KIEV, March 6 – Rinat Akhmetov's DTEK Energy Holding believes that importing coal under the current tariffs for thermal power plants (TPPs) is impossible, DTEK Energo Commercial Director Vitaliy Butenko told reporters on the sidelines of the Ukrainian Energy Forum organized by Adam Smith Institute.

KIEV, March 6 – The State Nuclear Inspectorate of Ukraine has verified that Westinghouse fuel at reactor three of Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant performed flawlessly, the press service of the transnational company reported on Thursday.

KIEV, March 9 - Inflation in Ukraine in February fell to 0.9% compared to 1% in January, according to State Statistics Service.

According to the service, since the start of the year inflation has amounted to 1.9%.

KIEV, March 4 – The Ukrainian authorities and the International Monetary Fund expect that the Ukrainian bank recapitalization program should be completed in the next several months.

KIEV, March 9 – The Antimonopoly Committee has permitted DTEK, Ukraine's largest private vertically integrated energy holding, to acquire a stake of over 25% in Lviv-based OJSC Zakhidenergo electricity generating company.

KIEV, March 9 – The Ukrainian cabinet is in talks on attracting a EUR 15 billion credit from a Turkish company that would be used to fund projects in the utility economy sector, Regional Development, Construction and Utility Economy Minister Viktor Tykhonov said.

KIEV, March 9 – Ukraine occupies sixth place among the 18 countries most likely to default, TSN.ua has reported, with reference to a ranking compiled by U.S. business news site Business Insider.

KIEV, March 9 – Ukraine would need $3-4.5 billion to tide it over until cooperation with the International Monetary Fund resumes if the financing were started in four or six months, according to Deputy Finance Minister Oleksandr Savchenko.

KIEV, March 8 - The amount of special drawing rights (SDR) in the National Bank of Ukraine's international reserves contracted, in dollar equivalent, from $63.03 million to $5.17 million in February, the Bank said on its Web site.

KIEV, March 9 – The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to continue to allow banks to buy foreign currency to pay interest on currency deposits, although the regulator banned banks from buying currency to pay out deposits.