KIEV, July 12 - Japan is interested in taking part in a project to build a high-speed railway from the Boryspil airport to Kiev, according to Transport and Communications Minister Mykola Rudkovsky.

WARSAW, July 12 - The Polish-Ukrainian joint-venture, Sarmatia, decided Wednesday to raise the firm's capital by PLN10 million to prepare a feasibility study on transporting Caspian oil to Western Europe.

KAZAN, July 12 - The Tatar stockholders in UkrTatNafta (the Kremenchuk oil refinery in Poltava region) plan to settle the conflict over the oil refinery in a civilized way, Tatneft Chairman Rustam Minnikhanov said.

KIEV, July 11 ??“ Siemens Communications will be engaged in the management and logistical supply of spare parts for equipment run by Ukrainian mobile operator Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC), Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KIEV, July 10 ??“ Koktebel, a vintage wine and cognac distillery that is part of the Soyuz-Victan Group, is to increase exports of Crimean wines and cognac to Russia.

KIEV, July 12 - Eurocement Group Ukraine is planning to start exporting cement to the Middle East by end of 2006, the company??™s director Hennadiy Donets told the press on Tuesday.

STARI PETRIVTSI, July 12 ??“ Kraft Foods Ukraine, one of Ukraine's biggest producers of confectionery and chips, has started packing instant coffee at its factory in the village of Stari Petrivtsi (Vyshgorod district, Kyiv region).

KIEV, July 12 - Lafarge Gypsum Ukraine Ltd. (Kiev) is planning to organize sales of products made at a new plasterboard plant in Kiev and Ukraine's eastern regions ??“ Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Donetsk ??“ and also to export up to 20% of the product to Russia's southern regions, Lafarge's director for development and investment in Russia and the CIS Andriy Immoreyev said in an interview with the Business weekly.

KYIV, June 11 – The European Union will provide additional support in the amount of EUR 517 million to four EBRD programs, as well as EUR 143 million in loans for Ukrainian cities.

KYIV, June 11 – Cabinet of Ministers, in collaboration with the KSE Institute, Ukrainian enterprises and consultants, has developed an investment guide as a comprehensive resource for the Ukrainian Recovery Conference in Berlin, the conference website reported on Tuesday.