KIEV, Aug. 20 – The number of deals on purchase of elite apartments in South Crimea by Moscow residents increased in July-August 2010, said Serhiy Yeliseyev board member the Kiev-based Europe developer has reported, referring to a member of its supervisory board.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – The National Bank of Ukraine called on bankers to "treat with understanding the need to distinguish between clients' forex applications and speculative bids."

Central bank officials on Thursday held consultations with bankers to discuss prospects for forex rate dynamics, one of the participants in the meeting told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – Persistent political pressure from the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is causing Rivneazot to stay idle for the fourth consecutive month and does not allow resuming production of mineral fertilizers, reads a company report.

"Tymoshenko in the period when she has been prime minister only created problems for Rivneazot and its workers," reads the report.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – Large debts owed Kyivenergo threaten the company's preparation for the 2009/2010 heating season, said the company's chairman, Eduard Sokolovsky.

MOSCOW, Aug. 24 - Gazprom made it clear Tuesday it will charge Ukraine the same tariff for shipping natural gas from Turkmenistan as Ukraine charges Russia for moving its gas to Europe, a news agency reported.

KIEV, Aug. 24 - The National Bank of Ukraine on Tuesday accused unidentified foreign speculators for staging an attack on Ukraine??™s currency market by pushing for the hryvnia??™s rapid appreciation against the U.S. dollar.

KHARKIV, Aug. 24 - Kharkiv tractor plant, also known as KhTZ, is invigorating its activity on foreign markets and is about to open its own European and Asian representative office in a European country.

KIEV, Aug. 24 ??“ An unnamed company with U.S. investment has joined Russian Aluminum (RusAl) company in taking an interest in participating in the construction of an aluminum plant in Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Aug. 24 - Ukraine's Bohdan Corporation, part of the Ukrprominvest Group, is thinking about building its own production facility in Russia, Oleksandr Dorosh, a member of the corporation's board of directors, said at a press conference on Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 24 - Chinese steel corporation Sinosteel is ready to invest $1 billion in the Kryvy Rih oxidized ore mining and dressing mill, Ukrainian Ambassador to China Serhiy Kamyshev said at the seventh meeting of ambassadors and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Kiev on Monday evening.