KIEV, Jan. 24 – The State Savings Bank of Ukraine (Oschadbank)announced that from Jan. 8 through Jan. 21 registered 2.3 million citizens who have defaulted Soviet-era deposits, of which over 500,000 have already received compensation.

KIEV, Jan. 24 - Azerbaijan, a Caspian Sea oil producer, will join an energy summit in Ukraine in May aimed at arranging alternatives to Russia’s oil supplies to the European Union, President Viktor Yushchenko’s office reported.

KIEV, Jan. 24 – Ukraine will pursue sound economic policy and privatization to encourage foreign investors to join major infrastructure, oil, steel and telecom projects, President Viktor Yushchenko said in Davos on Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 24 - A gradual move by Ukraine toward greater exchange rate flexibility would facilitate external adjustment and help improve control of inflation, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

KIEV, Jan. 24 - The government on Wednesday delayed for up to three months signing of production sharing agreement (PSA) with Vanco Energy, an independent U.S. oil company, over oil exploration and development offshore the Black Sea.

KIEV, Jan. 24 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych made little progress in talks over the controversial law that reduces presidential powers suggesting that the constitutional crisis is looming large.

KIEV, Jan. 24 ??“ UkrTransNafta started purchasing light fuels for a stabilization reserve, Ukraine's Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, Jan. 23 - National Security and Defense Council Secretary Vitaliy Haiduk has discussed with representatives of the U.S. administration the coordination of actions to ensure Ukraine's energy security and its accession to the World Trade Organization.

KIEV, Jan. 23 ??“ The Rating and Investment Information of Japan (R&I) has upgraded the rating of Ukraine's debt liabilities in foreign currency to "BB" from "BB-", the Ukrainian Finance Ministry reported on its official Web site on Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 24 - UkrTelekom, Ukraine's national phone company, said it will invest $700 mln, seeking to win a third of the country??™s cell phone market by 2010, the company's deputy chief executive Igor Syrotenko said.