MOSCOW, Oct. 25 - Russia, Ukraine and Europe need cooperation to ensure the security of natural gas deliveries, International Energy Agency chief Nobuo Tanaka told journalists in response to a question about an asset swap between Russian Gazprom and Ukrainian Naftogaz Ukrayiny.

KIEV, Oct. 26 – The Ukrainian Regional Development and Construction Ministry plans to receive UAH 1 billion from the national budget for the realization of the affordable housing construction program and UAH 1 billion in the form of subventions for regional development under a program for the installation of utility networks on land plots where affordable housing is to be built, Regional Development and Construction Minister Volodymyr Yatsuba said.

KIEV, Oct. 26 - Ukraine resumed rolled steel exports to China earlier this year after such shipments had virtually stopped late last year due to the collapse in demand, the Industrial Policy Ministry reported Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 26 – Switzerland's Ukrenergy Holding AG, the managing company of a joint holding of Ukrinterenergo and Switzerland's Korlea Invest Holding AG, has agreed with the Ukrainian cabinet on the location of a land plot of 17.8 hectares to build a first small hydro power plant of the 24 MW cascade on the Teresva River in Zakarpattia region.

The decision is stipulated in cabinet resolution No. 1234 of Oct. 21, 2009 published last week.

KIEV, Oct. 23 – A revival of merger and acquisition deals started in Ukraine in September and a surge is expected in 2010, according to participants of a conference held in Kiev by Baker Tilly Ukraine together with the Wolf Theiss law firm and Mergermarket company.

KIEV, Oct. 26 – Russia is trying to apply an additional lever of influence on Ukraine through the fomenting of broad international support for the South Stream gas pipeline, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Turkey Serhiy Korsunsky said in an interview published in a Saturday issue of the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror Weekly) Newspaper.

KIEV, Oct. 23 –Ukrainian steel mills in January to September cut investment into technical re-equipment by a preliminary 10-11% year-over-year, to around UAH7 billion.

KIEV, Oct. 23 - Ukraine's steel industry may reduce output of long and flat products 11.8% this year to 28.8 million tons, Andriy Fedoseyev, president of the Ukrainian Metal Traders' Association, told Interfax.

PRAGUE, Oct. 25 - The natural gas deal concerning supplies from Russia to Ukraine signed Tuesday will have a positive impact on the Czech Republic's natural gas market, Czech natural gas suppliers said Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 25 ??“ Agreements on cooperation in aircraft building reached at the first meeting of the committee for economic cooperation of the Ukrainian-Russian interstate commission allow Ukraine to expect a significant revival in the sector in the near future, according to First Deputy Industry Minister Volodymyr Ryzhov.