VYSHGOROD, April 16 - Ukraine plans to develop the hydropower generation sector and bring the share of electricity generated by hydropower plants in the country to 15%.

KIEV, April 16 - The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its forecast for GDP growth in Ukraine in 2013 to zero from its 3.5% forecast in October.

The estimate is given in the World Economic Outlook released by the fund on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 17 - State Enterprise Gas Turbine Scientific Production Complex Zorya-Mashproekt (Mykolaiv) announced it has signed a new long-term contract on the supply of energy equipment for Indian Navy ships.

KIEV, April 17 – The tax administration, part of the Ministry of Revenues and Duties Customs, has arrested securities and property of the dead Russian businessman Borys Berezovsky in Ukraine, a spokesperson for the Prosecutor General's Office told Ukrainian News.

KIEV, April 17 - Ukraine and the European Union will discuss ways to upgrade the country’s natural gas transportation system at a meeting on May 3 in Brussels, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said Wednesday.

KIEV, April 17 - Private energy companies started imports of European natural gas to Ukraine in March, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said Wednesday.

KIEV, April 13 – Damir Akhmetov, the son of businessman Rinat Akhmetov, has entered the supervisory board of Metinvest, the largest Ukrainian mining and metal group, and will be responsible for strategy issues, corporative development, management and production efficiency, the company announced.

BRUSSELS, April 13 - The European People's Party believes that Ukraine will be attractive to foreign investors only when democratic standards and the rule of law in the country are respected.

KIEV, April 17 - Ukraine's biggest power and coal mining company DTEK will pay 660 million hryvnias, or $82.5 million, for 50% stake in DniproOblEnergo, the country’s largest power distributor, the State Property Fund announced Tuesday.

KIEV, April 17 - The Ukrainian government plans to create the conditions needed to revive operations at the Lysychansk Oil Refinery, which is controlled by Russian oil company TNK-BP, Economic Development and Trade Minister Petro Poroshenko said.