KIEV, May 27 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry said it welcomes the successful negotiations on debt re-profiling between state-owned Ukreximbank and the holders of about 30% of all three issues of the bank's loan participation notes (LPN) maturing in 2015, 2016, and 2018, worth about $1.5 billion.

KIEV, May 27 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to implement 130 projects in Ukraine in 2015 under a program to provide business advice to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

KIEV, May 27 - Ukraine paid $30 million to Russian natural gas giant Gazprom to secure imports of Russian gas in May, Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national energy company, reported Wednesday.

KIEV, May 27 – The Cabinet of Ministers has ordered Naftogaz Ukrainy and the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry to attract skilled and professional advisors to protect the rights and interests of the state during settling the dispute with Russia's OJSC Gazprom.

KIEV, May 27 – The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and the European Business Association have welcomed the stabilization of operations by customs agencies and call on the top managers of the Income and Tax Ministry of Ukraine to strengthen the fight smuggling and illegal imports.

KIEV, May 24 - Gasoline sales at fuel filling stations in Ukraine in April 2013 decreased by 9.4% compared to April 2012, to 249,800 tons, according to the State Statistics Service.

KIEV, May 24 – Bukovyna Solar 1 LLC plans to build a solar power plant with a capacity of 14 megawatts in Khotyn (Chernivtsi region), the company's director, Oleh Pavliuk, told Interfax-Ukraine.

MOSCOW, May 24 - Ukraine's desire to diversify its sources of gas is reasonable and Gazprom might have to lower its gas prices for Ukraine, Valery Yazev, head of the Russian Gas Society, said at a press conference.

KIEV, May 27 – The import duties on passenger autos with 1-2.2 liter engines introduced April 14 have had the effect of wiping out the imports this month, according to Oleh Nazarenko, head of the All-Ukrainian Association of Car Importers and Dealers (VAAID).

KIEV, May 27 – The volume of waste from Ukrainian households in 2012 grew by 53.9%, to 8 million tons, while companies and organizations which received permits to create waste rose by 0.1%, to 442.7 million, the State Statistics Service reported.