KIEV, May 20 ??“ RosUkrEnergo, a controversial natural gas trader and the only supplier of gas to Ukraine, refused to sell gas to Naftogaz Ukrayiny throughout the end of 2006, a newspaper reported citing obtained documents.

KIEV, May 18 - Velyka Kyshenia, one of Ukraine??™s biggest retail chains, plans to boost sales to more than $1 billion in 2008 from $440 million that are expected in 2006 and $232 million reported in 2005.

KIEV, May 19 ??“ Ukraine's overall foreign trade in goods and services produced $769.1 million deficit in January-March compared with a surplus of $1.65 billion reported a year earlier, the State Statistics Committee reported.

KIEV, May 20 ??“ Hundreds of households in Donetsk will get high-tech power consumption measuring devices before the end of the month in an ambitious project aimed at reduction of power losses in the region.

KIEV, May 19 ??“ Dragon Capital Investment Company, one of the fastest growing investment companies in Ukraine, plans to place $350 million in shares of Ukrainian companies on stock exchanges in 2006, a company official said.

KYIV, April 19 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group is working with private companies in the short term to develop additional renewable energy capacity in Ukraine and is counting on changes in tariff policy in the country to ensure long-term investment in this sector increased by an order of magnitude, said Patrick Avato, head of IFC's European division for infrastructure and production.

KYIV, April 19 – The German manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles Quantum-Systems has opened a factory of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Ukraine, the press service of Quantum-Systems has reported.

KYIV, April 19 – The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) of Ukrainians in March increased by 6.8 points and is 77 points (on a scale from zero to 200), while all components of the indicator have improved, according to a study by the Info Sapiens agency.

KYIV, April 20 – As of April 18, 17 shopping centers with a total area of 846,000 square meters were damaged due to the shelling by the Russian army in Ukraine, the press service of the Ukrainian Council of Shopping Centers (UCSC) has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, April 20 – The abolition of quotas for the export of agricultural products from Ukraine to the countries of the European Union or the revision of their rates upwards may become the most important support for the Ukrainian agro-industrial complex in the context of the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.