KIEV, June 23 – The pace of the Ukrainian economy in May was better than in April, although a new recession is continuing, and price stability has to be restored to reduce recession risks and reforms for attracting investments should be stirred up, said Valeriy Lytvytsky advisor to the NBU governor.

KIEV, June 24 – The possible ban on supplies of crops to Russia due to the spread of western corn rootworm in Ukraine and the European Union is not critical, the Ukrainian Grain Association said.

KIEV, June 24 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny still believes that the conditions of the gas transit contract of 2009 signed with Russia's Gazprom are discriminatory and the company will continue achieving its revision via negotiations, but if the talks are a failure, the company will file a claim at the Stockholm arbitration institution, Naftogaz Ukrayiny Chairman Andriy Kobolev said.

KIEV, June 24 - Ukraine will repair by early July a damaged section of a natural gas pipeline that carries Russian gas to markets in the European Union, an official from the national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny said Tuesday.

KIEV, June 24 - Ukraine and the European Union have to persuade Russia before winter to stop using natural gas prices as a tool of pressure against other countries, Andriy Kobolev, the head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said Tuesday.

KIEV, June 21 - Export-Import Bank of China has opened financing of the Air Express National Project, the State Agency for Investment and National Projects has reported, referring to its Head Vladyslav Kaskiv.

KIEV, June 21 – Ukraine in the new agricultural year (July 2013 – June 2014) could export 24-26 million tons of grain, the Agriculture Policy and Food Ministry reported.

KIEV, June 21 - The Wind Farms of Ukraine group of companies has built a first phase of the Krasnodon wind power plant in Krasnodon district of Luhansk region with two FL 2500-100 wind turbines, which total capacity is 5 MW, a representative of the group said at a meeting of the National Commission for Energy Regulation (NCER) in Kiev.

KIEV, June 21 - Ukraine imported 1.504 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia and Europe in April, paying a total of $641.524 million, according to State Statistics Service.

KIEV, June 21 – The VETEK group of companies and United Media Holding Group signed on Friday an agreement on the sale of a 98% stake in the media holding.