KIEV, March 18 – EnergoAtom plans to start raising funds from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in the second half of 2012 to realize a program on the increase of safety of Ukrainian nuclear power plants, EnergoAtom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky told Parliament.

KIEV, March 18 – The World Bank believes that an ad-hoc structure or a mechanism for working with the bad assets of three banks recapitalized by the state could be created for a short-term period in Ukraine, said Marius Vismantas, the World Bank's coordinator of activities of the finance and enterprise sector in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.

LONDON/MOSCOW, March 18 - Fitch Ratings announced it has assigned the City of Kiev's domestic bond issue up to UAH1.275bn with a maturity of 10 years an expected National Long-term rating of 'AA+(ukr)' with Stable Outlook.

KIEV, March 19 – The Antimonopoly Committee has permitted Estonia's Aeroc International to buy over 50% of Obukhiv porous concrete plant in Kiev region, according to a posting on the committee's official Web site.

KIEV, March 20 - Ukraine's foreign trade deficit was $106.6 million in January 2008 (imported gas not included), the State Statistics Committee said.

Ukraine boosted total exports of goods and services by 14% compared to the previous month, to $3.657 billion in January and increased imports by 1.5%, to $3.763 billion.

KIEV, March 20 - Ukraine's gross foreign debt for 2007 increased to 60.2% of GDP from 50.6% in 2006, the National Bank of Ukraine said in a statement on its website.

KIEV, March 20 - UkrNafta, Ukraine??™s largest oil producer, on Tuesday postponed for 10 days decision on shutting down more than 1,000 oil wells that had become unprofitable due to a royalty hike, the company announced.

KIEV, March 20 ??“ Telenor, the Norwegian phone giant, on Monday suggested a complicated transaction that would either help it consolidate cell phone assets in Russia and Ukraine or pull out from both markets for good.

KIEV, March 20 ??“ Antonov Corp, Ukraine??™s aircraft maker, is set to deliver two AN-70 military transport planes to the Defense Ministry in 2008 in line with the schedule, a company official said Monday.

MOSCOW, March 20 - Soyuz-Victan Group, one of the biggest alcohol producers in the CIS, said it plans to hold an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange in the second half of 2007.