KIEV, Dec. 3 – The peak of the economic crisis in Ukraine will be in Q1 2009, and its consequences will be felt for at least two years, according to the president of Konsol Ltd. firm (Simferopol, Crimea), Volodymyr Konstantinov.

KIEV, Dec. 3 – The fall in the profitability of mining and metals companies and the worsening of the situation at companies belonging to Naftogaz Ukrainy led to a failure in the fulfillment of the tax collection target in November, the State Tax Administration of Ukraine (STAU)reported.

KIEV, Nov. 30 ??“ UkrTransNafta, a monopoly oil transporter in Ukraine, will soon consider the issue of purchasing gasoline and diesel fuel for a stabilization fund, UkrTransNafta's board chairman Ihor Kyriushyn told Interfax-Ukraine.

PRYPYAT, Nov. 30 - The winner of a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development tender for the construction of a new safe confinement for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's fourth reactor may be announced in December, a Chernobyl official said.

KIEV, Dec. 1 ??“ Ukrainian Mobile Communications, or UMC, Ukraine??™s second biggest cell phone company, plans to re-brand in the second quarter of 2007, according to UMC Director General Adam Wojacki.

KIEV, Dec. 2 ??“ RosUkrEnergo, Ukraine??™s only gas supplier controlled by Russian gas giant Gazprom, warned on Saturday that future gas prices will depend on whether Ukraine and Russia maintain good political relations.

KIEV, Dec. 3 ??“ Ukraine and the United States will probably discuss supplies of Caspian Sea crude via Ukrainian oil pipelines to Europe bypassing Russia during Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych??™s visit to Washington, an official said.

KYIV, Oct 31 – Starting in 2025, higher natural gas transportation fees are expected to offset increased expenses for operating the gas transmission system without Russian transit.

KYIV, Nov 1 – IAEA teams present at the Khmelnytsky, Rivne and Pivdennoukrainsk NPPs, as well as the Chornobyl NPP, have noted that nuclear safety is being maintained despite the consequences of the ongoing war, while noting air-raid alarms that were received over several days last week.

KYIV, Nov 1 – In the third quarter of this year, Ukrainian banks relaxed the standards for approving business loan applications for the first time since 2021, the balance of responses was -16.9% (from -100% to 100%), according to the results of a quarterly survey of financial institutions on lending conditions conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in July-September this year.