KIEV, Jan. 21 – The head of the temporary parliamentary investigation commission auditing the observation of Ukrainian law during the reconstruction of the Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, Ravil Safiullin (the Regions Party) has said that a UAH 395 million funding shortfall by the government has been uncovered.

KIEV, Jan. 19 – Payment of between 15% and 25% of mortgage loans at Ukrainian banks fell behind schedule in December, the Kiev-based Kanzas company said.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – The implementation of 70-80% of construction projects in Kiev and up to 90% in Kiev region has been suspended, said Volodymyr Konstantinov president of Consol Ltd. and the managing company of Ukrrosbud.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – Inflation expectations in business circles in Ukraine grew in Q4, while exchange rate stability expectations weakened, the National Bank of Ukraine reported, referring a poll of company heads.

KIEV, Jan. 18 - The price of one square meter of housing located outside cottage villages in Kiev region in 2007 grew by 46%, to $1,884 pre square meter or $383,256 per house, SV Development director for marketing, Volodymyr Stepenko, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 18 - Industrial Union of Donbas Corporation by the end of 2008 plans to launch jointly with local partners a new plant with a capacity of 1 million tons of reinforcement and rods in Al Fujayrah (United Arab Emirates).

KIEV, Jan. 21 – Inflation expectations in Ukraine for 2008 remain high due to the growth in food prices in 2007 and a rise in the price of electricity and municipal services, according to Serhiy Nevmerzhytsky of Kiev-based Sokrat Group.

KIEV, Jan. 19 ??“ The World Bank may open a $200 million credit line for the UkrEnergo national energy company in the third quarter 2007, the company's director said.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - Grupa Kety S.A., Poland's largest aluminum goods producer, in 2007 plans to invest $9.6 million in its Ukrainian subsidiary Aliupol Ltd. in the Kiev region, according to the group's financial forecast for 2007.

KIEV, Jan. 19 ??“ UkrTransNafta, Ukraine??™s oil shipment monopoly, resumed oil transit to Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic on Friday after following a brief disruption due to a power outage, an official said.