KIEV, Feb. 22 – The capacity of renewable power plants, not taking into account large hydro power plants and pump storage plants, grew by 14.12 MW in 2010, National Energy Company Ukrenergo has reported.

KIEV, Feb. 22 – At talks between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund, the fund's experts recommended that the Ukrainian government liquidate two out of three banks recapitalized by the state – Kyiv Bank and Rodovid Bank, and retain the license for Ukrgasbank, the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia.Ukraine (Mirror Weekly) newspaper reported on February 19, referring to its own sources.

KIEV, Feb. 22 – The Ukrainian cabinet expects that in 2010 tax payments to the national budget will grow by 30%, according to the State Tax Administration of Ukraine (STAU).

KIEV, Feb. 22 – Ukraine, the European Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have completed the realization of a joint project to evaluate the safety of Ukraine's nuclear power plants, EnergoAtom.

KIEV, Feb. 19 – A possible political crisis in Ukraine could undermine the paying capacity of the country in 2010, said BYT MP Yuriy Poluneye.

"Of course, political risks and the absence of systemic power in Ukraine at present are one of the very serious factors that will undermine the paying capacity of the country in future," he said at a press conference in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, Feb. 19 – The continual postponing of increases in administratively regulated prices, in spite of Ukraine's obligations under its program with the International Monetary Fund, has led to a decrease in housing and utilities services tariffs to a level lower than is economically grounded, experts from the National Bank of Ukraine said.

MOSCOW, Feb. 19 - Moody's Investors Service has downgraded long-term local currency and foreign currency bank deposit ratings of Ukrgasbank to B3 from B2 and its National Scale Rating (NSR) to Baa3.ua from A3.ua.

KIEV, Feb. 20 – France's BNP Paribas, the majority shareholder in Kharkiv-based UkrSibbank, in 2009 plans to close 100 out of 950 departments of the third largest bank in Ukraine and cut jobs.

KIEV, Feb. 20 – Zaporizhstal, Ukraine’s No. 5 steelmaker, is going ahead with plans to launch a pulverized-coal injection facility for its blast furnaces this year in order to stop using natural gas, the company reported Friday.

KIEV, Feb. 22 - Revenue at Ukrainian communications operators from communications services increased 28.3% year-on-year to UAH 3.186 billion in January 2007, the Ukrainian State Statistics Committee said in a statement.