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TYMOSHENKO, PUTIN CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLE TO MODERNIZE UKRAINIAN GAS TRANSPORT SYSTEM WITHOUT RUSSIA
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin consider it impossible to modernize the Ukrainian gas transport system without Russia's participation, they told a press conference held on the outcomes of the meeting of the intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation. More...

UKRAINE, RUSSIA EYEING OPTION OF ADVANCE PAYMENT FOR GAS TRANSIT VIA UKRAINE TO PAY FOR GAS PUMPING INTO UKRAINIAN UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE FACILITIES
Ukraine and Russia are considering an option of Ukraine's paying for imported natural gas to be pumped into its underground gas storage facilities from advance payment for gas transit through the Ukrainian gas transportation system. More...

AUB: MECHANISM FOR GOVERNMENT RECAPITALIZATION OF BANKS NOT TRANSPARENT
The Association of Ukrainian Banks (AUB) believes that the mechanism for government recapitalization of commercial banks is not transparent. More...

WORLD BANK READY TO BOOST CO-OPERATION WITH UKRAINE
The World Bank is ready to boost the co-operation with Ukraine, the press service of Vice Prime Minister for European Integration Hryhorii Nemyria said. More...

INTERBANK HRYVNIA RATE DOWN BY 2 KOPECKS TO 8.08 UAH/USD
The hryvnia rate fell by 2 kopecks to 8.08 UAH/USD on the interbank currency market on Friday after an increase on Thursday. More...

YUSCHENKO CALLING ON DEVELOPING NEW EFFICIENT MECHANISMS TO BACK CHORNOBYL VICTIMS
President Viktor Yuschenko is calling on developing new efficient economic and legal mechanisms to back Chornobyl catastrophe victims, in the first place, children and the disabled, the president's press service reported. More...

EXPERTS SAY PRICE BOTTOM REACHED AT KYIV HOUSING MARKET
Experts think that price bottom at the Kyiv housing market has been already reached. More...

UKRTATNAFTA SAYS COMPANY CANNOT EXIST AS JV AFTER COURT ATTACHES FROM ITS STATUTORY FUND 73.92% OF TATNEFTEPROM
Ukrtatnafta (the Kremenchuk petroleum refinery, Poltava region) says that since the March 19 resolution of the Federal Arbitration Court of the Povolzhye Okrug, ruling to withdraw from Ukrtatnafta's statutory fund 73.92% of shares in Tatnefteprom (Russia) to the benefit of Russia's Suvar-Kazan, Ukrtatnafta in fact does not exist as a joint venture, Valerii Korneliak, head of Ukrtatnafta's legal department has announced to journalists. More...

INTERBANK HRYVNIA RATE UP BY 1 KOPECK TO 8.06 UAH/USD
The hryvnia rate rose by 1 kopeck to 8.06 UAH/USD on the interbank currency market on Thursday after falling on Wednesday. More...

YUSCHENKO ADVOCATING IMPROVEMENT OF GAS CONTRACTS WITH RUSSIA
President Viktor Yuschenko calls for improvement of gas contracts signed between the Naftohaz Ukrainy national joint-stock company and the Russia's gas monopoly, Gazprom, on January 19, he said at a press conference on April 22. More...