KIEV, June 8 - Ukraine's central bank eased a number of currency controls on Wednesday with the aim of improving the business climate, citing recent oversupply of foreign currency on the market and growing bank deposits.

KIEV, June 6 – Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee during its investigations does not pay proper attention to fuel market players violating tax and other laws, the Ukrainian Fuel Traders Association said.

KIEV, June 6 – The National Bank of Ukraine and the company BankID have designed a draft national system for remote identification of individuals and in order to provide administrative online services.

KIEV, June 7 – Ukraine's international reserves grew by 2.2%, or $295 million, to $13.536 billion, in May, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

The reserve grew by 36.5% in the past 12 months, the NBU said.

KIEV, June 7 – Citing the unfavorable economic regulatory climate in the country and diversion of funds to Polish investments, Keramet (Kiev), a large scrap metal trader in Ukraine affiliated with the Ukrainian owners of Industrial Union of Donbas Corporation, has decided to scale back production development plans.

KIEV, June 5 – The National Bank of Ukraine predicts that a part of its profit for 2015 in the amount of UAH 35.877 billion will be sent to the 2016 national budget, while this year the sum will total UAH 61.803 billion, according to its audited report.

KIEV, June 5 - Metinvest B.V. (the Netherlands), the parent company of Metinvest international vertically integrated mining and steel group, saw EBITDA worth $341 million in Q1, which is 61% down compared to the same period in 2014 ($878 million).

KIEV, June 5 – Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises cut steel production by 28% year-on-year in January-May, to 9.247 million tons.

KIEV, June 8 – Dmytro Firtash's Group DF has labelled statements of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk on the possible nationalization of Cherkasy Azot and Rivneazot are provocative and aimed at the redistribution of the mineral fertilizer market.

LVIV, June 8 – The Ukrainian government has forecast that around 250-400 Renault-LAZ ambulances could be bought for cities that will host Euro 2012 European football championship finals.