KIEV, Oct. 31 – The minimum wage in Ukraine will be increased without an additional growth of inflation, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has said.

KIEV, Oct. 31 – President Petro Poroshenko has listed over 100 companies in which he is the ultimate beneficiary on his electronic declaration of assets.

KHARKIV, Oct. 28 – The Smart Energy group of companies, part of Vadim Novinsky's Smart-holding, plans to double gas extraction in 2014 to 400 million cubic meters, Smart Energy Director General Oleksiy Tymofeyev told reporters.

KIEV, Oct. 29 - Sumykhimprom, one of the leading enterprises of the chemical industry in Ukraine, on October 25 resumed the production of titanium dioxide and complex mineral fertilizers, the company announced.

KIEV, Oct. 29 - Australia's Korab Resources Limited, which is realizing a project on extraction and enrichment at the Bobrikovo gold and silver mine via Lugansk Gold and Donetsky Kryazh LLC (Luhansk region), is to commence a drilling program this week.

KIEV, Oct. 29 - Ukraine’s largest privately-held power generating and mining company, DTEK, plans to start imports of natural gas from Poland within days as part of its energy diversification strategy, the company reported Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – Ukraine in late October resumed imports of natural gas through Poland, which had been suspended at the beginning of this month.

According to Polish operator Gaz-System S.A., about 1.4 million cubic meters of gas was supplied through Poland to Ukraine on October 26, and about 1.3 million cubic meters on October 27.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny believes that court which ruled against it in litigation with UkrGaz-Energo over 4.862 billion cubic meters of gas ignored the evidence.

KIEV, Oct. 30 – Germany's Kromberg & Schubert, which owns Kromberg & Schubert Ukraine (Volyn region), has decided to invest another EUR 11.5 million in the construction of the second phase of the plant producing conductor cables for cars, Volyn Regional Administration said in a posting on its Web site.

KIEV, Oct. 30 - President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday assured Eni of Italy and EDF of France that Ukraine is committed to their oil and gas projects in the country that may improve its energy independence.

The meeting comes 10 days after the government has approved a draft production sharing agreement with a consortium led by Eni and EDF to tap Ukraine’s oil and gas fields offshore the Black Sea.