KIEV, April 4 ??“ Astelit LLC, which operates the GSM cell network under the brand life:), has announced the merger with Digital Cellular Communications in a move to optimize the internal business processes of both enterprises, the company said.

KIEV, April 5 ??“ Nissan Motors Ukraine Company, a branch of the Japanese Corporation Nissan Motor Co., plans to sell about 250 Nissan Note minivans in 2006, the company's Marketing Manager Andriy Nesterenko said.

KIEV, April 4 - Ukraine's steel industry reduced finished roll output 0.1% year-on-year to 8.16 million tons in the first quarter of 2005, the Industrial Policy Ministry told Interfax.

MOSCOW, April 5 ??“ Perekrestok Trading House, which owns one of Russia's biggest retail food chains, is soon planning to buy a small chain in Kiev, Perekrestok Deputy Financial Director Oleksandr Panas said Monday at a conference organized by the Adam Smith Institute in Moscow.

MOSCOW, April 5 ??“ Kvadrat, one of the biggest operators on Ukraine??™s real estate market, is planning to open five to seven new commercial and entertainment centers in 2005-2008, company Chairman Oleksandr Ovchar said on Monday at a business conference organized by the Adam Smith Institute in Moscow.

KIEV, April 5 ??“ Despite assurances to the contrary, the planned halt of operations at Lysychansk oil refinery (Linos, Luhansk region) for an annual overhaul from April 9 to May 13 will affect the fuel market for the worse, experts questioned by Interfax-Ukraine believe.

KIEV, April 5 ??“ Production of passenger cars in Ukraine grew 38.1% in January and February in comparison with the same period of 2004 to 25,300 cars, while production of trucks grew 4.4 times to 1,254, a government source told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, March 5 – The implementation of the Civil Protection Shelter Development Strategy, designed for the period up to 2034, will require an estimated UAH 789.3 billion in funding, according to government directive No. 183, issued on March 4.

KYIV, March 5 – The Business Activity Expectations Index (BAEI), calculated by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on a scale from 0 to 100, rose by 5.9 points in February 2025, reaching 46.9. However, this figure remains lower than in February 2024 (47.5), according to the regulator's website.

KYIV, March 5 – Since the beginning of the full-scale war in 2022-2024, DTEK Energy has invested almost UAH 28 billion in the restoration of thermal power plants and the operation of mines.