KIEV, Jan. 27 - Ukraine used only 43% of its green house gas emission quota in the amount of 4.6 billion tons obtained for the first period of the Kyoto protocol in 2008-2012.

KIEV, Jan. 27 – The Individuals' Deposit Guarantee Fund has declared void over 150 deals worth around UAH 20 billion signed with the purpose of removing funds from Delta Bank (Kiev), the liquidator of the bank Vladyslav Kadyrov said at a press conference on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, Jan. 28 – Russia's LUKOIL has sent an official letter to the Ukrainian Security Service’s Main Investigation Department laying out LUKOIL position as regards the current situation around its operations in Ukraine, the company reported.

LONDON, Jan 28 - Ukraine has hired Lazard to advise on talks with bondholders about a possible restructuring of its debt, sources close to the situation said on Wednesday, IFR reported.

KIEV, Jan. 27 – The Metallurgprom association of metal companies (Dnipropetrovsk) has pointed out the difficult situation in the Ukrainian mining and metal industry, in particular with regards to metal companies, and has called on the Ukrainian government to take this into account when deciding if they will increase railway tariffs for freight transportation.

KIEV, Jan. 27 – Ukraine will supply BTR-4 armored personnel carriers to Indonesia, state enterprise Ukrspecexport told Interfax-Ukraine.

Ukrspecexport said that its subsidiary Spectechnoexport won a tender of the Defense Ministry of Indonesia to supply a batch of five new Ukrainian BTR-4 APCs for the Indonesian Armed Forces.

MOSCOW, Jan. 28 - Lukoil has resumed delivering oil to Odessa Oil Refinery, which the company sold last summer, Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov said.

"These are small volumes. Two items were delivered. It was about 100,000 [tons]," Alekperov said.

KIEV, Jan. 28 – Individuals when crossing the border and moving bank metals, payment documents and securities, cash and circular cheques will have to fill in a new currency customs declaration form, according to a new cabinet resolution drawn up by the Finance Ministry.

KIEV, Jan. 28 - Russia's Alfa Group is buying Bank of Cyprus (Ukraine), the subsidiary of the Bank of Cyprus in Ukraine.

"Negotiations on sale of the bank to Alfa Group are underway, but the agreement has not been signed," a Bank of Cyprus representative told Interfax.

DAVOS, Jan. 25 – The further refusal of the state to support the metal sector could result in its collapse, as the present crisis is worse than the 2008 crisis, Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD) Chairman Serhiy Taruta said.