KIEV, Aug. 14 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny on Friday ordered the closure of natural gas supplies to KievEnergo, a power and heat producer that supplies energy to the country’s capital, for incurred natural gas debts.

KIEV, Aug. 14 – Austrian developing company Meinl European Land Ltd. is to invest EUR1.2 billion by 2016 in the construction of trade centers in Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing Kiev-based Acteeum Ukraine LLC, which represents the Austrian company's interests in Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 14 – U.S.-based Star Energy Corp. and its Ukrainian subsidiary, Kiev-based Anglo-Ukra Energy, have announced the acquisition of rights to three oil and gas projects in Ukraine whose overall estimated reserves top 100 million barrels of oil and 150 billion cubic feet (2.25 billion cubic meters) of natural gas.

KIEV, Aug. 16 – The transfer of a state stake in Kremenchuk-based UkrTatNafta from Naftogaz Ukrayiny to the State Property Fund could have negative consequences for Naftogaz Ukrayiny, according to Maria Maiboroda, an analyst fixed-income instruments with Troika Dialog Ukraine.

KIEV, August 16 – The growth of Ukraine's GDP in 2009 is to slow to 6.8%, and in 2010-2011 to 6.5% annually, after accelerating in 2008 to 7.2%, the Economy Ministry has forecasted.

KIEV, Aug. 16 – The international currency reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine in 2007 are to grow by at least 27%, to $28.4 billion, the Economy Ministry has forecast.

KIEV, Aug. 16 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, and CBM Oil plc, a U.K.-based oil company, seek to cooperate in exploration and production of oil and gas off-shore the Black Sea.

KIEV, Aug. 16 - Ukraine seeks investors for a EUR650 million project to increase extraction of brown coal at two deposits and to build a fossil-burning power plant nearby to generate power, the coal industry ministry reported Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 15 ??“ Ukraine's antimonopoly committee has permitted Alliance-Ukraine Ltd. and Alliance-Ukraine Ltd., subsidiaries of Russian oil company Alliance Oil, to create Invest-Region Ltd.

KIEV, Aug. 15 ??“ About 7.5 million foreign travelers visited Ukraine in the first half of this year, up 8% on the year, the State Service for Tourism and Resorts reported on Tuesday.