WARSAW, April 18 - Polish-Ukrainian bilateral relations could benefit from the success of the joint bid to organize the 2012 European Championship in soccer, Pawel Wolowski, an expert at independent think-tank Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), said.

KIEV, April 18 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, has been facing $1.7 billion in losses this year, Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk said urging the company to cut spending on overseas oil projects.

KIEV, April 17 ??“ Caparol, a German paint producer, is to build a plant in Dnipropetrovsk, Caparol's owner and director general Klaus Murjahn said in an interview with the Business weekly.

LONDON, April 18 ??“ Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it will watch policy of Kiev Mayor elect Leonid Chernovetskiy for clues whether to downgrade ratings of Bank Kreshchatyk that may be affected by changes in the city government.

LUHANSK, April 18 ??“ Russian companies are interested in purchasing Ukraine??™s LuhanskTeplovoz Holding, the biggest producer of locomotives in the former Soviet Union, and other companies based in the Luhansk region, local official said.

KIEV, April 18 - PPF Group, a Czech financial company, is in talks to purchase Privatinvest Bank, a regional subsidiary of Privatbank, Ukraine??™s largest bank, Oleksandr Dubilet, CEO of Privatbank, said.

MOSCOW. April 15 - Dixons Group plc, a leading European household electronics and equipment retailer, and the Eldorado group, a leading retailer of similar products in Russia and Ukraine, have announced the start of long-term cooperation with the signing of an option agreement.

DONETSK, April 15 -- Khartsyzsk pipe works (Donetsk region), a producer of large-diameter antirust oil and gas pipes, will supply pipes mainly to Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and will sell 10% of its output on the domestic market, Director General Andriy Shishatsky said at a press conference held in the city of Khartsyzsk on Thursday.

KIEV, April 18 ??“ In January-March this year the price of commercial real estate in Kiev grew by 10% on average, Blahovest real estate agency reported with reference to the director of its Holosiyeve district subsidiary, Liudmyla Druzenko.

KYIV, March 18 – Ukraine's state-owned nuclear energy company, Energoatom, is in the process of finalizing an agreement to purchase reactor vessels from Bulgaria for the completion of Units 3 and 4 at the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The company plans to secure loan financing for this acquisition, Vice President Hartmut Jakob announced.