KIEV, Feb. 15 ??“ The government approved a project to build an electricity transmission line and the Kievska substation to transmit and distribute electricity from two nuclear power plants, Rivne and Khmelnytsky NPPs.

KIEV, Feb. 15 ??“ The total profit of Ukrainian banks in January was 435.6 mln hryvnias, more than double the 215.1 mln hryvnias seen in the same period last year, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 15 ??“ Italian bank Banca Intesa may pay $1.16 bln to acquire 88.1% stake in UkrSotsBank, Ukraine??™s fourth biggest bank by assets, industry sources said Wednesday.

KIEV, Feb. 15 - A Ukrainian government team will travel to Ashgabat by the end of the week for talks over natural gas imports from Turkmenistan, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Wednesday.

KIEV, Feb. 15 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko met Ukraine??™s top space scientists Wednesday to pledge state support for various civilian and defense projects, including plans to develop high precision weapons, a newspaper reported. The meeting was held behind closed doors in Dnipropetrovsk, home to the country??™s space complex, and was attended by Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko

KIEV, Feb. 14 ??“ Poland is expecting that the new Ukrainian government will appoint a person responsible for the project on shipping oil via Odessa-Brody pipeline to Europe, Director General of the Ukrainian-Polish company Sarmatia Cezary Filipowic said.

KIEV, Feb. 15 ??“ Ukraine's overall natural gas transit to markets in Europe and Balkans increased 16.3% on the month to 11.79 billion cubic meters in January, up from 10.13 billion cubic meters shipped in December, an Energy and Fuel Ministry official said Tuesday.

KIEV, Feb. 14 ??“ A senior power industry executive on Monday called for Ukraine to scale down its unprofitable power exports to Russia and instead try to sell electricity at higher prices in Europe.

KHARKIV, Feb. 14 ??“ Russian President Vladimir Putin will be invited to tour western and central parts of the country during his expected visit to Ukraine next month, areas he hasn??™t yet seen, a Ukrainian official said.

KIEV, Feb. 14 ??“ The government will create mobile law enforcement teams to randomly and secretly check hundreds of companies throughout the country to see whether laws are being broken while importing goods in Ukraine.