KIEV, April 6 – The owner of OJSC Arcelor Mittal Kryviy Rih (former OJSC Kryvorizhstal) in Dnipropetrovsk region has not fully met the investment commitments it undertook when acquiring a 93.02% stake in the enterprise, says the committee of the company's trade union.

KIEV, April 8 – The National Communications Regulatory Commission is to announce a tender to issue licenses for the use of the radiofrequency spectrum in the 2,100-MHz range to provide 3G mobile services in the UMTS/HSDPA standard no earlier than autumn 2010.

KIEV, April 7 – The forex rate of the hryvnia against the U.S. dollar in Q2 may remain at a level close to the current one, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KIEV, April 6 – Bogdan Corporation has decided to stop the distribution of Kia autos in Ukraine.

"Against the backdrop of the international crisis, Bogdan Corporation is forced to review its product portfolio – today we've decided to stop the distribution of Kia cars, which is predetermined, among other things, by the different visions for the development of the brand in Ukraine by Korean-based Kia Motors and the official distributor," company spokesman Serhiy Krasulia said.

KIEV, April 8 - Growth of industrial prices in Ukraine in March was 1.1%, compared to 1.8% in the previous month, and 3.1% since the start of the year, according to the State Statistics Committee.

BRUSSELS, April 8 - The European Commission on Wednesday blacklisted over safety concerns six airlines from Kazakhstan, one from Ukraine, one from Thailand and all carriers certified in Benin, EUbusiness reported.

KIEV, April 8 – The resolution of Kiev City state administration on the ban on entry to Kiev for trucks in daytime will significantly complicate cargo supplies, according to the Association of International Auto Carriers (AsMAP).

KIEV, April 8 – The national nuclear generating company EnergoAtom, the operator of all four Ukrainian nuclear power plants and world's largest importer of Russian nuclear fuel, is confident of retaining and developing its partnership with its producer, Russia's OAO TVEL, despite the signing a contract with an alternative supplier of fuel assemblies – Sweden's Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB.

KIEV, April 7 – British gas and oil producing company JKX Oil & Gas plc. has acquired an interest in three exploration licenses for prospecting for oil and gas in the Carpathian Fold Belt in Slovakia, the company said on Monday.

KIEV, April 7 - Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S. (Garanti Bank of Turkey), which partly belongs to U.S. General Electric Corporation, is in talks on the acquisition of Kiev-based Partner Bank.