KIEV, Dec. 21 - Germany's NUKEM Technologies GmbH has completed the construction of a storage facility for solid radioactive waste from the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant located on the territory of the Vector complex, the state-run Chornobyl NPP Company said on Friday.

KIEV, Dec. 24 – Ukraine’s ability to pay for imported natural gas on time and ensure stable heating services in the country’s regions is being threatened by unsatisfactory payments of heat supply companies for consumed gas, according to Gaz Ukrayiny.

KIEV, Dec. 21 ??“ Ukraine and Belarus have agreed the conditions for the supply of Ukrainian electricity to Belarus in 2007, Belarusian Ambassador to Ukraine Valentin Velichko said.

KIEV, Dec. 21 ??“ Getin Holding S.A. of Poland is purchasing an 81.88% stake in Prykarpattia bank, Getin Holding has announced in a posting on its Web site.

KIEV, Dec. 22 ??“ Volia Cable, Kiev??™s largest cable television company, plans in 2007 to increase its investment in the development of its network to $28.5 million, up from $20 million in 2006, Volia Cable President Serhiy Boiko said.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - Ferrexpo A.G. of Switzerland, the key stockholder in Poltava Ore Mining and Processing Mill, jointly with GPR Dehler of Australia is to start a large-scale program to improve business at the mill.

MOSCOW, Dec. 22 - The performance of the largest banks in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine strengthened in the first half of 2006, benefited from a favorable macroeconomic environment, evidenced by good economic growth in 2006, Standard & Poor's reported.

KYIV, Nov 22 – Ukraine's State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (SNRIU), in collaboration with the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (SSTC NRS), is developing a regulatory framework for the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) in the country.

KYIV, Nov 22 – The investment company umgi (formerly UMG Investments), part of the SCM Group, has invested over EUR 200 million in Ukraine's mining sector through its portfolio companies, CEO Andriy Horokhov said during the "Metallurgy and Critical Materials" roundtable in Rome.

KYIV, Nov 24 – Ukraine’s retail sales rose 5.7% on the year in October, slowing slightly from 5.9% on year increase in September, the State Statistics Service reported Wednesday.

In January-October 2021, compared to January-October 2020, retail trade turnover increased by 11.5%, to UAH 1.16 trillion.