KIEV, June 21 – The owner of Phoenix Capital, Oleksandr Omelchuk, has left Ukraine after losing a case heard by the court of appeals against the State Tax Service, the wife of Omelchuk, the opposition lawmaker Lesia Orobets, has reported in her blog, saying that the court ruling was ordered by the authorities.

KIEV, June 24 – The Cabinet of Ministers has granted the State Food-Grain Corporation the right to write off funds from its accounts to Export-Import Bank of China if the corporation does not fulfill its liabilities under a $3 billion credit agreement.

DNIPROPETROVSK, June 21 – Ukraine is ready to discuss with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development the allocation of a loan to expand the Dnipropetrovsk subway network, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

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.