KIEV, April 4 – Ukraine, which imported a small amount of Russian natural gas in March, completely stopped such imports in April amid sufficient domestic stocks, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said Thursday.

KIEV, April 4 – The average price of offices in Kiev today is around $1,591 per square meter, which is 25% lower than the average housing price, Chairman of the Committee for Analysis at the Union of Realtors of Ukraine, Vsevolod Zhoholev, has said.

KIEV, April 4 - Ukraine’s plans to allow duty-free imports of one million metric tons will not be enough to restart operation of TNK-BP’s Lisichansk oil refinery this year, a company official said Wednesday.

KIEV, April 3 – Ukraine is properly prepared to host the 64th World Newspaper Congress and the 19th World Editors Forum in September, Serhiy Liovochkin, the head of ukraine’s presidential administration, assured a delegation from the World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

KIEV, April 3 - Russia is ready to lift restrictions on the import of cheese from Ukraine, according to Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister Petro Poroshenko.

KIEV, April 3 – DTEK Power Trade LLC on April 1 stopped commercial supplies of Ukrainian electricity to Moldova, Ukraine’s Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported.

KIEV, April 4 – The average price of a square meter of housing in Kiev today is $1,850, while most buyers can afford up to $1,500 per square meter, according to the president of the Union of Realtors of Ukraine, Oleksandr Rubanov.

KIEV, April 4 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national energy company, plans to produce about 1 million metric tons of crude oil from deposits in Egypt in 2012, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, April 4 - Ukraine within months is expected to sign contracts with ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Halliburton aimed at tapping natural gas and shale gas deposits in the country, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, April 4 – The Ukrainian government will monitor the prices of gasoline so as not to allow them to exceed the permitted price ceiling, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said.