KIEV, Aug. 7 - Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny will perform an expert appraisal of its shares and government domestic loan bonds, the company said on the Ukrainian State Procurements web portal.

KIEV, Aug. 7 – Starting with the winter schedule for 2012-2013, under recommendations of IATA and for convenience of passengers, the servicing of flights of the main national carriers will be moved to Terminal D of Boryspil International Airport (Kiev).

KIEV, Aug. 7 - Schlumberger and JKX Oil & Gas (JKX), a British oil and gas company with assets in Ukraine, have signed a contract to perform fracture stimulation operations on well R103 at the Rudenkovskoye field in Poltava to produce gas and gas condensate.

KIEV, Aug. 7 - Ukraine’s plans to replace imported natural gas with domestically extracted coal as the key source of energy for the country is a “strategic issue,” Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 5 - Ukraine's international reserves went up by $229.35 million, or 0.6%, in July to $37.814 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine said on its website.

The country's international reserves in January-July 2011 increased by 9.4%, or $3.237 billion, from $34.576 billion at the start of the year.

KIEV, Aug. 4 - The National Electricity Regulatory Commission has no plans to raise gas prices for the public and municipal heating enterprises, NERC head Serhiy Tytenko told journalists in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 4 – Amendments to the law on state procurement contain crucial changes that could lead to serious violations of the main principle of state procurement – fair competition – and have the potential to encourage corruption, according to Serhiy Shkliar, a senior partner of the Arzinger law firm.

KHARKIV, Aug. 5 – Experts from ratings agency Moody's have arrived in Kharkiv to carry out a study of the city's investment opportunities, after which the agency will confirm or upgrade the city's present international rating, Deputy Kharkiv Mayor Mykhailo Fateyev said.

KIEV, Aug. 6 - Swiss-registered gas trader RosUkrEnergo AG supplied Eastern Europe with 10.089 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2007, an increase of 21.7% from 2006, the company said on its website.

KIEV, Aug. 6 – Moscow-based managing company RosInvestHotel is mulling the construction of three- and four-star hotels in the cities of Kiev, Kharkiv, Odesa, and Chernivtsi, RosInvestHotel Director General Kirill Irtyuga told Interfax-Ukraine.