KIEV, Dec. 25 ??“ The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) announced Image Ltd. the winner in the tender to select the assessor to determine the market value of a 100% stake in Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) to make management decisions, the fund reported.

KIEV, Dec. 25 - CA IB, an Austrian investment bank, and Concord Capital, a Ukrainian investment company, as lead-managers have conducted a regular private placement of stocks in Universal, the Lviv-based insurance company.

KIEV, Dec. 25 ??“ The Ukrainian government has expanded the participants in auctions to sell natural gas, allowing all non-state companies producing gas in Ukraine, Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko told reporters.

KIEV, Dec. 25 ??“ Hungary's Energy Capital ZRt. accused state enterprise UkrInterEnergo, the operator for exporting Ukrainian electricity, in the non-fulfillment of agreement liabilities, according to a company??™s letter sent to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - Ukraine??™s national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny commissioned 70 million euros worth facility Thursday to improve measurements of quality and quantity of natural gas transported from Russia to the European Union.

MOSCOW, Dec. 25 ??“ Russia and Belarus on Monday were in a deadlock in talks over natural gas prices next year signaling possible supply disruptions on Jan. 1, 2007, a spokesman for Gazprom, Russia??™s gas giant, said.

KIEV, Dec. 23 -- HeidelbergCement of Germany has acquired the Ukrainian cement producer Doncement via its Dutch subsidiary CBR Portland BV.

KIEV, Dec. 23 ??“ Ukrainian communication operators from January to November increased their revenues from communication services by 30.1% in comparison with the same period of 2004, to UAH24.738 bln, the State Statistics Committee reported.

KYIV, Nov 25 – The government maintains the forecast for growth of Ukrainian exports in 2025 by 7% despite the smaller than expected harvest of late crops this year, said Deputy Minister of Economy – Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka.

KYIV, Nov 25 - The Ukrainian agricultural sector continues to operate and ensure international food security and supplies products to 400 million people in more than 120 countries, said Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Liudmyla Shemelynets.