KIEV, Jan. 16 – Ukraine's Environmental Protection Ministry has prolonged Cadogan Petroleum's license for the exploration of the Zahoriansky field for another five years, until April 24, 2014.

KIEV, Jan. 16 – AvtoKrAZ Holding Company (Kremenchuk in Poltava region), the only heavy truck producer in Ukraine, cut truck production by 19% in 2008 to 3,634.

KIEV, Jan. 18 ??“ The Bogdan Corporation, Ukrainian's second largest car maker, in 2007 plans to supply around 200 Bogdan A092 city-buses to municipal carriers in Shymkent (southern Kazakhstan), the corporation's press secretary, Serhiy Krasulia, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 18 ??“ Ukraine??™s industrial output rose by 6.2% on the year in 2006, twice as fast as the previous year, according to the State Statistics Committee.

KIEV, Jan. 18 ??“ UkrTransNafta, a Ukrainian monopoly oil transporter, in the near future plans to expand cooperation with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, an advisor of the UkrTransNafta board chairman, Oleksandr Dykusarov, said.

LONDON, Jan. 18 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its long-term corporate credit ratings on Ukraine-based mobile telecommunications operator CJSC Kyivstar GSM (Kyivstar) to 'BB-' from 'B+', according to a S&P press release.

KIEV, Jan. 18 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny may cut extraction of natural gas by 10.6%, from 18.95 billion cubic meters in 2004 to 16.95 billion cubic meters in 2010, because the business is unprofitable.

KIEV, Jan. 18 ??“ The State Committee for Material Reserve is planning to double light fuel stock in 2005, Chairman Mykola Pysotsky told the Weekly Mirror.

KYIV, Dec 17 - Several Ukrainian manufacturers and a Japanese engineering company will launch a joint project in Ukraine for semi knocked down assembly (SKD) of Japanese pickups with the prospect of moving to complete knockdown production (CKD), the Ministry of Economy reported.

KYIV, Dec 17 – The ICU investment group expects a deceleration in GDP growth to 3.4% in 2025 compared to the expected GDP figure of 4% by the end of 2024, and at the same time predicts a slowdown in inflation to 7% from 11.5% this year, according to its updated macroeconomic forecast.