KIEV, Nov. 5 – Representatives of Ukrainian environmental organizations and profile departments have said they have conducted a successful inventory of waste pesticides and expressed hope for completion of this process to international standards.

KIEV, Nov. 5 – Kiev has postponed the construction of a new waste incinerator in the city, according to deputy head of Kiev city administration, Oleksandr Mazurchak.

KIEV, Nov. 6 – Lukoil-Odessa oil refinery has started receiving oil through the Odessa-Brody pipeline, Oleksiy Bybyk, the assistant to the plant director, has told Interfax-Ukraine.

"Yesterday, Nov. 5, after 2000, the flow of oil through the pipeline was started," he said.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - The International Finance Corporation may allocate a $100 million loan to the Donetsk-based Industrial Union of Donbas for modernization, increasing competitiveness, and implementing environmental programs at the group's enterprises.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - The board of directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved the allocation of a EUR150 million loan to UkrEnergo for the purpose of building a power line from Rivne Nuclear Power Plant to the Kyivska substation, EBRD spokesman Anton Usov told Interfax-Ukraine.

WARSAW, Nov. 7 - Ukrainian Automobile Corporation (UkrAuto) and General Motors Corp. are going to produce 60,000 Chevrolet Aveo cars at Poland's Fabryka Samochodow Osobowych (FSO) plant in 2008, UkrAuto President Tariel Vasadze said at a press conference in Warsaw.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - The Sarmatia International Pipeline Company Ltd. has adopted its constituent documents following a working group meeting held on Nov. 5-6 at the Pivdenny sea oil terminal in Odessa.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - An agreement on the sale of Ukrainian-based production assets belonging to British Cardinal Resources Plc. to the Kuwait Energy Company K.S.C.C. (KEC) for $71 million will be signed by Nov. 11, Cardinal Resources Chairman Robert Bensh said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 8 Ukraine’s largest oil refinery, resorting to a contingency plan, arranged imports of alternative crude shipments in November as Russian oil company Tatneft continues its oil supply boycott due to a shareholder dispute.

KIEV, Nov. 8 – The National Bank of Ukraine said on Thursday it will hike interest rates it charges commercial banks for refinancing loans in response to rocketing consumer inflation reported in October.