VIENNA, May 5 – A Vienna regional criminal court on Thursday evening denied a request from the U.S. Department of Justice for the extradition of Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the United States.
KIEV, May 5 – Gaz Ukrayiny, the subsidiary of national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrayiny, announced it has filed a claim regarding losses in the amount of UAH 5.7 billion by enterprises of Ostchem Group.
KIEV, May 5 - Ukraine's largest bank has temporarily closed branches in separatist-held Donetsk and Luhansk, saying it could no longer carry out cash transactions in regions riddled with crime that could "threaten the lives" of its workers, Reuters reported.
KIEV, May 4 – State-run Oschadbank of Ukraine has already paid almost UAH 500 million to the depositors of troubled government-supervised Rodovid Bank, according to the Web site of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
KIEV, May 4 – The revision of natural gas agreements, an improvement in internal customs regulations, as well as better practices in using financial tools to support domestic exports are among the measures that could reduce Ukraine's foreign trade deficit, according to a draft action plan for 2011 developed by the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry.
KIEV, May 4 – Kiev's economic court has confirmed that AmRuz Trading (Switzerland) and SeaGroup International (USA) unlawfully bought stakes in PJSC Ukrtatnafta (Kremenchuk oil refinery in Poltava region).
KIEV, May 4 - Ukraine's import price for natural gas from Russia has increased 12% to $295.6 per 1,000 cubic meters this quarter, the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry told Interfax.
KIEV, May 5 - Ukraine after 1.5 years has returned a UAH 400 million bid deposit on the privatization of Odessa port-side chemical plant to Nortima, according to the Web site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
KIEV, April 29 – The Ukrainian Energy Exchange has been created for the sale of electricity, according to a report in the Uriadovy Kurier government newspaper.
