KIEV, March 3 – The Individuals' Deposit Guarantee Fund, on the basis of the decision of the National Bank of Ukraine dated March 2 declaring Vector Bank (Kiev) insolvent, as of March 3 introduced temporary administration in the financial institution for one month, according to a posting on the fund's website.

KIEV, March 3 – The National Bank of Ukraine intends to attract a forensic auditor to check transactions of PrivatBank (Dnipro) carried out before the failed bank's nationalization to determine whether they can be classified as corporate crime, NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva said.

KIEV, March 6 – The share of illegal products on the Ukrainian crop protection agents market is 25%, international consultant of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Mykhailo Malkov said at the Kiev Agro Chem Forum last week.

KIEV, March 6 – Ukraine and Pakistan have started the practical implementation of defense industry agreements aimed at expanding cooperation in armored vehicle production under the Pakistani T-80UD tanks upgrade program.

MOSCOW, March 4 - The newly appointed head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration Ihor Kolomoysky, a famous businessman and co-owner of the Privat Group, is "a unique swindler," Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Tuesday, recalling details of a deal between Kolomoysky and Evraz co-owner Roman Abramovich.

KIEV, March 6 – Ukraine does not discount the possibility of continuing cooperation with Russia on eurobonds, Finance Minister Oleksandr Shlapak said at a briefing in Kiev on Wednesday, March 5.

KIEV, March 6 – A Ukrainian energy company urged what are believed to be Russian troops on Thursday to remove their firing points from near high-pressure natural gas pipelines in Crimea for security reasons.

KIEV, March 5 – The National Bank of Ukraine says it is against legislative initiatives to ban the opening of bank deposits in foreign currency and a 25% tax on individuals' income from bank deposits (bills No. 2400 and No. 2401).

KIEV, March 5 – Ukraine should speed up talks on the establishment of free trade areas with Canada, Israel, Turkey and Serbia, Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said.

KIEV, March 6 - The Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry and grain traders have agreed on the supply of an additional 300,000 tons of wheat to foreign markets by the end of the marketing year (July 2012 - June 2013) and are discussing the export of another 200,000 tons of this crop.