KIEV, Jan. 29 - The investment of the National Bank of Ukraine into the securities of non-residents in 2007 increased by 79%, from UAH43.187 billion to UAH77.436 billion, the central bank announced.

MOSCOW, Jan. 29 - The Yushchenko-Putin Interstate Commission will sum up the results of its work for 2007 and adopt an action plan for 2008 during its meeting on Feb. 12, according to Raisa Bohatyriova, the Secretary of Ukraine's National Defense and Security Council.

KIEV, Jan. 30 ??“ Hungary's OTP Bank is to start forming a financial group in Ukraine in 2007, which will include an insurance company, a leasing company and an asset management company.

KIEV, Jan. 31 ??“ The share of foreign capital in the statutory capital of Ukrainian banks grew from 19.5% to 27.6% in 2006, National Bank of Ukraine First Deputy Governor Anatoliy Shapovalov said.

KIEV, Jan. 31 - HeidelbergCement Group, a major German cement producer, plans to merge two of its biggest companies in Ukraine to cut costs and improve efficiency, one company official said Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 31 ??“ Galnaftogaz, one of Ukraine??™s biggest gasoline retail chains, plans to float up to 25% shares through an initial public offering on the London stock exchange in 2007, a newswire reported Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 31 ??“ Eurocar, a Ukrainian manufacturer of Volkswagen cars, plans to tap foreign markets with an initial public offering later this year, a company official said Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 28 ??“ The share of foreign investments in the structure of investments drawn in Ukraine??™s 11 special economic zones (SEZs) and nine priority development territories (PDTs) in 2004 reached 19.9%, Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing the Economics Ministry.

KIEV, Jan. 28 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, Ukraine??™s national oil and gas company, won a tender to develop oil fields in the United Arab Emirates, a Naftogaz spokesman said Friday.

KYIV, Dec 30 – State-owned PrivatBank (Kyiv) has issued 3.85 million cards under the ePidtrymka project for payments of "COVID 1,000" and credited more than UAH 2 billion on them, the bank's press service told Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.