KIEV, June 7 – Consumer prices in Ukraine, after falling by 0.3% in April for the first time since August 2008, declined by another 0.6% in May, the State Statistics Committee reported on Monday.

KIEV, June 7 - Two miners have died and three more are missing as a result of a leak of a mixture of coal and gas in the Donetsk Coal Energy Company's Skochynsky mine in Donetsk.

KIEV, June 4 – Ukrainian companies have challenged in Britain the lawfulness of the sale of about 50% of Zaporizhstal steel mill, as a result of which a court in London has frozen the stocks, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, June 7 - The Ukrainian economy expanded an estimated 7.6%-7.8% in January-May 2007 and will grow 7.5% in the first half, the Economics Ministry announced.

The Economics Ministry forecasts that consumer prices will grow 0.4%-0.5% in June and 2.3%-2.4% in the first half.

NEW YORK, June 7 - PepsiCo Inc., the second-biggest soft drink company in the U.S., and an affiliated bottler are paying $542 million for a majority stake in a Ukraine-based juice company, with plans to buy the rest of the company later this year.

KIEV, June 6 ??“ Foreign banks will continue entering Ukraine's banking sector, with up to ten foreign investors expected to appear, forecasts Governor of Ukrsotsbank Borys Tymonkin.

KIEV, June 7 - Oil extraction in Ukraine in January through May grew by 2.3% or 31,200 tonnes year-on-year, to 1.389 million tonnes, the Fuel and Energy Ministry reported to Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

KIEV, June 7 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrainy, the national oil and gas company, has asked several business groups to stop large-scale unauthorized gas consumption by companies they control.

KIEV, June 7 ??“ The situation on the Ukrainian light fuel market before the harvesting campaign is stable, and the government has enough resources to support it, according to Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko.

KIEV, June 7 ??“ Metinvest Holding, which unites metallurgical assets of Donetsk-based CJSC System Capital Management (SCM), in 2006 saw 1.026 billion in net consolidated profit, Metinvest Holding Director General Ihor Syryi said at a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday.