KIEV, May 30 – Ukraine International Airlines and Dniproavia (Dnipropetrovsk) have signed a code-sharing agreement for a number of domestic routes, Stanislav Stadnyk, the head of Dniproavia's advertisement department, has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, May 30 – The Industry Ministry has decided to liquidate Ukrainian Polymetals state company.

According to a posting on the ministry website on Thursday, a decree of Industry Minister Volodymyr Novytsky of May 27 also stipulates that a liquidation commission has been created headed by Ukrainian Polymetals Director General Oleksandr Andruschenko.

BERLIN/KIEV, May 30 – The European authorities are monitoring the realization of the program of An-70 mid-range transport aircraft, as the plane may be involved in operations for the European Union and NATO.

KIEV, June 2 – Donetsk-based Donbas Fuel-Energy Company DTEK plans to buy ZAO Chikh Mine in Rostov region in Russia, the press service of Rostov Region Governor Vladimir Chub reported last week.

KIEV, June 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine forecasts that in 2008 the deficit of the current account of Ukraine's balance of payments will grow to $10.7 billion, while in 2007 it nearly quadrupled, to $5.9 billion, according to Volodymyr Stelmakh, head of the NBU.

KIEV, May 31 ??“ The Cargill company is to acquire a sunflower seed crushing facility in Ukraine from a Ukrainian-based foods producer, Chumak.

KIEV, May 31 ??“ So far this year, the average price of power generation coal in Ukraine has grown by 25%, from UAH160 to UAH200 per ton, and will grow further, First Deputy Energy Minister Viktor Topolev told journalists.

KIEV, June 1 ??“ Ukraine International Airlines and British Airline Business Handling Ltd. have opened a joint venture at Kiev??™s Boryspil Airport.

MOSCOW, June 1 -- Fitch Ratings, the international rating agency, announced on Wednesday it assigned Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG's ("HVB") upcoming issue of limited recourse loan participation notes an expected Long-term 'B-' (B minus) rating, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KIEV, June 2 ??“ UkrNafta, Ukraine's largest crude oil producer, further expanded in eastern regions of the country by acquiring a chain of 25 gasoline filling stations, a company official said Thursday.