KIEV, July 22 - The Ukrainian National Council for TV and Radio Broadcasting accused some domestic providers and Russian media of attempting to discredit its activity concerned with translation of foreign programs into the Ukrainian language.

KIEV, July 23 – Germany's HDI-Gerling International Holding ÀG has become the key shareholder in Alcona insurance company after receiving all needed permits, owning a 94.5% stake in the company, according to the insurer.

The company said that after these changes, Alcona would continue operating on the Ukrainian market after 16 years of work under the HDI Insurance brand.

KIEV, July 23 – The State Property Fund has proposed to cancel an agreement on the purchase of an 86.98% stake in Luhansk Airlines by East-Ukrainian Metallurgical Company Ltd.

The fund said that the company does not provide timely payments to the local budget. As of May 30, the company's debt on individuals' income tax was UAH54,060.

KIEV, July 19 - Interpipe Limited (Cyprus), the owner of the Ukrainian pipe and wheel producer Interpipe, has placed its debut issue of three-year eurobonds worth $200 million with an 8.75% coupon.

WARSAW, July 19 - Poland's recent move to simplify access to its labor market for temporary job seekers from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus could, in the longer term, limit the robust growth of wages that is building inflationary pressure on the country's economy, according to analysts.

KIEV, July 20 - The owner of a 60.4% stake in Zaporizhia-based ZTR foreign trade firm, which is engaged in the import and export of industrial goods, is an individual investor who bought the stake from another individual, according to an official report of the company.

KIEV, July 23 - Peak interest in buying Ukrainian insurance companies will come this year and in the first half of 2008, but in two or three years these companies will be of no interest to investors, chairman of Kiev-based Generali Garant Life Insurance, Stanislav Hotsuliak, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, July 23 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in its latest July forecast, cut expectations of the wheat harvest in Ukraine in 2007 from 14 million tons to 13 million tons.

KIEV, July 20 - Eurobank Ergasias S.A., Greece's second largest bank, paid almost $50 million for a 99.34% stake in Universal Bank, Universal Investment Group, a major shareholder in the Ukrainian bank, reported Thursday.

KIEV, July 21 ??“ ZaporizhTransformator (ZTR), one of the world's biggest producers of transformers, has won tenders to supply equipment for the second stage of the North-South power transmission line in Kazakhstan.