KIEV, Sept. 30 – The International Monetary Fund has adjusted its system of control over the efficiency of the implementation by Ukraine of a loan program under the Stand-By Arrangement, focusing on monitoring the amount of net internal assets, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh said.

KIEV, Oct. 1 – AeroSvit Ukrainian Airlines, which is the first Ukrainian operator of new Ukrainian-Russian An-148 regional aircraft, does not see grounds for conclusions on insufficient safety of the new aircraft.

KIEV, Oct. 1 – Consumer confidence of Ukrainians considerably worsened in August, according to a survey International Centre for Policy Studies and GfK Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 1 – Prospects of supplies of Belarusan fuel to Ukraine was discussed at a meeting of Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev with Belarusan Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky and his first deputy Vladimir Semashko in Minsk.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – The State Property Fund announced that it and Kazakhstan's TuranAlem Bank signed an agreement on Tuesday to sell 25% plus one share in Ukrainian insurance company Oranta (Kiev).

VILNIUS, Oct. 2 - Poland and Lithuania will sign agreements on creation of joint ventures to carry out energy projects at an energy security conference in Vilnius on Oct. 10-11, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and Polish President Lech Kaczynski agreed at a meeting in the Polish city of Torun on Monday.

KIEV, Oct.1 – Zakhidenergo plans by June 2008 to increase the export potential of the Burshtynska heat power plant to 650 MW, Zakhidenergo technical director Stepan Dashkevych told the press.

KIEV, Oct. 1 – Lysychansk-based oil refinery Linos (Luhansk region) plans to build an absorption plant in order to cut natural gas consumption.

KIEV, Oct. 2 – Don’t worry about privatization of EnergoAtom, the chief of the state-owned company that owns Chornobyl and Ukraine’s other nuclear power plants told workers.

KIEV, Oct. 2 – Ukraine is considering the possibility of increasing electricity exports from the Dobrotvorska thermal power plant, operated by Zakhidenergo, to Poland, said Stepan Dashkevych, Zakhidenergo technical director.