KYIV, Sept 21 - Ukraine risks losing its visa-free regime with Schengen Area countries and EUR 1.5 billion financial support from the EU, after its government’s decision to appoint a commission that does not meet legal criteria to select candidates for the positions of the head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 - President Petro Poroshenko has called on U.S. companies to invest in Ukraine.

"We are implementing measures to attract investors, improve the business climate in the country," he said at a meeting with representatives of U.S. business circles in New York.

KIEV, Sept. 20 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, to avoid unfounded accusations of unreliability of the Ukrainian gas transportation system, has supported the continuation of work of the European Union monitoring mission by the end of this year, Naftogaz Chairman Andriy Kobolev said.

KIEV, Sept. 20 - Dmytro Firtash's Group DF, which holds 49% of Zaporizhia Titanium and Magnesium Combine LLC, will use its top-priority right to buy 51% of state-owned shares that the Ukrainian government announced for privatization, Group DF Managing Director Borys Krasniansky has said.

KIEV, Sept. 21 - Four companies have shown their interest in the repeat privatization auction of state-owned Odessa Port-Side Chemical Plant, head of the State Property Fund Ihor Bilous has written on his Facebook page.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – The committee of creditors and liquidation of Mykolaiv Shipyard Okean say they are convinced of the legal invalidity of the court ruling to arrest property of the enterprise under liquidation. They are waiting for the quick unblocking of the shipyard by the appeal court. The shipyard is being prepared for sale.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – Naftogaz Ukrainy in 2015 will lose UAH 6 billion due to subsidized prices of gas used for heating households, Chairman Andriy Kobolev said.

"If we take the average price of imported gas [in 2015], which is very optimistic, $250 per 1,000 cubic meters, the total loss of Naftogaz in 2015 would be UAH 6 billion," he said in the parliament on September 18.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – The Individuals' Deposit Guarantee Fund has placed bank Finance and Credit, which had been under the control of MP Kostiantyn Zhevaho, under temporary administration.

LONDON, Sept. 21 - British mining company Ferrexpo Plc with main assets in Ukraine will hold an emergency general meeting of its board of directors this week to draw up a recovery plan – and defense strategy – after the bank which was used by the company was declared insolvent, the Sunday Times has reported.

KIEV, Sept. 19 - Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers expects imports of oil with gas condensate to decrease by 27.1% in 2012 to 9.4 million tons in comparison with last year.