KYIV, Jan 25 - A possible new contract for the transit of Russian natural gas to the European Union should be based on European rules, which will protect Ukraine’s interests and prevent Russia from resorting to non-market and non-competitive methods, and should comply with the rulings of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

KYIV, Jan 25 – Ukrnafta in 2018 increased extraction of oil and gas condensate by 5% or 0.069 million tons compared with 2017, to 1.448 million tons, the company's press service has reported.

DAVOS, Jan 25 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny will publically present its plan to unbundle gas transportation and production operations in early February, Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolev said in Davos.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - Ukraine cut exports of electricity 54.8%, or by 4.411 billion kWh year on year to 3.642 billion kWh in 2015, a source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavicius has proposed that all companies that will be privatized are divided into three groups, and the first group consists of around 25 largest companies which privatization could be interesting for transnational companies and other large foreign investors.

KIEV, Jan. 26 – Ukrainian airlines saw a decline of 2.7%, or by 6,302 passengers, in passenger flow in 2015.

KIEV, Jan. 26 – Metal companies in Ukraine are competitive in the quality and cash cost of metal products they make, although they have large expenses on transportation due to high tariffs set by state monopolists, Metinvest CEO Yuriy Ryzhenkov said on Ukraina TV.

KIEV, Jan. 26 - Ukraine's government has extended the current emergency regime in the country's electricity industry until the end of next month.

A government directive of January 14 published in the Uriadovy Kurier newspaper on January 24 gives the National Commission of Ukraine for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation extra powers in setting charges and boosts the authority of grid operator Ukrenergo in the transmission of electricity and the regulation of its consumption.

KIEV, Jan. 27 - The total sum of wage arrears in Ukraine rose 3% in December and more than tripled in 2014, the State Statistics Service reported.

According to the State Statistics Service, wage arrears on January 1, 2015 amounted to UAH 2.437 billion, or 7% of the monthly wage fund for December.

KIEV, Jan. 27 - The Ukrainian Security Service has reported anonymous threats to blow up hydropower and nuclear power plants.