KIEV, April 26 - Ukraine does not intend to fulfill the International Monetary Fund demand it raise the gas price for the population, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov told journalists in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, April 26 - A sea-based natural gas rig, purchased by Ukraine’s state-owned ChornomorNaftoGaz about a year ago from Singapore, is expected to arrive in Ukraine on May 1, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said Thursday.

KIEV, Apr. 26 - Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny will have to pay more than $1 billion to Russian gas giant Gazprom before May 7 for gas imported in April, a Naftogaz official said Tuesday.

KIEV, April 22 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny lost UAH 1.9 billion from the sale of natural gas to heat supply companies in Q1, said Eduard Shvydkoy, director of Gaz Ukrayiny.

KIEV, April 22 – The International Finance Corporation partnered with Erste Bank Ukraine plan to develop energy efficiency finance expertise in the country and launch new financial products for businesses implementing energy efficiency improvements.

KIEV, April 22 – The Antimonopoly Committee has recommended Ukrainian banks cut fees for services in the Visa payment system.

The committee expects that banks will reduce the fees to a level matching the reduction in fees for services provided by Visa International Service Association (the United States), which sets the rules for the Visa payment system's operations in Ukraine.

KIEV, April 26 – Parliament has ratified an agreement between governments of Russia, Ukraine and Slovakia on the transportation of nuclear materials via Ukraine.

KIEV, April 26 – Ukrtransgaz, a subsidiary of state-owned Naftogaz Ukrayiny, has agreed with its European partners the terms for scheduled repairs in 2011 of its gas transport systems, their terms, and the volumes of gas transportation reductions during the repair period.

KIEV, April 23 – The new general plan of Kiev's development until 2025 could foresee the construction of a Troyeschyna-Obolon transport route in the form of a bridge over the Dnipro or a tunnel under the river, Vasyl Prysiazhniuk, the city’s chief architect, said during a discussion of the concept of the city general plan.

FRANKFURT, April 26 - Moody's Investors Service has changed its outlook on the B2 corporate family rating of Ukrainian steel producer Metinvest B.V. to positive from stable.