KIEV, May 12 - Ukraine will begin massive imports of natural gas in the third quarter when prices are expected to decline significantly, Andriy Kobolev, the head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said Wednesday.

KIEV, May 12 – The potential buyers of the Roshen confectionary corporation have not sent preliminary or final price offers, Managing Director of ICU Investment Group Makar Paseniuk said.

KIEV, May 12 – The pre-export finance (PXF) lenders of Ukrainian mining and metal holding Metinvest, anticipating the need to discuss a broader rescheduling of maturities, have started to form a coordinating committee (CoCom) comprising the core PXF lender banks and the formation of the CoCom was finalized on May 5, 2015, the company said on the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE).

KIEV, May 12 – A memorandum on settling the restructuring of consumer credits pegged to foreign currency is now in effect in Ukraine.

KIEV, May 12 – Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that he has never signed any agreements with oligarchs and Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash has never sponsored him or his political force.

BRUSSELS, May 12 – The Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade believes that not all Ukrainian companies are ready to switch to new working conditions once the economic part of the European Union-Ukraine association agreement comes into effect, and is looking for ways to support business.

KIEV, May 12 – Ukraine in the first week of May continued actively pumping natural gas into its underground storage facilities, boosting them by almost 800 million cubic meters.

KIEV, May 12 – The authorities of Dnipropetrovsk region have said they will contribute to ensuring the non-politicized work of Pivdenmash, a leading enterprise of the aerospace sector in Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk), on the international markets.

KIEV, May 12 - The Ukrainian authorities have no information proving that businessman Rinat Akhmetov's companies are involved in financing activists and movements supporting Ukraine's federalization, said Serhiy Pashynsky, the acting chief of the Ukrainian presidential administration.

KIEV, May 7 - Ukrainian mining and metallurgical companies produced 11.058 million tons of steel in January-April, according to preliminary figures, 1% less year-on-year.