KIEV, March 13 - Ukraine and Russia are likely to reach an agreement on lower natural gas prices before the high demand season begins on October 15, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said Wednesday.

KIEV, March 13 – Ukraine is preparing to deliver to China the first batch of AI-222-25F engines for the new Chinese L-15 trainer airplane.

KIEV, March 12 – Ukraine is negotiating with Spain the possibility of selling extra volumes of Emission Reduction Units (ERU), Ukrainian Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Mykola Zlochevsky told reporters in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, March 12 – Ukraine has sent to India a third batch of An-32 light transport aircraft that were upgraded at Ukrainian defense industry facilities.

Another five An-32 aircraft departed from Kiev to Kanpur on the morning of March 12.

KIEV, March 11 – The National Energy Regulatory Commission could decide on the increase of gas prices for households in the middle of April, according to Volodymyr Makukha, Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister.

KIEV, March 11 – The Antimonopoly Committee plans to finish an investigation into activity of Livela Company (Poltava region) in March, according to Deputy Committee head Rafael Kuzmin.

KIEV, March 10 – The amount of foreign direct investment in Ukraine's economy in 2011 is expected at $7 billion, which will be 16.7%, or $1 billion, over 2010, according to Tomas Fiala, the managing partner of Dragon Capital and the President of the European Business Association.

KIEV, March 10 – The United States Department of Agriculture has downgraded its grain export forecast for Ukraine for the 2010/2011 marketing year by 2.3 million tons compared to its forecast a month ago, to 12.63 million tons.

KIEV, March 10 - The price Ukraine pays for imported gas may exceed $300 per 1,000 cubic meters in the fourth quarter of 2011, Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Makukha said.

LONDON, March 13 – A possible jump in the price of natural gas due to the declaration of Central Asian countries that they are to transfer to market prices from 2009 carries the highest risks for the municipal and state sectors of Ukraine, according to country director Ukraine of the European Bank for the Reconstruction and Development Kamen Zahariev.