KIEV, Feb. 29 – The United Arab Emirates has permitted supply of Ukrainian lamb, poultry and beef, and the veterinary services of the two countries are being agreed the draft veterinary certificates for exports of milk and dairy products, fish and fish products.

KIEV, March 1 – The European Commission is ready to act as mediator and join talks between Ukraine and Russia on the supply and transit of natural gas, Vice-President of the EU Commission for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic said at Adam Smith Conferences' Ukrainian Energy Forum in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, March 1 - Russian oil major TNK-BP on Thursday stopped crude supplies and shut down indefinitely its Ukrainian oil refinery, shifting operation to importing gasoline and diesel fuel in Ukraine.

The move, which may result in massive layoffs, increases pressure on the Ukrainian government, which has earlier rejected TNK-BP’s suggestion to cut taxes on oil refineries.

KIEV, March 1 – Ukraine’s State Veterinary and Biosecurity Service of Ukraine has temporarily suspended imports, effective March 1, from Belarus of milk and dairy products and animals susceptible to African swine fever (ASF), as well as products made of them.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced today it affirmed its 'B-' long-term issuer credit rating on the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev.

The outlook is stable, reads the statement.

KIEV, Feb. 28 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is not prepared to provide loan resources to modernize Ukraine's gas transport system in the absence of systemic reform in the country's gas industry, EBRD Senior Banker Paul Shapiro said at a conference in Kiev.

KIEV, March 1 - Geological Bureau Lviv LLC jointly with Austria's RAG B.V. and Italy's Sorgenia energy holding is planning to extract shale gas in western Ukraine, said Zinoviy Kozytsky, the founder of the bureau.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – Anti-crisis credits of the National Bank of Ukraine worth UAH 70 billion have yet to be paid back by Ukrainian banks, according to NBU Governor Serhiy Arbuzov.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – Newly appointed Ukrnafta CEO Peter Vanhecke has said that strategic goals he faces are the following: increasing operating efficiency in the extraction of oil and gas, attracting investments, upping profit and finding a balance between the company's shareholders.

KIEV, March 1 – Kyivenergo, which exploits Kiev's energy complex, plans to invest UAH 370 million in the development of the Kiev's heat supply system in 2011, Maksym Timchenko, director general of DTEK, a large shareholder in Kyivenergo, said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Pozniaky heat supply station in Kiev.