KIEV, March 3 - The European Bank for the Reconstruction and Development could invest $1 billion in Ukraine in 2008, according to EBRD President Jean Lemierre.

"One billion dollars is the investment we're planning for this year... We have set plans to invest large sums, if we're able to do this," he told the press in Kiev.

KIEV, Feb. 29 – The National Council for Television and Broadcasting of Ukraine announced it has decided to apply to court with an appeal to cancel the license of Volia-Cable.

KIEV, March 3 – Japan's Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems (SEWS), one of subdivisions of the Sumitomo group of companies, in 2008 plans to invest EUR5-7 million in the initial stage of a project on production of electric cables for Nissan autos in Chernivtsi.

KIEV, March 3 – The national nuclear generating company EnergoAtom in 2008 will be able to increase expenses on the purchase of nuclear fuel by 22.9% compared to 2007, to UAH3.228 billion, and expenses linked with removal of waste nuclear fuel by 40.9%, to UAH682.9 million.

KIEV, March 3 – The European Bank for the Reconstruction and Development plans to issue bonds in hryvnias to increase lending in the Ukrainian national currency, according to EBRD President Jean Lemierre.

KIEV, March 1 ??“ The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is lending ?100 million to help rehabilitate a portion of Ukraine's 824-km M06 Kiev-Chop motorway, which links the country's capital with Western Europe, reads a EBRD statement carried by Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 2 ??“ The decision on privatization of Kryvorizhstal made by the Supreme Court on Tuesday allows for starting preparations for a new tender on selling the facility, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, March 3 ??“ The Antimonopoly Committee has refused to support the proposal of the Fuel and Energy Ministry to give Gaz Ukrayiny an exclusive right to sell liquefied gas.

KYIV, Feb 3 – Already 20 countries have joined the Declaration on Strengthening the Sustainability of the Cultural Sector in Ukraine, adopted at the international conference on Ukrainian culture Cooperation for Sustainability on February 1 in Uzhgorod.

KYIV, Feb 3 – The agricultural holding Gals Agro, which operates a bio methane plant with an annual capacity of 3 million cubic meters in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, plans its first bio methane delivery to Europe by late February, according to Oleh Riabov, head of the renewable energy division.