KIEV, Aug. 28 ??“ Eurocar, Ukraine??™s No. 2 car producer that assembles Volkswagen Group cars in Ukraine, boosted output year-on-year by almost 130% in January through July 2006, to 11,055 cars, the company reported.

KIEV, Aug. 28 ??“ Ukraine will accelerate the project of building a $180 million new terminal at Boryspil, Kiev??™s main international airport, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mykola Azarov told Japanese Ambassador Mutsuo Mabuchi.

KIEV, Aug. 28 ??“ A Swedish private equity fund that manages 350 million euros in assets will acquire 6.74% stake in Nadra Bank, one of Ukraine??™s fastest growing banks, for $45 million, the company reported.

KIEV, Aug. 28 ??“ Ukraine??™s second largest oil refinery, Linos, owned by Russian oil major TNK-BP, will shut down operation on Oct. 15 for a 45-day maintenance, a company spokeswoman said Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 28 ??“ OTP Bank, a major Hungarian bank that is acquiring Raiffeisenbank Ukraine (RBU), plans aggressive expansion next year by effectively doubling the number of branches, OTP Bank Deputy CEO Laszlo Wolf.

KIEV, Aug. 28 - Ukraine??™s third-largest oil and gas producer ChornomorNaftoGaz started drilling the first natural gas well at Odessa gas condensate field offshore the Black Sea, the company??™s press service reported.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - Ukraine's government prevailed in alegal battle over Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant, a huge ferroalloy maker, after a court ruled Friday privatization two years ago was illegal, thus returning the majority stake to the state.

ODESSA, Aug. 26 - Large foreign companies, including the Ofer Group of Israel, European Mayers and CMN, as well as Itochu Corp. of Japan have shown interest in a $1.5 bln project for the development of the Odessa sea port.

KYIV, July 25 – Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Andriy Pyshnyy announced the restoration of the stability of the foreign exchange market and the central bank’s intention to support it.

KYIV, July 25 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has improved the gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for this year from 3% to 3.7%, but has downgraded the 2025 forecast from 5.3% to 4.1%, according to the updated macroeconomic forecast of the regulator.