KIEV, Aug. 5 – Fuel market experts say it is possible that there will be a further rise in the price of fuel in Ukraine in August.

"August will be stable or show a slight rise," an expert on the fuel market, Leonid Kosianchuk, said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 5 - Alfa-Bank Ukraine announced it placed $250 million of 12% three-year senior unsecured eurobonds on Aug. 4.

The bonds mature in August 2011 and have an investor put option which may be exercised in August 2009.

KIEV, Aug. 5 – European Union countries, seeking to hedge themselves against possible natural gas supply disruptions in the event of a dispute between Ukraine and Russia in December, dramatically increased imports of gas this year.

KIEV, Aug. 4 – Ukraine by Aug. 4 harvested 31.86 million tons of early grain and leguminous crops from 9.333 million hectares, or 74% of the area under cultivation, the Agriculture Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 4 – Swedish industrial gas and steam turbine producer Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB, part of the Siemens Concern, will supply Obukhiv-based Kyivsky cardboard and paper mill in Kiev region with equipment for a co-generation power plant.

KIEV, Aug. 4 - The next-generation Antonov-148 regional jet aircraft has begun tests to expand its operational conditions in Russia's polar region.

At the initial stage of these tests the airplane will be inspected at Khatanga airport, ANTK Antonov, the aircraft manufacturer, told Interfax.

KIEV, Aug. 4 – The number of flights in Ukrainian airspace in January-June grew by 12.4% year-on-year, to 197,730 flights, according to the press service of the State Enterprise for Ukrainian Air Traffic Management (Ukraerorukh).

MOSCOW, Aug. 4 - Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the Ba3 long-term foreign currency rating of Alfa Bank Ukraine's upcoming senior unsecured notes expected to be issued by Ukraine Issuance Plc, a UK-based special-purpose company.

KIEV, Aug. 2 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny's project to explore and develop oil and gas fields in Egypt is successfully advancing, said Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko.

KIEV, Aug. 2 – Dnipropetrovsk-based Interpipe Company in January through June 2007 reported increased pipe shipping by a preliminary 13.3% year-on-year, to 638,000 tons.