KIEV, Nov. 27 - Ukraine's Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has again requested of the Energy Community Secretariat the immediate initiation of consultations over the South Stream gas pipeline project, which runs counter to Ukraine's national interests, an informed source in the government told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 27 – The revenues target of the national budget for 2012 will not be fulfilled, according to Economic Development and Trade Minister Petro Poroshenko.

KIEV, Nov. 27 – Two senior officials on Tuesday attacked a controversial proposal to slap a 15% tax on selling of hard currency by individuals recently backed by the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 27 – The government on Tuesday scrambled to contact Gas Natural of Spain after the company flatly denied reports of its involvement in $1 billion liquefied natural gas terminal project in Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 25 – Atomproektengineering, a subdivision of National Nuclear Generating Company EnergoAtom, is planning to submit to the government a feasibility study for the completion of the construction of Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant's reactors three and four in H1 2012.

KIEV, Nov. 25 – The State Property Fund has allowed DTEK to participate in a tender to sell a 45.103% stake in Lviv-based public joint-stock company Zakhidenergo.

The SPF said that DTEK is in line with all of the requirements demanded from bidders.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has selected the winners of tenders for concession of the integrated property complexes of state enterprises Rovenkiantracit and Sverdlovantracit (both based in Luhansk region), the ministry's press service reported on Thursday.

ODESSA, Nov. 25 – Ukraine in 2012 will invest UAH 600 million in the construction of a container terminal at the Quarantine Mole in the water area of Odessa maritime merchandise port.

KIEV, Nov. 27 - The International Center of Policy Studies (ICPS) has lowered its forecast for 2008 GDP growth in Ukraine to 2.6%.

According to ICPS, GDP will fall in 2009 by 5.2% with a further resumption of growth by 1% in 2010 and by 3.5% and 2011.

KIEV, Nov. 27 - Russian natural gas giant Gazprom has suggested a formula for calculating future gas prices for Ukraine, a move that may finally end the political component in price talks, a senior official said Wednesday.

For the past five years Ukraine has been pressing to switch to formula-based gas prices as opposed to holding annual negotiations with Russia over prices that had often led to sharp disputes.