipal sectors.

KIEV, June 13 ??“ UkrTransNafta, Ukraine??™s state oil shipping monopoly that has been authorized by the government to create strategic state reserves of crude oil, will soon buy crude from undisclosed Russian oil companies, an official said.

KIEV, June 13 ??“ UkrInterEnergo, Ukraine??™s state power exporter, will hold two auctions within the next 30 days among foreign companies to sell power for export to the European Union, a company official said Wednesday.

KIEV, June 12 - Vinnifruit (Vinnytsia region), Ukraine's large juice and soft drink producer, in Apirl sold a 24% stake to Goldman Sachs and East Capital (Sweden), a source in the company told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, June 12 - Soudelor Limited, part of FTH Corvette Telecom telecommunications holding, (both based in Cyprus) is buying over 50% of Kiev-based Industrial Media Network (IPNET), one of the largest Internet providers in Kiev.

KIEV, June 12 - Sales of household appliances in January through March 2007 in 45 cities of Ukraine with a population of over 100,000 residents each grew by 17% in volume and by almost 25% in value, to 709,000 items worth $208.6 million, according to a GFK Ukraine Company study.

KIEV, June 12 - Metinvest Holding, which manages the metallurgical assets of Donetsk-based CJSC System Capital Management (SCM), plans to reconstruct the Azovstal and Yenakiyeve steel mills (both based in Donetsk region), according to Ihor Korytko, head of Metinvest Holding's steel division.

KIEV, June 9 - Ukraine and Russia seek to invite Western investors to help resume mass production of an upgraded model of An-124-100M-150 Ruslan, the world??™s largest heavy cargo aircraft, a Ukrainian designer of the aircraft, said.

KIEV, June 9 ??“ Generali Holding Vienna AG will buy 51% stake in Garant-Auto and Garant-LIFE, two insurance companies owned by UkrAvto Group, the biggest producer of cars in Ukraine, according to an agreement signed Friday.

KIEV, June 13 ??“ Tekt Group, a Ukrainian investment company, will soon complete acquisition of Rosinka, a major non-alcoholic beverage producer, in order to resell the assets to strategic investor by October, a company official said.