KIEV, March 10 – Auctions to make electricity exports to Europe could be resumed if there is free capacity available, said First Deputy Fuel and Energy Minister Oleh Buhayev.

LONDON, March 6 - Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ukraine-based Bank Forum's ratings to Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default (IDR) 'BB-' (BB minus) from 'B-' (B minus) and Support '3' from '5', the ratings agency said in a statement on Thursday.

TERNOPIL, March 6 – Ternopil region has approved a draft regional program on preparing for and hosting the finals of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship in Ukraine, which foresees UAH1.1 billion to be allocated from the national budget.

KIEV, March 10 - Inflation in Ukraine slowed to 2.7% in February 2008, from 2.9% in January, but remained sharply higher than one year ago, the State Statistics Committee said.

KIEV, March 9 ??“ A group of Western banks led by Standard Bank London signed a $47 million syndicated loan agreement with Kiev??™s Aval Bank on Wednesday, the Ukrainian bank reported.

KIEV, March 10 ??“ Ukrainian cement enterprises increased production of cement by 16.3% in the first two months of 2005 in comparison with the same period last year to 1.018 million tons, the Cement Association (Ukrcement) reported, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 10 – Ukrainian mineral deposits need an audit and revision, only after that can further work be carried out with the United States, therefore this issue is being prepared for consideration by the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), said Danylo Hetmantsev, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs.

KYIV, Feb 10 - The natural gas deficit in Ukraine creates preconditions for the development of bioenergy, which can replace it with biomass in heat production, believes chairman of the board of the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine Heorhiy Heletukha.

KYIV, Feb 10 – The First Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy, Yaroslav Zhelezniak, announced cooperation between the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), and the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) to introduce more lenient regulation of crypto assets before Ukraine's potential EU membership, particularly regarding preferential taxation.

KYIV, Feb 10 – The total level of natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities (UGS) is 7.8 billion cubic meters, former energy minister Olha Buslavets reported on Facebook at the end of last week.