KIEV, Nov. 29 – The State Inspectorate for Consumer Rights Protection has sent a proposal to the central offices of the 12 largest global producers of electrical household appliances on conducting joint inspections of the Ukrainian electrical household appliances market to ferret out counterfeit goods.

KIEV, Nov. 29 - Royal Dutch Shell reported “positive results” after drilling the first exploratory well at a major shale gas deposit in Ukraine, the Environment and National Resources Ministry reported Friday.

KIEV, Nov. 29 – Kharkiv’s Turboatom in 2012 will supply equipment to Donbassenergo (Horlivka, Donetsk region) to upgrade unit six of Starobeshivska thermal power plant.

KIEV, Nov. 30 – The average size of a deposit at Ukrainian banks has exceeded UAH 7,900, according to a report by the Individuals' Deposit Guarantee Fund.

MOSCOW, Dec. 1 - Ukraine's Finance Ministry has extended an agreement with VTB Capital on the provision of a $2 billion credit for Ukraine by six months, the ministry said in a statement.

The agreement was originally signed on June 3, 2010.

KIEV, Dec. 1 - Ukraine’s oil refiners may face new pressure soon as the government considers providing tax breaks for imports of crude by national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny, a government source said Thursday.

KIEV, Dec. 1 – The Ukrainian shale gas development projects eyed by world oil majors may be hurt if the government manages to reduce Russian natural gas prices significantly by the end of the year, an analyst said Thursday.

KIEV, Nov. 29 – The deficit of Ukraine's 2010 national budget amounted to UAH 56.579 billion in January through October, which was 4.6% over the annual target set at UAH 54.095 billion, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

KIEV, Nov. 30 – The Ukrainian Justice Ministry plans to attract France's King & Spalding law firm to protect the country's interests during the hearing of a case on a claim by Russia's OJSC Tatneft in line with the arbitration rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

KIEV, Dec. 1 - Ukraine’s largest steel and mining group Metinvest, the Egyptian ministry of defense and Abu Zabel, a defense company, signed a contract for the supply of 27,000 metric tons of slabs, the industrial policy ministry reported.