LONDON, May 19 -Moody's Investors Service believes the Ukrainian government's credit position has strengthened in recent years, yet problems may arise in the future, the ratings agency said in its annual report on Ukraine.

KIEV, May 20 – Smart-Holding managing company plans to invest over $1.5 billion in a project to build a deep-water port on the basis of Ochakiv Port Ltd. in Mykolaiv region, Smart-Holding director general, Oleksiy Pertin, said in an interview with the Investgazeta newspaper.

KIEV, May 20 – The construction of a new oil refinery in Ukraine is not in line with the interest of the sector, according to Volodymyr Trotsenko, deputy chairman of Ukrnafta, the largest oil extracting company in Ukraine, the management of which is linked to the co-owners of PrivatBank.

KIEV, May 20 – Ukrainian companies in the agricultural sector are expecting a rise in investment, according to Anna Dudchenko, an analyst with Concorde Capital Investment Company.

MOSCOW, May 21 - Russian oil producer Tatneft has demanded more than $1 billion in compensation from the Ukrainian authorities for infringements on its rights as a shareholder in the Ukrtatnafta oil refinery, Tatneft told Interfax.

KIEV, May 21 - The share of foreign capital in the Ukrainian banking sector fell in April, according to a posting of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on its official Web site.

KIEV, May 21 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has legalized selective sales or purchases of currency from banks on the interbank currency market depending on the attractiveness of offers by credit and financial institutions.

KIEV, May 21 ??“ London-based Cube Capital, together with PPF Investment and Vicus Ltd, will build a new class A storage facility - West Gate Logistics Park - with an area of 70,000 square meters in Kiev region, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KIEV, May 21 - Image Holding, one of Ukraine's largest alcohol producers, could postpone its initial public offering for 10-12 months because of a merger with the Odesa Cognac Plant, Yevhen Cherniak, the owner of the Khortytsia trademark, told journalists.

KIEV, May 21 ??“ Big Ukrainian farms and grain storing and processing enterprises had 5.8 million metric tons of grain in stock by May 1, 2007, which was 6% down year-over-year, the State Statistics Committee said.