KIEV, April 12 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reduced its forecast for sunflower oil exports from Ukraine in the current agricultural year (September 2011 to August 2012) by 6.5% compared to its January forecast - to 2.9 million tons.

KIEV, April 12 - British Petroleum is prepared to provide technological support to TNK-BP in the development of the Yuzovska gas field in the event the Russian-British joint venture wins the tender for it.

KIEV, April 11 – Austrian company EPIC has transferred UAH 4.238 billion to the State Property Fund as payment for the 92.79% stake it bought in Ukraine's national telecoms company OJSC Ukrtelecom, the SPF said in a statement on Monday.

KIEV, April 11 - The second Ukrainian astronaut will go on a space mission no earlier than 2014, Ukrainian State Space Agency head Yuriy Alekseyev told reporters in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, April 11 – The International Monetary Fund has worsened its forecast for the deficit of Ukraine's balance of payments in 2011 to 3.6% of GDP, and retained its evaluation of growth of the GDP in 2011 at 4.5%.

KIEV, April 11 - Electricity production in Ukraine rose by 3.8% or 1.962 billion kWh year-on-year in Q1, to 53.392 billion kWh, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry said.

KIEV, April 12 – Some $260 million is required to complete the Cyclone-4 (Tsyklon-4) international space project, the Ukrainian Space Agency's head, Yuriy Alekseyev, told the press on Monday.

KIEV, April 12 – The National Bank of Ukraine said has enough funds to even out fluctuations of the hryvnia exchange rate.

"While allowing the hryvnia exchange rate to move freely, the NBU is smoothing out sharp fluctuations through currency interventions and reducing exchange rate risks.

KIEV, April 9 – Ukraine energy watchers are saying they doubt that Russian-Ukrainian agreements on increasing Russian gas purchases could be reached without any reduction in the price of Russian gas for Ukraine.

KIEV, April 9 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development may lend up to EUR 200 million to national hydropower plant operator OJSC Ukrhydroenergo against state guarantees, the EBRD said in a statement on Friday.