KIEV, May 29 – Belenergo has signed a contract with Ukrinterenergo on imports of 100 million kWh of Ukrainian electricity every month to Belarus starting June 1, a representative of the Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Ministry said.

The State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine, or Ukreximbank, is planning to raise a 50-million euro loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as part of a program to promote foreign trade, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said in a press release.

KIEV, May 31 ??“ Demand for almost all types of computer hardware in Ukraine in the first quarter 2007 fell, in particular, sales of PCs fell by 10% in kind and by 4% in monetary terms year-on-year, according to GFK Ukraine Company.

KIEV, May 31 ??“ Ukraine??™s security service, SBU, has dismantled a route used to smuggle prestigious foreign-made cars that involved representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Ukraine, Mykola Hluhovsky, director of the department for the fight against smuggling and organized crime, said Thursday.

KIEV, May 31 ??“ Ukraine??™s State Property Fund will put a 1% stake in Ukrtelecom up for sale on the Ukrainian Stock Exchange (USE) on June 5, Valentyna Semeniuk, head of the property fund, said at a press conference on Thursday.

KIEV, May 31 ??“ Energoatom, the state-owned nuclear power generating company, is going to launch new energy generating units with aggregate capacity of 21 gigawatts (GW) before 2030.

KIEV, May 31 ??“ Ukraine's government is mulling the possibility of introducing zero import duties for wheat, rye, maize and barley, Vice-Premier Viktor Slauta has said.

MOSCOW, May 31 ??“ Norway??™s Telenor asked Russian mobile operator Vimpelcom to extend until July 1 talks over the sale of Kyivstar, Ukraine??™s largest cell phone company, the company reported.

KIEV, May 31 - Dry construction mix producer, Fomalgaut-Polimin, has invested EUR 2.5 million to build a dry construction mix plant in the Donetsk region, a company official said Tuesday.

KIEV, May 31 ??“ EnergoAtom, the national nuclear energy generation company, plans to receive credits to implement an energy safety projects at two nuclear power plants, Khmelnytsky NPP and Rivne NPP, later this year.