KIEV, Dec. 12 - Ukrainian oil shipping monopoly UkrTransNafta and Slovakian oil shipper Transpetrol on Tuesday agreed to test-run supplies Caspian Sea crude to a Czech oil refinery, the energy and fuel ministry reported.

KIEV, Dec. 12 ??“ Eurocar increased car production by 23.3%, to 9,280 cars in January-November, compared to the same period in 2004.

KHARKIV, Dec. 12 -- Ahlers Logistic and Maritime Services of Belgium is going to invest from $6 mln to $9 mln in the development of Kharkiv??™s Rohan industrial area, Kharkiv Governor Arsen Avakov and Managing Director of Ahlers Logistic and Maritime Services Ivan Geilenkotten told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 9 ??“ Ukraine??™s steel sector, the backbone of the country??™s economy, is on the verge of collapse due to a severe price dispute with domestic raw material suppliers, major steel companies said Thursday.

KIEV, Dec. 10 - Ukrainian acting Prime Minister Mykola Azarov called on regional governors to make sure that local consumers resume full payment for natural gas and electricity, a government spokesman said Friday.

KIEV, Dec. 11 ??“ The government Saturday revised downwards Ukraine??™s 2005 economic growth forecast in a move that sharply reduces budget revenue and may have serious repercussions on its spending policy next year.

KYIV, Nov 11 - Ukrainian metallurgy needs equal conditions for competition in the EU market, access to the European market will open up great opportunities for any Ukrainian manufacturer, noted head of the office of the general director of Metinvest Group Oleksandr Vodoviz at the Kyiv International Economic Forum (KIEF) in Kyiv.

KYIV, Nov 11 - Ukrainian industrial company Interpipe continues to invest in production to maintain competitiveness in international markets, said chief financial officer Serhiy Kuzmenko at the Kyiv International Economic Forum (KIEF) in Kyiv.

KYIV, Nov 11 - In its October inflation report, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has again worsened its forecast for the outflow from Ukraine this year - this time from about 400,000 to 500,000 people, in absolute figures we are talking about an increase in the number of migrants remaining abroad this year to 6.9 million.

KYIV, Nov 12 – In October, Ukrainian banks recorded a slight contraction in the loan portfolio – a 0.1% or UAH 1.27 billion decrease to UAH 1.103 trillion, primarily due to a reduction in corporate loans, according to updated data from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).