KIEV, Dec. 16 – The National Bank of Ukraine has declared that January 1-3 and January 7-10, 2010 will be bank holidays, according to an NBU letter to the banks.

"On January 1-3 and January 7-10, 2010 the NBU electronic payment system, the electronic mail system and the system of approval of agreements on the interbank currency market of Ukraine will not operate," reads the letter.