BRUSSELS, March 11 - European Union governments called on Tuesday for Ukraine and Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom to clarify their relations after a recent spat over debts cut energy supplies to the former Soviet republic, a newswire reported.

KIEV, March 11 - Standard & Poor's has confirmed the ratings of Lviv City at B+ long-term local currency debt rating and 'uaA+' on the Ukrainian national scale rating.

KIEV, March 11 - Ukraine's state direct and guaranteed debt will reach 12.9% of GDP by the end of 2008, the Finance Ministry forecasts.

"Ukraine's state debt is several times lower than the admissible maximum of 60%," Deputy Finance Minister Volodymyr Lytvyn said at a Ukrainian investment summit taking place in London on March 10-12.

KIEV, March 7 - System Capital Management (SCM), the largest financial and industrial holding in Ukraine, plans to continue investing in the development of Astelit Ltd., the cell phone company that has been making major losses.

KIEV, March 7 ??“ System Capital Management, a diversified business empire owned by Rinat Akhmetov, the wealthiest Ukrainian, set up a company that will invest in retail sector, the company announced.

KIEV, March 11 ??“ The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, one of the biggest lenders in Eastern Europe, will hold its 2008 annual meeting in Kiev, an EBRD banker Sunday.

KYIV, Feb 11 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cut its forecast for Ukrainian grain production by 13% and exports by 26% due to the country's depleted reserves.

KYIV, Feb 11 – Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has passed a bill authorizing the purchase of equipment necessary for the construction of Units 3 and 4 at the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant. This was announced by MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak (the Holos parliamentary faction).

KYIV, Feb 9 – The growth of consumer prices in Ukraine in January 2024 slowed to 0.4% from 0.7% in December and 0.5% in November, the State Statistics Service reported on Friday.

In January 2023 it was higher – 0.8%, so year-over-year inflation in January of this year fell to 4.7% from 5.1% in December and November.

KYIV, Feb 10 – Power consumption in Ukraine increased 3.7% in January 2021 compared to January 2020, to 14.484 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy reported.

Excluding in-process losses electricity consumption in January 2021 grew by 5.8%, to 11.662 billion kWh.