KIEV, Oct. 15 – The surplus of Ukraine's balance of trade in goods in came to $308.1 million in August compared to $332 million in July, $61.1 million in June and $182.7 million in May, the State Statistics Service reported on Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 16 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny believes that going to court to resolve its dispute on transit with Gazprom is effective and civilized.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – Ukraine will shortly begin talks with Eni of Italy and EDF of France over production sharing agreements allowing them to tap $4 billion of oil and gas projects offshore the Black Sea.

KALUGA, Oct. 15 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has called on Russia to make use of all of the opportunities granted by the Free Trade Area in the context of Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as develop Ukrainian-Russian bilateral cooperation.

KIEV, Oct. 16 – The Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation forecasts that Ukraine's grain traders will suffer losses if a Black Sea grain pool is created.

KIEV, Oct. 16 - The Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has decided to provide an $80 million loan to Galnaftogaz Concern (Lviv), Anton Usov, EBRD Principal Adviser for External Affairs told Interfax-Ukraine by phone from London.

MOSCOW, Oct. 17 – The An-70 military transport aircraft still has to perform 40 flights to complete joint flight tests, Motor Sich CEO Viacheslav Bohuslayev said.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – A mission of the International Monetary Fund started its work in Ukraine on Thursday, Interfax-Ukraine learned from government circles.

KIEV, Oct. 16 – Azot (Cherkasy), part of Dmytro Firtash’s Ostchem, has stopped facility 1 of the ammonia A-3 workshop for a two-month repair, the holding reported.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – Parliament has permitted the government to provide for a UAH 560 million government guarantee under a project on the modernization of the Bar compressor station on the Soyuz trunk gas pipeline in the context of an agreement with Germany's Ferrostaàl Industrieanlagen GmbH.