KIEV, Sept. 24 – Delta Bank's attempt to buy Universal Bank, a subsidiary of Greek-based Eurobank Group, due to rejection of the move by Ukrainian authorities, Universal Bank said in a report.

KIEV, Sept. 25 – The National Bank of Ukraine has called on commercial banks to give an opportunity to the public to buy cash foreign currency within the administratively imposed restriction (equivalent of UAH 3,000).

KIEV, Sept. 24 - Skhidny Mining (Zhovti Vody, Dnipropetrovsk region) plans in 2013 to supply 1,000 tons of uranium concentrate to National Nuclear Generating Company EnergoAtom, Director General of Skhidny Mining Oleksandr Sorokin told reporters in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, Sept. 26 - Ukraine may increase its quota for imports of coking coal next year, according to a proposal prepared by the government, a person familiar with the plan said Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine will continue its dialog with the Visa and MasterCard international payment systems on the prospects for the Ukrainian national payment card transactions routing and clearing system, said Natalia Siniavska, the director of IT and payment systems at the NBU.

KIEV, Sept. 25 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny and OstChem Holding Ltd (Cyprus) imported 18.738 billion cubic meters of Russia natural gas worth $7.934 billion in January-July 2012, the State Statistics Service said.

KIEV, Sept. 26 – The State Railway Administration (Ukrzaliznytsia) has submitted a draft plan for capital investment in 2013 to the Cabinet of Ministers in which the administration proposes to spend UAH 8.66 billion from the national and local budgets to buy rolling stock for passenger transportation.

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Sept. 26 – Scorzonera company (Polianytsia of Yaremche town council), which owns the Bukovel ski complex, plans to raise $100 million to build a runway at the Ivano-Frankivsk airport, the property of which the company has taken under concession.

KIEV, Sept. 26 - A draft agreement to settle problems in trade relations between Ukraine and Russia that arose after the latter introduced a vehicle recycling tax might be discussed at the summit of CIS leaders that will be held in Yalta on September 28, Russian Deputy Economic Development Minister Andrei Klepach said in a video conference call between Moscow and Kiev.

KIEV, Sept. 26 - Ukraine has decided on sites for building three coal-to-gas conversion plants and their construction is expected to begin early next year, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said Wednesday.