KIEV, June 4 – Over 2.5 million tons of coal worth around UAH1.5 billion are stored at warehouses of state companies that are under control of the Ukrainian Coal Ministry, Coal Minister Viktor Poltavets said.

KIEV, June 4 – The growth of the Ukrainian stock market seen over the past several months is of a speculative character and was created artificially due to the large sum of money printed by the National Bank of Ukraine, according to Dmytro Moshkalo, vice president and investment manager at Foyil Asset Management Ukraine.

KIEV, June 5 – The cabinet has instructed the State Road Service (Ukravtodor) to draw up a draft state target program on the construction of roadside and tourist infrastructure on key traffic routes for participants and guests of the 2012 UEFA European football championship, also known as Euro 2012, and submit it to the cabinet by August 15.

KIEV, June 5 – PFTS stock exchange, which recently faced the need to urgently upgrade its trading system due to the grown activity of market players, is to launch a new trading system under the MICEX - NASDAQ OMX – PFTS Ukrainian Project.

KIEV, June 6 - Ukraine increased production of 6%-moisture metallurgical coke by 9.9% year-on-year to 9.294 million tons in the first five months of 2008, including 1.963 million tons in May, according to preliminary figures.

KIEV, June 6 – The strengthening of the hryvnia in May to UAH4.85/$1 will slow GDP growth in Ukraine in 2008, although it will help push down inflation, the Economy Ministry said.

KIEV, June 8 ??” Ukraine??™s foreign exchange market is not yet ready for liberalization and the central bank should continue to use tools for keeping hryvnia in check, Economy Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

THE HAGUE, June 8 - Ukraine and the Netherlands agreed on Thursday to cooperate on the UN Framework Convention on climate change and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the Kyoto Protocol.

THE HAGUE, June 8 - Shell Exploration Company B.V. will go ahead with a $100 million investment to start immediately searching for crude oil and natural gas in the Ukrainian soil, according to an agreement signed Thursday.

MOSCOW, June 8 ??“ The Russian Ministry of Economic Development has launched another investigation into the importing of reinforcement bars from Ukraine, its press service reported Tuesday, according to Interfax-Ukraine.