KIEV, March 25 - February was marked by a dip in the consumer confidence of Ukrainians, according to a monthly survey by GfK Ukraine.

The Consumer Confidence Index was 83.7 points, which is 1.2 points lower than in January.

BRUSSELS, March 26 – Kiev and Brussels will soon hold a high-level round table meeting, at which, among other matters, they will discuss the issue of a future gas transportation consortium.

KIEV, March 26 - The appearance of yellow spots on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kiev is caused by a high content of iron, manganese and humic substances, which subsequently formed yellow and brown ice - slush, the State Environmental Inspectorate.

KIEV, March 23 - Ukraine plans to hold tenders for production sharing agreements (PSA) for three hydrocarbon sections - Skifske and Foroske (both in the deep-water shelf of the Black Sea) and Slobozhanske (shale and central basin gas field in Kharkiv region) - in 2012.

KIEV, March 23 – State-run Lysychanskvuhillia (Luhansk region) faces a problem with coal sales, reads a posting on the Web site of the Trade Union of Coal Industry Workers.

KIEV, March 26 – Ukraine's state oil and gas company Naftogaz has allowed three companies to participate in the second stage of a tender to assess the value of the Ukrainian gas transport system.

KIEV, March 26 - Ukraine's Finance Ministry plans to place foreign currency bonds with a put option on the domestic market in April, the ministry's head of debt and international financial policy, Halyna Pakhachuk, said at an international treasury conference in Kiev organized by Top Dialog.

"We will soon offer the market medium-term paper in foreign currency with early redemption. Along with the coupon, which will be three- or six-month, we are planning to offer the right to tender for redemption," Pakhachuk said, adding that the duration of the bonds would be one to three years.

KIEV, March 24 -- Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the long-term local currency and senior unsecured foreign currency debt rating of Bank Finance and Credit (F&C) to Caa2 from B1, and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Caa2 from B2.

KIEV, March 24 – Shareholders in Kiev-based Finance&Credit Bank at a general meeting held on March 24 decided to transfer a 50%+1 share stake in the bank to the state and investors.

PRAGUE, March 26 - Energy holding New World Resources (NWR), Central Europe's sole listed coal miner, announced Wednesday it will not go ahead with the proposed acquisition of a 24.99% stake in Ukrainian iron ore and pellet producer Ferrexpo.