KIEV, Dec. 14 – Ukraine’s State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving expects that electricity generation from renewable sources in the country in 2013 will reach two billion kilowatt-hours, the agency's head, Mykola Pashkevych, said in Kiev on Friday.

KIEV, Dec. 14 – The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has urged the Ukrainian government to clamp down on the illegal activity of the Web site Ex.ua and the Kiev-based Petrivka book and optical media market that distribute unauthorized media content and products in violation of intellectual property rights, according to the USTR's Special 301 Review of Notorious Markets, published on Thursday.

KIEV, Dec. 14 – Ukroboronprom Concern will ensure the disposal of about 3,600 tons of ammunition of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea by mid-2013 in the framework of agreements with OAO Rosoboronexport, the state company told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 17 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has proposed that industrial producers agree on the purchase of gas from alternative traders operating on the European market, the Russian market and other countries, according to, CEO of Naftogaz Ukrayiny.

LVIV, Dec. 17 - Heavy snowfall trapped hundreds of vehicles on Kiev-Chop highway in Ukraine's Lviv region on December 16, regional emergency situations department spokesman Pavlo Vasylenko reported.

KIEV, Dec. 17 - The government on Monday reshuffled the commission investigating the signing of a controversial $1 billion liquefied natural gas terminal deal following the resignation of its top official, an official said.

KIEV, Dec. 17 – Ukraine’s Transportation Ministry suggested introducing a system of paying compensation to passengers traveling to or from airports in European Union countries if the airlines refuse to allow them to board.

KIEV, Dec. 16 – Ukraine’s industrial output dropped 24% year-on-year in January-November, reflecting a major economic contraction this year, the State Statistics Committee said in a statement.

KIEV, Dec. 17 – Ukraine's economy may expand 3.5% on the year in 2010 with inflation at 11.8%, according to a consensus forecast by 15 economists polled by Expert business magazine.

KIEV, Dec. 17 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny on Thursday predicted that shipments of Russian natural gas to Europe via Ukrainian pipelines will increase 20% to 113 billion cubic meters in 2010.