KIEV, Dec 1 - Parliament ratified an agreement between Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development over a $120 million loan to implement a project that would launch high-speed trains.

KIEV, Dec. 4 ??“ AeroSvit, Ukraine??™s largest airline, reached an agreement with its jet fuel supplier to postpone for a month a previously announced 22% fuel price hike in December, the company said.

KIEV, Dec. 4 ??“ The European Bank for the Reconstruction and Development, which owns a 9.9% stake in Ukraine International Airlines has urged the government to draw up a plan to privatize the company.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 ??“ The International Monetary Fund urged the National Bank of Ukraine to conduct a more flexible foreign exchange policy by letting the hryvnia rise and fall against the U.S. dollar within a wider range.

KIEV, Dec. 4 ??“ Ukraine??™s consumer prices rose 1.8% on the month in November, led by growing prices charged for services, reflecting a major increase in housing and utilities prices, the State Statistics Committee reported Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 4 ??“ Bank Pekao SA, a Polish bank that belongs to UniCredit SpA (Italy), plans to invest $100 million in opening branches in Ukraine in 2007, Bloomberg News reported.

KIEV, Dec. 5 - France's Distillerie Tessendier & Fils plans to control around 2% of the Ukrainian cognac market by 2008 through launching the new Louis D'or trademark, a company official said.

KIEV, Dec. 5 - A local government commission was formed in Ukraine??™s Luhansk region after a group of workers at Linos, the country??™s second largest oil refinery, went on a hunger strike, a Luhansk government official said Tuesday.

KIEV, Dec. 5 ??“ Ukraine??™s advertising market will expand 28% on the year to $1.5 billion in 2007 and will continue to grow fast during the next five years reflecting robust economic growth, a research report said.

MOSCOW, Dec. 5 ??“ Gazprom, the Russian energy giant, has been seeking to acquire a bank in Ukraine next year as it has ???special interest??? in the country, an official at Gazprom??™s banking unit, said Tuesday.