KIEV, Oct. 22 – Claims by some politicians that the National Bank of Ukraine and government made an unsecured monetary emission are completely untrue, said Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the NBU governor.

KIEV, Oct. 22 - RosUkrEnergo, a Swiss-based natural gas trader co-owned by Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash and Gazprom, came a step closer to claiming its gas that had been confiscated by Ukraine in 2009.

VINNYTSIA region, Oct. 23 - Ukrainian vodka company Nemiroff, one of the largest liquor producers in the CIS, might purchase a distillery in Russia in addition to building one.

KIEV, Oct. 23 – SCM Group, the large Ukrainian holding, announced it has completed a deal to buy 45.38% of Druzhkivka mine group and 50% of Vohneupornerud, increasing its shares in the clay-mining companies to 90.58% and 100%, respectively.

KIEV, Oct. 23 - Ukrainian metal traders increased sales by 45.1% year-on-year to 2.181 million tons in the first nine months of 2007, Ukrainian Metal Traders Association president Andriy Fedoseyev told Interfax.

KIEV, Oct. 23 – The number of banks in Ukraine in the mid-term outlook could fall in the light of growing competition, according to financial institutions ratings specialist at Standard & Poor's rating agency, Ekateryna Trofimova.

KIEV, Oct. 24 - Ukraine is engaged in emergency talks with the Russian republic of Tatarstan over resumption of crude supplies to its largest oil refinery following a supply cutoff triggered by a shareholder dispute, an official said.

PRAGUE, Oct. 24 - Central and Eastern European countries play a negative role in politicizing energy supply negotiations between the European Union and Russia, Artem Malgin, advisor to the Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, told a Prague energy forum Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 23 ??“ The recent big fall in the price of fuel could help ease prices for goods and services, especially in the transport sector, according to Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev.

KIEV, Oct. 23 - Mittal Steel Kryviy Rih intends to increase sales in Ukraine by 10% to 1.5 million tons in 2007, Vladimir Shalimov, the steel mill's domestic sales manager, told a metals forum in Kiev.