KIEV, Jan. 24 - Representatives of the Japanese shipping company NYK Line have visited Chornomorsk seaport, and the practical result of the meeting might become the first NYK Line vessel entry to the port in the first quarter of 2017.

KIEV, Jan. 24 - Several hundred million dollars of the family of President of Dynamo Football Club (Kiev) Ihor Surkis have been written off in the process of nationalization of PrivatBank, according to a report from VoxUkraine, with reference to former co-owner of the bank Hennadiy Boholiubov.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Data from the State Statistics Service on the operation of key sectors in December 2012 shows the Ukrainian economy finished 2012 with a small rise of around several tenths of percentage point, although it has all chances of accelerating growth in 2013 to figures close to the budget reference point of 3.4%, according to the head of the group of advisors to the National Bank governor, Valeriy Lytvytsky.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – The 2013-2014 economic stimulus plan that is being drawn up by the government envisages the creation of a State Bank for Development in 2013, First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov said.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – AeroSvit Airline employees already have high salaries and their unions are not bargaining in good faith, the airline said Tuesday.

"Over the period the administration has several times drawn the attention of trade union leaders to the fact that the average wage of representatives of some aviation professions at AeroSvit is the highest not only in the sector, but in the country as a whole," the airline said.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Several Ukrainian companies are ready to tackle an initial public offering on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2013 but waiting for the situation on the stock market to improve, according to WSE spokesman Blazej Karwowski.

KIEV, Jan. 23 – The funds of AeroSvit Airline on all accounts at Ukrainian banks were arrested on January 22 under a resolution of the State Law-Enforcement Service of the Chief Justice Department in Kiev region, which was issued in violation of Ukrainian law, the carrier reported.

KIEV, Jan. 24 – Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny will soon be split into several companies as part of reform in the energy sector, President Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 23 - Gasoline sales at Ukrainian fuel filling stations in December 2011 fell by 9.4% compared to December 2010, to 267,000 tons, the State Statistics Service has reported.

KIEV, Jan. 23 – The growth of gross domestic product in Ukraine slowed to 4.2% in Q4 from 6.6% in the third quarter of 2011, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.