KIEV, April 5 – The U.S. Trade and Development Agency has invited the submission of qualifications and proposal data from interested U.S. firms to develop a feasibility study for the building of four power generation units at the Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant (DTEK Zakhidenergo).

KIEV, April 5 – The credit quality of Ukrainian banks is improving from the worst of the financial downturn, but is still weighed down by problem loans and stagnant lending, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said in a report.

KIEV, April 7 - The growth of industrial prices in Ukraine in March 2011 slowed to 2.1% from 4.8% in February, 1.3% in January, 0.9% in December and 0.3% in November, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, April 7– The International Finance Corporation could provide a financing package of up to $80 million to Lviv-based Galnaftogaz. Galnaftogaz has financing requirements of $210 million over the next two years.

MOSCOW, April 7 – Russia and Ukraine plan to deepen their integration in the agriculture sector, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Slauta and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said after talks in Moscow on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 6 – An intermediate decision by the tribunal of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce on a claim by Swiss-based RosUkrEnergo gas trader against Naftogaz Ukrayiny on the payment by the Ukrainian company of $197 million to the plaintiff concerns the disputes of the year 2008, Naftogaz told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, April 6 – U.S.-based Supatcha Resources Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire licenses for the Barlevskoye and Vynohradiv gold mines in Ukraine's southwest.

KIEV, April 7 – National Energy Company Ukrenergo has announced the holding of an auction for access to Ukrainian interstate power lines to make electricity exports for the period from May 1 to May 31, 2010.

KIEV, April 6 – Prominvestbank has renewed lending to Donetsk-based Altcom financial and industrial group for the construction of Altcem cement factory near the village of Pryozerne (Crimea) within a credit line worth EUR 186 million.

KIEV, April 6 – The international reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine shrank by 4.03%, or $1.067 billion, to $25.392 billion, in March, the NBU reported on its official website.