KIEV, June 30 – Morgan Stanley is not to leave Ukraine, according to Ihor Mitiukov, the head of the Ukrainian office of Morgan Stanley and a former Ukrainian finance minister, in an interview with the Investgazeta newspaper.

KIEV, July 1 – Ukrainian metals and metal sales companies cut exports of ferrous metals in January to May by 26.8% year-over-year, to 9.284 million tons.

Deputy head of the department for the metals sector at Derzhzovnishinform state enterprise, Vyacheslav Popov said at the eighth Management, Production, Trade and Consumption Metal-2009 conference in Kiev that supplies fell in all types of metal products, apart from round billets, exports of which grew by 2.2 times, to 113,000 tons.

KIEV, July 2 – EastOne International Investment and Consulting Group has signed a deal on the acquisition of a controlling stake in the Ekonomika publishing house from Handelsblatt publishing house and Czech publisher Miroslav Pavel, the details of which are not disclosed according to an agreement of confidentiality.

KIEV, July 2 – Central Asian countries could increase the prices of exported natural gas to the European level in 2009 if Russia, which controls supplies of Asian gas to Ukraine, agrees to increase the prices, according to Ivan Diya, advisor to Naftogaz Ukrayiny’s chairman.

KREMENCHUK, July 1 - Kremenchuk Car Assembly Plant (KrASZ) in Poltava region, part of AIS Corporation, plans in August to start assembling a new model of Geely FÑ with a 1.8-liter engine, its director, Mykola Chernysh, told the press.

KIEV, July 1 – Israel-based Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd. has signed a memorandum of intent with Kiev-based InterTransPolis insurance company on the acquisition of a 50% plus one share stake in the Ukrainian company, InterTransPolis’ press service has reported, with reference to Serhiy Korotenko, the chairman of the company’s board.

KIEV, July 2 - The National Bank of Ukraine by late 2007 could buy another $2 billion on the interbank exchange, while at present its international reserves have reached $25 billion, which is equal to 4.6 months of imports, First Deputy NBU Head Anatoliy Shapovalov told Interfax-Ukraine last week.

KIEV, June 27 - The Board of Directors at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Sept. 4 will decide on a loan for the reconstruction of the electricity distribution networks on the Crimean peninsula (with the exception of that of the city of Sevastopol).

KIEV, June 27 - The real effective exchange rate of the hryvnia strengthened by 0.29% in May, which somewhat reduced the competitiveness of Ukrainian producers, the Economy Ministry reported on its official Web site.

KIEV, June 27 - China is ready to cooperate with Ukraine in the construction of a new highway running from Luhansk to Donetsk, under a project for the construction of the Lviv-Luhansk highway on concession terms.