KIEV, April 25 – If Ukraine had alternatives to natural gas supplies its negotiation process with Russia could be easier, Economic Development and Trade Minister Petro Poroshenko said.
KIEV, April 21 – Russian-British joint venture TNK-BP is calling on the Ukrainian government to accelerate the procedure for issuing permits for exploration and the extraction of gas from alternative sources, Mikhail Slobodin, Executive Vice President, Gas and Power, at TNK-BP said.
KIEV, April 21 – China wants to create potash fertilizer production facilities in Kalush (Ivano-Frankivsk region) where OJSC Oriana potash fertilizer plant had operated until 2002.
KIEV, April 21 - Most Ukrainians oppose the construction of new nuclear power units, the Razumkov Center said in a poll report published by Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Ukraine weekly.
KIEV, April 22 – Price growth in Ukraine pushes further revaluation of the hryvnia real effective exchange rate, which cuts competitiveness of Ukrainian exporters, according to a posting on the Web site of the Ukrainian Economy Ministry.
KIEV, April 23 – The agreement on the cut of $100 in the gas price reached by the Ukrainian and Russian presidents will boost Ukraine's economy, according to experts polled by Interfax-Ukraine.
The director of energy programs of the Razumkov center Volodymyr Saprykin said that the discount on the gas price would considerably increase the competitiveness of Ukrainian industry.
KIEV, April 25 ??“ The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is going to buy a stake in the charter capital of a medium-sized Ukrainian bank, thus expanding its presence in Ukraine's banking sector.
KIEV, April 25 - Ukraine's direct and guaranteed state debt fell 4.5% to $15.23 billion in the first quarter of 2007, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said in a statement posted on its website. The state debt fell 3.31% in March.
KIEV, April 25 ??“ The net losses of Ukrtatnafta, Ukraine??™s largest oil refinery, grew by 4.1 times from January to March 2007 to UAH 117.86 million year-over-year.
