KYIV, Dec 8 - The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has granted an extension until January 17, 2018 from December 6, 2017 for PrivatBank to file its response to requests of a trustee regarding PrivatBank's $175 million loan participation notes maturing on February 28, 2018, and $200 million loan participation notes maturing on January 23, 2018 seeking to initiate arbitration in violation of the terms of the equities circulation.

KIEV, Dec. 12 – There is no deposit outflow trend in the banking system, the press service of the Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine (IABU) reported with the reference to members of the committee for the monetary and credit policy and currency regulation at the association.

KIEV, Dec. 11 – Ukraine's gross domestic product in the third quarter of 2013 shrank by 1.3% compared with the third quarter of 2012, which corresponds to the pace of the decline in the second quarter of this year, the State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday.

KIEV, Dec. 11 - The civil unrest in Ukraine triggered by the government's last-minute U-turn on EU integration and movement towards Russia may exacerbate the country's already significant forex and debt risks, according to Roubini Global Economics (RGE).

KIEV, Dec. 12 – The Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister on Thursday denied Russian media reports that Ukraine has huge unpaid debts for natural gas supplies to Russia.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 10 – The association agreement between Ukraine and the EU could be signed by November 2013 if the Ukrainian authorities demonstrate significant progress in addressing the problems outlined by the European Union, read the conclusions of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, which held a foreign ministerial meeting in Brussels on Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 11 – The leadership of Rompetrol is discussing the issue of closing all development plans in Ukraine, and the company does not rule out that it could completely abandon the Ukrainian fuel market, Commercial Director of Rompetrol-Ukraine LLC (Odessa), Kyrylo Zakhovavko, said at the Ukrainian Petroleum Market conference in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, Dec. 12 – The toughening of the currency regime will allow the National Bank of Ukraine, at least in December, to stop supporting the hryvnia exchange rate via the sale of currency from forex reserves, according to NBU Governor Serhiy Arbuzov.

KIEV, Dec. 12 - Ukraine’s two major ferroalloy producers suspended operation and appealed to President Viktor Yanukovych for help after the government’s plan to reduce power tariffs failed to materialize, the companies said.

KIEV, Dec. 12 - Turkey's Hema tractor plant is ready to move its production facilities to Crimea, the Council of Ministers of Crimea reported.

"The tractors are made in the United States and have Italian engines.