KIEV, Jan. 30 ??“ Calyon Bank Ukraine and Index Bank, both owned by Credit Agricole S.A., will merge their assets in Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reported Tuesday citing Calyon Bank Ukraine Board Chairman Jacque Mounier.

MOSCOW, Jan. 30 ??“ Russia's Rosenergoatom and Ukraine's EnergoAtom signed an agreement on cooperation in 2007, the Russian concern press service has reported.

KIEV, Jan. 30 - Industrial Union of Donbas (IUD) is increasing imports of iron ore commodities from Brazil's MBR (Miniracoes Brasierias Reunidas S.A.), a source at the Transportation and Communications Ministry told Interfax.

KIEV, Jan. 30 - Two bids have been submitted in a tender to sell a 96.67% stake in Nikopol Pivdennotrubny Plant in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the State Property Fund's press service reported.

KIEV, Jan. 30 ??“ Ukraine??™s power sector regulator failed to receive an approval from trade unions for natural gas and power price hike in 2006 and now plans to cancel its earlier decision allowing the increase.

KIEV, Jan. 28 ??“ The state-run export and import bank of Ukraine (Ukreximbank) has sold $100 million more of the 7.75% five-year eurobonds (Loan Participation Notes) it issued Sept. 13, market participants told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 28 - The Cabinet of Ministers has drawn up a procedure for granting credits to power generation companies to accumulate coal reserves needed for work during the autumn-winter season.

KIEV, Jan. 28 - UkrTransNafta, the Ukrainian oil shipping monopoly, urged the government to reduce royalties charged on oil shipping this year in order to sustain interest from Russian oil companies.

KYIV, Dec 28 – The reform of excise taxation of tobacco products and fuel provides for bringing it into compliance with EU legislation and gradually achieving minimum excise taxes for the EU during 2024-2029, according to the published National Revenue Strategy for 2024-2030.

KYIV, Dec 28 – Russian assets worth tens of billions of hryvnias were transferred to the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA), however only part of them have been evaluated so far, the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) has said on Thursday.