KIEV, Nov. 28 - The EBRD joined forces with the European Investment Bank to finance projects in countries to the east of the European Union, leveraging significant EU funds for the ???eastern neighbors,??™ EIB reported.

WARSAW, Nov. 28 - General Motors, a big U.S. carmaker, will cooperate with Ukraine??™s UkrAvto to set up major auto manufacturing facilities in Poland to produce Chevrolet cars for distribution in Europe.

MINSK, Nov 29 - Belarus has been seeking to join forces with Ukraine to arrange imports of Caspian Sea crude in order to reduce its total dependence on Russian oil, a source at a Belarus oil company said.

BRATISLAVA, Nov. 29 ??“ Slovakia, a shareholder in Ukraine??™s Kryviy Rih Mining and Dressing Mill of Oxidized Ores, backed a plan to sell the company, Ukrainian Industrial Policy Minister Volodymyr Shandra said.

DUBAI, Nov. 29 - Jordan has expressed its wish to procure An-74-family aircraft, an official at the Kharkiv Aircraft Plant, a subsidiary of Antonov Corp., Ukraine??™s aircraft maker, said at a recent Dubai Air Show 2005.

KIEV, Nov. 29 ??“ Ukrainian Mobile Communications saw its GAAP net profit rise 20% in Q3 in comparison with the same period of 2004, to $94 mln, the company announced.

KRASNODAR, Nov. 29 ??“ Industrial Union of Donbas, one of Ukraine's biggest steel producers, will start building a metal-rolling plant worth ?65 mln in Russia??™s Armavir, Krasnodar Kray, Armavir Mayor Yevgeniy Piven said.

KIEV, Nov. 26 ??“ Ukraine??™s oil and gas companies are stepping up security at their facilities to ensure their stable operation in the face of the unstable political situation in the country, Naftogaz Ukrayiny Chairman Yuriy Boyko announced at a teleconference on Friday, the state-owned company reported.

KIEV, Nov. 26 ??“ Ukraine??™s budget deficit will widen by another UAH4 billion ($750 million) next year, according to a bill finalized by the Finance Ministry.

KIEV, Nov. 28 ??“ Ukraine may soon start facing problems in repaying its obligations as its unfolding political crisis has steeply reduced budget revenues in November, Finance Minister Mykola Azarov said Sunday.