KIEV, July 1 – State Property Fund chief Oleksandr Riabchenko has signed a monthly schedule for the placement of state stakes in energy companies, according to which tenders to sell a 45% stake in Zakhidenergo, a 25% stake in Kyivenergo, a 50% stake in Zakarpattiaoblenergo and a 46% stake in Cherkasyoblenergo will be announced in August 2011.

KIEV, July 2 - The Financial Action Task Force has decided to send an assessment mission to Ukraine, Ukraine’s State Service for Financial Monitoring reported.

KIEV, July 1 - Fitch Ratings has assigned Donbass Fuel Energy Company LLC's (DFEC LLC) Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) 500 million bonds due in 2011 a final National senior unsecured local currency rating of 'AA-(minus)(ukr).’

KREMENCHUK, July 2 – Ukraine's joining the World Trade Organization has not yet toughened competition, truck maker AvtoKraZ's deputy director general for foreign economic activities and sales, Ihor Fomenko, said the annual KraZ-2008 car show held by AvtoKraZ holding company.

KIEV, July 3 - Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ukraine-based Pravex Bank's ratings to Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default (IDR) to 'BB-' (BB minus) from 'B-' (B minus), Support '3' from '5' and National Long-term 'AAA(ukr)' from 'BBB(ukr).’

KREMENCHUK, July 3 - The AvtoKrAZ holding company in Kremenchuk in Poltava region plans in 2008 to complete preparations for its IPO, Yaroslav Bondarenko, the company's deputy director general and economy and finance director, has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, July 3 - The World Bank has lowered its inflation forecast for Ukraine to 9.7% from 10.9% for 2007, Martin Raiser, World Bank chief economic advisor in Ukraine, said Tuesday.

KIEV, July 3 – Ukraine may have one of its worst grain harvests over the past decade due to severe drought that had swept the country earlier this year, a top agriculture ministry official said Tuesday.

KIEV, July 2 - The possible toughening of the conditions for placing stocks on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in late 2007 will not prove a significant obstacle to Ukrainian companies entering the market.

KIEV, July 3 ??“ Sandora Ltd., Ukraine's biggest juice producer, on June 30 launched a new juice factory at Meshkove-Pohorelove village in Mykolayiv region, the company reported Monday.