KIEV, Dec. 24 – Ukraine’s ability to pay for imported natural gas on time and ensure stable heating services in the country’s regions is being threatened by unsatisfactory payments of heat supply companies for consumed gas, according to Gaz Ukrayiny.

KIEV, Dec. 21 ??“ Ukraine and Belarus have agreed the conditions for the supply of Ukrainian electricity to Belarus in 2007, Belarusian Ambassador to Ukraine Valentin Velichko said.

KIEV, Dec. 21 ??“ Getin Holding S.A. of Poland is purchasing an 81.88% stake in Prykarpattia bank, Getin Holding has announced in a posting on its Web site.

KIEV, Dec. 22 ??“ Volia Cable, Kiev??™s largest cable television company, plans in 2007 to increase its investment in the development of its network to $28.5 million, up from $20 million in 2006, Volia Cable President Serhiy Boiko said.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - Ferrexpo A.G. of Switzerland, the key stockholder in Poltava Ore Mining and Processing Mill, jointly with GPR Dehler of Australia is to start a large-scale program to improve business at the mill.

MOSCOW, Dec. 22 - The performance of the largest banks in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine strengthened in the first half of 2006, benefited from a favorable macroeconomic environment, evidenced by good economic growth in 2006, Standard & Poor's reported.

KYIV, Nov 24 – Ukraine’s retail sales rose 5.7% on the year in October, slowing slightly from 5.9% on year increase in September, the State Statistics Service reported Wednesday.

In January-October 2021, compared to January-October 2020, retail trade turnover increased by 11.5%, to UAH 1.16 trillion.

KYIV, Nov 24 – The estimate of the total sales of household appliances and electronics imported without proper customs procedures in 2020 fell by 12%, to almost UAH 18 billion, or 16% to the total sales of the studied categories, according to a study by Gfk.

MOSCOW, Nov 24 – The rosing natural gas and oil prices on the European energy market will not influence the certification of the Nord Stream 2 operating company as an independent network operator, German Ambassador to Russia Geza Andreas von Geyr said in an interview with Interfax.

KYIV, Nov 23 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the terms of a production sharing agreement (PSA) within Ichnianska hydrocarbon area with York Energy (UK) Holdings Limited (Great Britain, a branch of the American oil and gas company Alpha Energy).