KIEV, Aug. 7 – The National Bank of Ukraine has prolonged for half a year a moratorium on satisfying the demands of creditors of Bank Nadra, Ukrprombank and a number of other banks, a source in the NBU told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 7 – ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest producer of steel, will “drastically” step up security at its Ukrainian plant and cooperate with law enforcement agencies as it seeks to prevent further attacks on its top managers.

KIEV, Aug. 7 – Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is the frontrunner among candidates that are expected to run for the presidency in January 2010, according to a poll released by the Razumkov Center.

KIEV, Aug. 9 - Ukraine seeks a new agreement with the European Union that would allow its companies to boost exports of steel to the EU by 65% year-on-year in 2008, a spokesman for the industrial policy ministry said Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 9 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday aimed his election campaign against a Parliament controlled by his political opponents, burnishing his anti-corruption credentials by calling for an end to immunity for MPs and a major reduction in benefits enjoyed by lawmakers.

KIEV, Aug. 9 ??“ Yuriy Boyko, Ukraine??™s newly appointed energy and fuel minister, rushed to Moscow on Wednesday for talks with senior Russian officials seeking to secure sufficient supplies of natural gas amid looming gas shortages.

TBILISI, Aug. 9 - Georgia will facilitate projects proposed by Ukraine and the European Union to transport Iranian natural gas to Europe, Georgian Energy Minister Nika Gilauri told reporters on Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 9 - The government on Tuesday set a $2 billion starting price for a 93.2% stake in Ukraine's most profitable steel mill, more than doubling the price at which the mill was sold last year in a highly disputed privatization deal.

KIEV, Aug. 9 ??“ The National Bank of Ukraine on Tuesday boosted a key interest rate by half a percentage point and decided to take other steps aimed at reducing Ukraine??™s money supply, citing the need to contain inflation.

KIEV, Aug. 9 ??“ In H2 the Industrial Policy Ministry is going to set in an exchange mechanism to define export prices for chemicals instead of the current indicative price making by the Economy Ministry, Industrial Policy Minister Volodymyr Shandra said.