KIEV, March 3 – The Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine (NABU) has asked the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (which uses the same abbreviation NABU) to stop using the NABU abbreviation and the nabu in the domain name of its website.

KIEV, March 3 - Ukrainian state agencies detained the head of the tax and customs service on Friday over the alleged embezzlement of around $75 million - a potentially landmark case after patchy anti-graft efforts from the Western-backed authorities, Reuters reported.

KIEV, March 3 – The National Bank of Ukraine has declared Delta Bank, Kreditprombank and Omega Bank (all based in Kiev) insolvent.

According to a posting on the NBU's website, the decisions are stipulated in NBU resolution Nos. 150, 151 and 152 of March 2.

KIEV, March 5 – The standoff in Crimea apparently extends down to the company level, with Serhiy Holovin, chairman of State Enterprise Chornomornaftogaz (Simferopol, Crimea) saying he is continuing to perform his duties despite the attempt by Russian-leaning Crimean officials to oust him.

KIEV, March 4 – The Energy Community's Secretariat has sent a letter to Ukraine giving it two months to bring the allocation of capacity to the country's electricity interconnectors with its Western neighbors and Moldova in line with the Energy Community's Auction Rules, or to justify its position.

KIEV, March 4 - Ukrainian state enterprise Skhidny Mining and Enrichment Combine (VostGOK), Ukraine's only uranium ore producer and processor, produced 960.2 tons of uranium concentrate in 2012, 7.6% more than in 2011, the Energy and Coal Ministry said in a report.

KIEV, March 4 - An explosion in Kiev near the office of prominent Ukrainian businessman Vadym Rabynovych, who is also co-chairman of the European Jewish Parliament and president of the Pan-Ukrainian Jewish Congress, did not cause fatalities or injuries, but Rabynovych's Lexus was damaged, Kiev police reported.

KIEV, March 5 - Ukraine increased offshore natural gas output by 31.7% year-on-year, or by 54 million cubic meters, to 227 million cu m in January-February, ChornomorNaftogaz, the country’s only offshore oil and gas company, reported Tuesday.

KIEV, March 3 - Semiconductor Plant (Zaporizhia), run by Austria's Activ Solar, has achieved its full output capacity of 2,500 tons of polysilicon per year, Activ Solar CEO Johann Harter said on the sidelines of the third Ukrainian Energy Forum organized by Adam Smith Conferences on Friday.

MOSCOW, March 3 - Russia has completed examining documents of a number of Ukrainian factories exporting cheese products to Russia and notified Ukraine of its willingness to inspect compliance of their products with Russian quality standards on the spot, said Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's chief public health official and head of the consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor.