KIEV, Dec. 18 - Zaporizhia car plant, also known as ZAZ, Ukraine's largest passenger car manufacturer, boosted output by 46.8% from January to November, year-over-year, to 252,652 cars.

Over the 11 months, the company manufactured 1,046 Tavria cars (7.4 times down year-over-year), 3,614 Tavria-Pickup cars (0.5% up), 14,596 Slavuta cars (13% down), and 21,135 Daewoo Sens cars (9.4% up).

KIEV, Dec. 18 – Responding to a reported avian flu outbreak, Ukraine has banned the import of poultry from the whole territory of Poland, Ukraine's State Veterinary Medicine Department reported.

KIEV, Dec. 17 - "Stability-oriented fiscal and monetary policies, a stronger monetary and financial sector policy framework, and progress on structural reform are needed to help Ukraine achieve high growth with low inflation and improve the living standards of all its citizens," said the International Monetary Fund Resident Representative office in Kiev following an IMF mission's visit to Kiev on Dec. 11-14.

KIEV, Dec. 18 ??“ The European Bank for the Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to give Kiev-based Kreditprombank a $10 million credit as a part of a program of loans for energy saving projects in Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 18 - Ukraine??™s largest natural gas producer UkrGazVydobuvannya, or UGV, commissioned 65 new gas wells this year allowing the company to boost output by 300 million cubic meters in 2006, the company reported Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 18 ??“ The Kiev City administration may lose its majority stake in Khreshchatyk Bank after the city had failed to raise money needed to buy out the additional issue of shares, an official said.

KIEV, Dec. 18 - Ukraine plans to issue Eurobonds worth 35.1 billion Japanese yen ($297.9 million) this month, Reuters reported on Monday citing a government statement.

KIEV, Dec. 18 ??“ Russia has been seeking to boost supplies of its natural gas to the European Union via Ukraine after gas price talks with Belarus, the only other shipper of Russian gas, have stumbled.

KIEV, Dec. 18 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, and Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) signed a 27-year agreement to develop Alam El-Shawish East oil and gas field, Naftogaz press service reported Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 16 ??“ Odessa maritime merchant port has drafted a development plan including eight investment projects worth $1.5 bln, Mykola Pavliuk, the head of the port, told Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.