BERLIN, Dec. 23 - The heads of Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrayiny, Alexei Miller and Andriy Kobolev, discussed "the terms for purchase by Naftogaz of Gazprom gas in the first quarter of 2016" at a meeting in Berlin on Wednesday.
KIEV, Dec. 22 - Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has warned that the cash-strapped and war-scarred nation faced an "economic catastrophe" if parliament failed to pass an IMF-backed austerity budget in a Thursday vote, AFP reported.
KIEV, Dec. 22 - Ukraine and pro-Russian insurgents have reached a vital "New Year" truce agreement that will go into effect at midnight Tuesday in the hope of finally ending clashes in the war-scarred ex-Soviet state, AFP reported.
KIEV, Dec. 23 – Seureca consulting company (a branch of Veolia Group, France) has drawn up a plan to increase energy efficiency of the heating supply system of three residential districts in Kiev, Kyivenergo reported on Wednesday.
KIEV, Dec. 23 – The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. has announced that the bank will terminate the deposit agreement, dated April 7, 1999, between Nyzhniodniprovsky Pipe Rolling Plant (Dnipropetrovsk), the Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, and owners and holders of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs).
KIEV, Dec. 23 – Placing VTB Bank (Ukraine) and Sberbank (Ukraine) on the list of organizations hit by the U.S. sectoral sanctions would not affect the operation of these banks, the banks have said.
KIEV, Dec. 23 – The Ukrainska Pravda online publication and a group of public activists have presented the Ukraine in Global Ratings project aimed at monitoring the real changes of the country's position in the key international indexes and ratings, on the basis of which the policy towards Ukraine is formed in the world.
KIEV, Dec. 24 – The Ukrvynprom corporation has asked the government not to allow the destruction of the grape growing and winemaking sector in Ukraine due to the increase of the excise duty.
KIEV, Dec. 24 – Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee has determined, following a preliminary antitrust investigation, that Russia's Gazprom occupies a monopolistic position on the Ukrainian gas transportation services market and regularly violated the terms and conditions of its contract with Naftogaz Ukrayiny in 2009-2015.
