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.

KIEV, June 22 - Metal consumption in Ukraine fell 56.1% year-on-year in January-May to 1.79 million tons and imports plummeted 78% to 197,243 tons, Andriy Fedoseyev, president of the Ukrainian Metal Traders Association, told Interfax.

KIEV, June 23 – The storage of pornography for personal use or by medical specialists for medical purposes, may not be a reason for the institution of criminal proceedings under a recent law passed by Parliament.

LONDON, June 23 - Fitch Ratings has assigned Ukraine's upcoming five-year $500-million eurobond a 'BB-' rating, the agency said.

The rating is in line with Ukraine's Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default rating (IDR) of 'BB-' (BB minus) with Stable Outlook.

KIEV, June 23 – The realization of projects for the development of copper, gold and amber deposits along with hydrocarbon deposits are of top priority for the Environment Protection Ministry, said Environment Protection Minister Heorhiy Filipchuk.

KIEV, June 24 – Co-owners of Dnipropetrovsk-based PrivatBank have tried to receive the exclusive right to use the Pivdenny maritime oil terminal, Odessa-Brody oil pipeline and Brody linear operating dispatcher station to supply crude to the Drohobych and Nadvirna oil refineries, which are under their control, according to a report in the Ekonomicheskiye Izvestia newspaper published on Monday.

KIEV, June 24 – Oschadbank State Savings Bank of Ukraine dropped out of the top-10 largest Ukrainian banks in Q2, according to Anatoliy Huley, the bank’s chairman.

KIEV, June 24 – The stricter requirements on the formation of reserves for consumer credit risk by banks proposed by the National Bank of Ukraine could lead to a rise in the cost of consumer credits, according to experts polled by Interfax-Ukraine.