KIEV, Jan. 29 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership (E5P) provide a financing package of EUR 27.5 million to Lviv city to implement a project on the upgrade of wastewater treatment in the city, the EBRD said Friday.

KHARKIV, Jan. 29 – Turboatom (Kharkiv) and China Dongfang Electric Machinery have signed a memorandum of cooperation.

KIEV, Jan. 29 - The European Commission after an official review, has reduced anti-dumping duty on imports of Ukrainian steel ropes produced by Stalkanat-Silur production amalgamation (Odessa) from 51.8% to 10.5%.

KIEV, Feb. 1 – U.S. Textron Systems and the Ukroboronprom State Concern will establish industrial cooperation to modernize U.S. HMMWVs at the Ukrainian defense industrial facilities to the Survivable Combat Tactical Vehicles (SCTV) with improved anti-mine and ballistic protection similar to that of MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) protection.

KIEV, Feb. 2 – Ukraine is ready to commence consultations on the introduction of additional 5-10% imports duties for 100 groups of goods in the World Trade Organization's Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions.

KIEV, Jan. 31 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Ukraine's capital city of Kiev to 'CCC+' from 'B-', S&P said in a statement.

KIEV, Feb. 2 – Kiev City Administration has signed a memorandum of cooperation in the development of the information structure of the capital with CISCO, one of the world's leaders in IT technologies.

KIEV, Feb. 1 – UkrPapir, the association of Ukrainian pulp and paper companies, plans to resolve the issue of the realization of a pilot project for the construction of a pulp plant with a production capacity of 50,000 tons per year in Tetiv District, Kiev region, in the first quarter of 2011.

DAVOS, Feb. 1 – DTEK, the largest private vertically integrated energy holding in Ukraine, has selected the companies that the holding is ready to buy if privatization in the energy sector is resumed in the country, according to DTEK Director General Maksym Tymchenko.

KIEV, Feb. 2 – Specialists from Energoatom and Russia's Atomstroyexport have started the final stage of agreeing the engineering specifications of a project to design VVER-1000 type reactors and supply equipment for reactors three and four of Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian state company reported.