KIEV/DNIPROPETROVSK, July 27 - Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have signed an agreement on a EUR 152 million loan to expand the Dnipropetrovsk subway.

KIEV, July 27 – Ukraine’s State Space Agency has proposed that the government extend the state program for the disposal of solid rocket fuel from SS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles at Pavlohrad Chemical Plant (Dnipropetrovsk region).

SEVASTOPOL, July 30 - Defense Minister Dmytro Salamatin says he’s "most optimistic” about the construction of Ukrainian corvettes.

KIEV, July 30 – The Ukrainian cabinet has agreed to a proposal of the Agriculture Ministry and permitted National JSC Ukragroleasing to raise two credits worth $300 million each from Export Development Canada, secured by the state, to realize investment projects in the farming sector.

KIEV, July 30 - The government has decided to sell controlling stakes in 15 regional power distributing companies, Dmytro Parfemenko, the acting head of the State Property Fund, said Thursday.

LONDON/MOSCOW, July 29 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed Metinvest B.V.'s Long-term
foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B' with a Negative Outlook.

The rating is constrained by Ukraine's Country Ceiling of 'B'. At the same time, Fitch has affirmed Metinvest's Long-term local currency IDR at 'B+' with a Stable Outlook.

KIEV, July 29 – The appropriateness of restructuring Naftogaz Ukrayiny's foreign debt is being considered, Deputy Finance Minister Andriy Kravets told Interfax-Ukraine.

"It's too early to speak about any restructuring – the issue is under consideration," he said.

KIEV, July 29 – Vorskla Steel has signed a contract worth EUR 6.81 million under which 170 hectares of land in Hungary is to be allocated for the construction of a EUR 650 million metal-rolling mill, whose major investor is Ukrainian businessman Kostiantyn Zhevago, Hungarian mass media reported.

KIEV, July 29 – The Finance Ministry has said that it is inexpedient to capitalize Ukrprombank using state funds and agrees with the National Bank of Ukraine on the movement of deposits of individuals in Ukrprombank to the State Savings Bank of Ukraine (Oschadbank), the acting finance minister, Ihor Umansky, told the press on Wednesday.

KIEV, July 30 - Donetsk-based Donbass Fuel-Energy Company (DTEK) is to conduct an IPO only as a holding that unites companies that form a vertically integrated chain for coal extraction and enrichment, electricity generation, distribution and supply.