KIEV, Dec. 3 - Ukraine plans to put its reactor No. 3 at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant back in operation on Friday, a week after it was unexpectedly shut down due to malfunction in power equipment, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 2 – The agreement on a common aviation space with the European Union foresees the creation of equal competitive opportunities in the airline industry and the elimination of customs and tax restrictions for airlines in Europe and Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 2 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the construction of a solid nuclear waste treatment complex at Rivne nuclear power plant worth over UAH 271 million in 2012 prices.

KIEV, Dec. 3 - Ukraine hopes that negotiations with Russia on a reduction in the price of natural gas will be successfully completed by the end of the year, but even if they fail, the country will manage to achieve a reduction in the cost of natural gas next year by 10-15%, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky said.

KIEV, Dec. 3 - Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI, Austria) is holding negotiations on the sale of its subsidiary bank in Ukraine – Raiffeisen Bank Aval (Kiev), Austria's Der Standard reported.

KIEV, Dec. 3 - Ukraine will delay payment of its natural gas supply debt to Russian gas company Gazprom because of ongoing popular protests that have blocked the work of the government, an official said Tuesday.

Yevhen Bakulin, the head of the national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said the original plan was to pay the $765 million debt by December 7.

KIEV, Dec. 3 – The United States is concerned about Ukraine's intention to revise tariff bindings within the World Trade Organization, as this could undermine the multilateral trading system, U.S, Ambassador Ron Kirk said at a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko.

KIEV, Dec. 3 - Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny on Monday signed an agreement with Keppel FELS of Singapore to buy two semi-submersible offshore drilling rigs for a total of $1.22 billion, the company reported.

KIEV, Dec. 3 – Serhiy Arbuzov, the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, may suffer his first political defeat as the ruling Regions Party refuses to back his controversial idea of introducing a hard currency selling tax.

KIEV, Dec. 1 – Canada’s Lysander Minerals Corporation has completed the acquisition of the previously operating Verticalnaya anthracite mine in Sverdlovsk, Luhansk region.