KIEV, Dec. 26 ??“ The State Commission for Securities and Stock Market of Ukraine (SCSSM) has registered the second issue of certificates worth $100 million by Parex Asset Management Ukraine (PAM Ukraine) - Parex Ukrainian Real Estate Fund, the assets management company and the manager of pension funds, the fund told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 26 ??“ UkrGaz-Energo rejected earlier plans to sign deals on oil refining at Ukrainian refineries and selling fuel in 2007, suggesting a major cut in earnings for the company.

KIEV, Dec. 26 ??“ The interest rates on mortgage credits in Ukraine in 2006 have remained high, and have not fallen during the year, according to a Prostobank Consulting report.

KIEV, Dec. 26 ??“ UkrSibbank has placed five-year Eurobonds worth $500 million, and demand on bonds of this bank exceeded supply by more than two times, the bank said on Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 26 ??“ Large Ukrainian sparkling wine producer Artyomovsk Winery (Donetsk region) has stopped Sovetskoye sparkling wine production.

KIEV, Dec. 26 -- The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) will lend $6.8 million to Shvydko-Ukraine, Ukraine's second-largest fast food restaurant chain, after McDonald's.

KIEV, Dec. 23 ??“ The vertically integrated oil company (VIOC) established by a September decree by President Leonid Kuchma will be incorporated in the structure of the state-owned Naftogaz Ukrayiny and be set up as a separate subdivision with state shareholdings in UkrTatNafta (Poltava region) and Galychyna oil refining complex (Lviv region) being transferred to its statuary fund, said Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev.

KIEV, Dec. 23 ??“ UkrNafta, Ukraine's largest oil producer, on Dec. 15 put a renovated 18.7-km long oil pipeline from Talalayivka oil fields to the Hnidyntsi gas processing plant into operation, the company reported on Thursday, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 23 ??“ Parliament voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a 2005 budget that reduces the gap between revenue and spending compared with the draft that had been previously proposed by the government.

KYIV, Nov 26 – The Industrial Park Bila Tserkva intends to begin construction of two more plants in 2025, director of business development of the industrial park, Oleksandr Protsiuk, said.