KIEV, Sept. 19 - DTEK said it has allocated UAH 1.533.3 billion in the first half of 2013 to sustainable development projects, including social partnerships with towns where the company operates, health and safety, environmental protection, and maintenance of social assets.

KIEV, Sept. 19 - Ukraine exported electricity worth $394.789 million in January-August, the State Customs Service has reported.

The service said that electricity worth $159.218 million was exported to Hungary, $124.831 million to Belarus, $77.207 million to Moldova, and $44.542 million to other countries (Poland, Slovakia and Romania).

Exports of electricity in monetary terms grew by 16.1% or $54.737 million year-over-year, while in kind it rose by 8.4%, to 6.685 billion kilowatt-hours.

KIEV, Sept. 19 – Ukraine's gross foreign debt narrowed by 0.5%, or $700 million, to $134.4 billion, in H1, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.

The central bank said that the debt was down by 0.9 percentage notches in relation to GDP, from 76.6% to 75.7%.

BERLIN, Sept. 18 - Ukraine will not import trains from other countries any more but intends to develop its own wagon building industry, Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnikov said.

KIEV, Sept. 18 - Ukraine had gross foreign debt of $129 billion as of July 1, up 2.2% in the first half and reaching 74% of GDP, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – The draft national budget of Ukraine for 2013 and the macroeconomic forecast it is based on are the key issues on the agenda of negotiations between the government of Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund, a source in the government told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 19 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide a loan of up to EUR 48.8 million to Novoazovsky Wind Farm LLC to build the second phase of a wind farm in Donetsk region.

KIEV, Sept. 19 – The Cabinet of Ministers is ready to meet the interests of Ukrainian electrometallurgical companies, which have asked for beneficial conditions for electricity supplies, and to make a decision by October 15, according to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

KIEV, Sept. 19 – The growth of Ukraine’s gross domestic product slowed to 1.5% over the first eight months of 2012, in comparison with 2% over the first seven months and 2.5% over the first six months.

KIEV, Sept. 19 - The growth in Ukraine's real gross domestic product exceeded 5% in January-August 2011 compared to January-August 2010, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andriy Kliuyev said.