KIEV, July 11 – Apart from Ukrainian financial and industrial groups who own minority stakes in heat generation and regional electricity supply companies, Russian companies are also interested in the acquisition of Ukrainian energy companies, said Ildar Hazizullin, an expert of the International Centre for Policy Studies.

KIEV, July 11 - Ukraine’s largest steel and mining group Metinvest has acquired a 50% stake in the Industrial group, which controls the country’s No. 5 biggest steelmaker Zaporizhstal, Metinvest reported in a statement.

KIEV, July 9 - Assets held by Ukrainian banks at the start of July reached UAH 1.0195 trillion (UAH 7.9058 /$1 on July 9, 2010) up 0.3% from the end of May and 1.8% since the start of the year, the National Bank of Ukraine said in a report posted on its Web site.

KIEV, July 9 – The National Bank of Ukraine has proposed that UAH 10 billion be used to create a reorganization bank, said NBU Deputy Chairman Vasyl Pasichnyk.

KIEV, July 9 – Amendments to the law on the National Bank of Ukraine proposed by the president and supported by Parliament at first reading are aimed at promotion of stabilization of the inflation pace in the country, according to Iryna Akimova, first deputy head of the presidential administration.

KIEV, July 8 – Ukraine and Japan are studying the possibility of joint development of remote sensing micro- and nano-satellites.

Management of the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU) and Japanese delegates lead by management of Japan's NPO InterCos confirmed the expediency of cooperation in this field of bilateral relations in space sector during the recent talks in Kiev, Interfax-Ukraine learned at NSAU.

KIEV, July 8 – The National Bank of Ukraine has cut rates on its overnight loans by one interest notch as of July 9 after it reduced the discount rate from 9.5% to 8.5% as of July 8.

KIEV, July 8 – A representative of the International Monetary Fund will be accompanying Ukrainian delegates during a eurobond roadshow, Ukrainian Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko said at a meeting in Parliament on Thursday.

KIEV, July 9 – Lithuania's Orlen Lietuva (former Mazeikiu nafta) is alarmed with initiatives of the Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Ministry concerning the introduction of duties on imported fuel.

KIEV, July 9 – Mariupol Illich Steel Mill (Donetsk region), one of the largest steel companies in Ukraine, was in a difficult financial situation by the moment of making a decision to merge with Metinvest Group and it was not able to pay for raw materials supplied, which could have led to the mill's stoppage.