KIEV, April 26 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is maintaining its plans to invest EUR 1.1 billion this year in projects in Ukraine as it did in 2009, EBRD President Thomas Mirow said.

"We're prepared to invest the same amount this year," Mirow said at a Monday press conference in Kiev.

LONDON/MOSCOW, April 27 - Fitch Ratings has assigned UK SPV Credit Finance plc's upcoming issue of USD-denominated limited recourse notes an expected Long-term rating of 'B-' and a Recovery Rating of 'RR4'.

KIEV, April 24 – The Ukrainian new imported car market in 2009 could fall by some 60% compared to 2008, to around 200,000 cars, according to Oleksiy Tereschenko director of strategic development at Atlant-M Automobile Holding.

KIEV, April 26 ??“ Confectionary output, including white chocolate, which does not contain cacao, grew by 20.5% year-over-year in March, and by 26.23% compared to January 2007, to 24,400 metric tons, the State Statistics Committee reported.

KIEV, April 26 ??“ Energoatom, Ukraine??™s state nuclear power generator, is happy with the quality of new nuclear fuel assemblies supplied by Russia's TVEL company, a company official said.

KIEV, April 26 ??“ The National Bank of Ukraine reported the narrow money supply will grow by 25-31% in 2008, to UAH 426.5-446.9 billion, while broad money supply is seen to grow 19-24%, to UAH 142.9-148.9 billion.

KIEV, April 26 ??“ UkrSibbank, Ukraine??™s third biggest bank by assets majority owned by BNP Paribas, in January through March 2007, increased its total assets by 12%, to UAH 24.97 billion.

KIEV, April 26 ??“ PrivatBank, Ukraine??™s largest bank by assets, in January through March 2007 increased its total assets by 17.9%, to 39.843 billion hryvnias, the bank reported Thursday.

KIEV, April 27 - President Viktor Yushchenko urged the government to speed up development of a Black Sea offshore oil and gas field for matters of national energy security, a top security advisor said Thursday.

KIEV, April 27 ??“ Interpipe Corp., Ukraine??™s largest producer of steel pipes, acquired a 60% stake in Dniprospetsstal, a maker of stainless steel, Viktor Pinchuk, the owner of Interpipe, said.