ST. PETERSBURG, June 21 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny has filed an application with Russian gas giant Gazprom for gas imports next year, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller told journalists on Thursday.

DNIPROPETROVSK, June 22 – The policy pursued by authorities, high energy costs, and the fact that local producers are not safeguarded from imports are reasons why investors are leaving Ukraine, according to Mustafa Basher, a representative of Turkish company Beta Ltd.

KIEV, June 22 – The Finance Ministry raised a record high sum of UAH 6.652 billion in government domestic loan bonds at primary auctions on Thursday, the ministry said.

KIEV, June 22 – Kiev prosecutor's office will pay special attention to the protection of green areas, the timely payment of salaries and pensions, the protection of private ownership and investments, and the proper spending of state funds on the Euro 2012 European Football Championship.

KIEV, June 22 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a law to additionally transfer UAH 2.399 billion in subsidies to local budgets to compensate for the difference between the costs of heating and water supply and sewage services and approved rates for these utilities services.

KIEV, June 24 – A memorandum on resuming in Ukraine the activities of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a U.S. government agency, was signed in Washington on June 22.

KIEV, June 24 - Ukraine plans to commission a new nuclear power reactor at Khmelnytskiy Nuclear Power Plant in 2016, followed by another reactor in 2017, EnergoAtom President Yuriy Nedashkivskiy said Thursday.

KIEV, June 23 – A delegation of Ukrainian diplomats will visit Chisinau, Moldova, on June 24-25 to hold talks to resolve land issues on the joint border, the director of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's information policy department, Oleh Voloshyn, said at a press briefing on Tuesday.

KIEV, June 23 - The share of bad credits in the total amount of loans extended by Ukrainian banks in May 2010 grew by 0.4 percentage points, to 10.7% by June 1, 2010, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, June 24 – The regulation of prices of Ukrainian-extracted natural gas sold by state-run companies, which the government proposed recently, is not in line with the European Union Gas and Electricity Directives, an expert has claimed.