KIEV, Aug. 29 – The share of foreign capital in Ukrainian banks' total charter capital shrank to 31.7% by the end of July, from the 32.8% registered late in June, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Aug. 28 - The demarcation of the Russian-Ukrainian land border will hopefully start this year, Ukrainian Ambassador to Russia Oleh Diomin said.

WARSAW, Aug. 28 - Empik and Smyk, subsidiaries of the listed investment fund NFI Empik Media & Fashion, will buy controlling stakes in two Ukrainian retailers, NFI Empik announced.

KIEV, Aug. 28 ??“ Gaz Ukrayiny has cut gas supplies to 65 municipal heating utilities for the last 10 days of August due to their unpaid fuel bills.

KIEV, Aug. 29 ??“ The State Property Fund of has signed five agreements on information privacy with potential buyers of a 76% stake in Luhansk-based holding company Luhanskteplovoz, the SPF announced on Monday, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

LONDON, Aug. 29 ??“ British-Dutch multinational oil company Royal Dutch Shell has signed an agreement to purchase gas from Poltava gas and oil company belonging to Britain??™s JKX Oil & Gas, the Financial Times newspaper reported.

KIEV, Aug. 29 ??“ The ousted leadership of Poltava region??™s Kremenchuk Steel Mill, who were forced from the enterprise on the evening of Aug. 25, say the key reason behind the conflict is the intention of a number of stockholders to resell the company.

KIEV, Aug. 29 ??“ Ukraine will send a special team to an oil refinery owned by Russian oil major Lukoil to check whether the company is making any progress with its massive modernization, an official said.

KIEV, Aug. 29 - The Chinese carmaker Geely International Corporation is to appear on the Ukrainian market in September, said Volodymyr Svytelsky, the director general of VolksMotors Ltd., Geely's distributor.

KIEV, Aug. 29 - Raiffeisen Investment A.G. (RIAG) favors national Naftogaz Ukrayiny's offer to buy RIAG's stake in RosUkrEnergo A.G. (Switzerland), RIAG reported in a press release.