Owners of Ukrsotsbank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, confirm their intention to sell the financial institution to a strategic investor after the bargain with Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo failed.

The TVEL corporation (Russia) has started transferring the technology for production of heads and tails for fuel rods for nuclear power stations to Ukraine.

Former Finance Minister and chairman of the Reforms and Order party Viktor Pynzenyk is accusing the Cabinet of Ministers of destabilizing the budget after President Viktor Yuschenko signed the decree on the Verkhovna Rada dissolution.