KIEV, Dec. 2 – DTEK is to buy about 250,000 tons of coal from the South African Republic which was originally contracted by state-run Ukrinterenergo for state-run power generating company Centrenergo's thermal power plants, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan said.

KIEV, Dec. 2 – JKX Oil & Gas plc, which has assets in Ukraine, forecasts that its gas sales in Ukraine may reduce by up to 50% in December due to the Ukrainian government's decision to make over 150 industrial companies buy gas solely from Naftogaz Ukrayiny.

KIEV, Dec. 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine has extended the mandatory sale of 75% of foreign currency receipts and maintained other forex-related limitations.

KIEV, Dec. 2 – Ukraine has accepted requests from the European Union and Russia to join in talks initiated by Japan, under an agreement with the World Trade Organization, on duties on imported vehicles introduced by Kiev on April 13, 2013.

KIEV, Nov. 29 - Experts from the International Monetary Fund say that the Ukrainian hryvnia is about 8-13% overvalued, reads the IMF's country report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation.

KIEV, Nov. 29 - Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Eduard Stavytsky and Moldovan Environment Minister Gheorghe Salaru have signed a Treaty on Cooperation on the Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Dniester River Basin.

OSLO, Nov. 30 – Ukraine and Norway are planning to significantly increase mutual trade, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said at a meeting with Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen in Oslo.

KIEV, Nov. 30 - Ukraine on Friday requested a meeting with the president of Gas Natural Fenosa to see if the Spanish energy company is willing to join a $1 billion liquefied natural gas terminal project.

LONDON, Dec. 2 U.S. diplomats have information that the gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine and the EU states are partially linked to the Russian mafia, the Guardian has reported, referring to the classified U.S. cables released by WikiLeaks.

KIEV, Dec. 2 - Parliament on Thursday approved a government bill to increase natural gas production royalties by 18.5% starting early next year, Parliament’s press service reported.