KIEV, May 30 - ISTIL (Ukraine) mini steel mill, which since April 2008 has been part of Estar Holding, has submitted documents to the National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine to receive a permit to import 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year under a non-regulated tariff.

KIEV, May 30 - British oil and gas producer JKX Oil & Gas Plc. plans to expand its portfolio of field licenses for oil and gas production, the company said in a statement filed with the London Stock Exchange (LSE), which cited JKX's management.

KIEV, May 30 – The oil and gas condensate rent duty in Ukraine is to be set every month, taking into account the average price of Urals oil on the London Stock Exchange and the basic price of oil at $100 per barrel.

PARIS, May 30 – A first consignment of oil is to be pumped through the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline from Azerbaijan to the Czech Republic, Serhiy Korsunsky, director of the economic cooperation department at the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, said at a CIS Oil and Gas summit in Paris.

KIEV, May 30 – MONEYVAL, a subcommittee of the European Committee on Crime Problems of the Council of Europe (CDPC), is to conduct a third round of assessment of Ukraine from Sept. 21 to Oct. 1, the State Committee for Financial Monitoring reported.

KIEV, June 1 - Vimpelcom, Russia??™s No. 2 cell phone company, on Thursday withdrew its $5 billion bid for Kyivstar, a Ukrainian operator, dashing hopes for an end to a war between Russian and Norwegian shareholders.

KIEV, June 1 - Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding, the largest foreign lender in the former Soviet Union, said Thursday it had agreed to sell one of its Ukrainian banks for 650 million euros to OTP of Hungary.

KIEV, May 31 ??“ The number of mobile communication subscribers in Ukraine will increase by 15 million people in three years, Jon Fredrik Baksaas, the president of Norwegian Telecommunication Company Telenor, said.

LONDON, May 31 - The Ukrainian banking system is considered to be riskier than its neighboring countries of Kazakhstan and Russia, mainly due to the uncertain macroeconomic and political environment, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said.

MOSCOW, June 1 ??“ European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co, or EADS, the world??™s second-largest aerospace company, has been seeking cooperation with Ukrainian developers of the An-70 aircraft, an industry executive said Thursday.