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04/30/2009 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...

04/30/2009 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...

04/30/2009 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...

04/27/2009 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...

04/27/2009 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...

04/27/2009 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...

04/24/2009 EXPERTS SAY PRICE BOTTOM REACHED AT KYIV HOUSING MARKET
Experts think that price bottom at the Kyiv housing market has been already reached. More...

04/24/2009 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...

04/24/2009 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...

04/23/2009 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...

04/23/2009 UKRZALIZNYTSIA INTRODUCES 32 ADDITIONAL TRAINS FOR MAY HOLIDAYS TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS
The Ukrzaliznytsia state railway transport administration introduced thirty-two additional passenger trains for the period of May holidays, Ukrainian News has learned from the Ukrzaliznytsia press service. More...

04/23/2009 IMF EXPECTING AVERAGE ANNUAL HRYVNIA RATE OF 8.68 UAH/USD IN 2009
The International Monetary Fund forecasts the average annual hryvnia exchange rate to be at the level of 8.68 UAH/USD in 2009, the April World economic outlook of the Fund said. More...

04/23/2009 NBU COUNCIL SEEKING CANCELLATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON EARLY WITHDRAWAL OF DEPOSITS FOR DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS OPENED AFTER MAY 1
The Council of the National Bank of Ukraine wants the restrictions on early withdrawal of bank deposits to be cancelled for deposit accounts that are opened from May 1, 2009. More...

04/22/2009 EXPERTS SAY CONFIDENCE IN HRYVNIA HAS BEEN RESTORED
Experts have said that the population's confidence in hryvnia bank deposits has been restored and that the periods of banks deposits are being extended. More...

04/22/2009 OSCE TO DISCUSS PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN ETHNIC MINORITIES WITH UKRAINE AND RUSSIA
he Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) intends to discuss the situation involving protection of the rights of the Ukrainian ethnic minority in Russia and the Russian ethnic minority in Ukraine with the leaderships of Ukraine and Russia. More...

04/22/2009 CABINET TO CONSIDER 2008 STATE BUDGET FULFILLMENT WEDNESDAY
During its regular meeting on Wednesday, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will examine the report on the fulfillment of the national budget for 2008, reads the agenda of the meeting put on the government’s website. More...

04/22/2009 LAZARENKO PLANNING TO RETURN TO UKRAINE AFTER ACQUITTAL BY US COURT
Former prime minister Pavlo Lazarenko intends to return to Ukraine after a court in the United States acquits him of all the charges against him. More...

04/22/2009 UKRAINE-RUSSIA ZENIT LAUNCH VEHICLE ORBITS ITALIAN SATELLITE
The Ukraine-Russia Zenit-3SL launch vehicle has successfully orbited an Italian satellite. More...

04/17/2009 IMF MISSION PLANNING TO COMPLETE ITS WORK IN UKRAINE ON APRIL 17
The mission from the International Monetary Fund intends to complete its work in Ukraine on April 17. More...

04/17/2009 YUSCHENKO BELIEVES UKRAINIAN ECONOMY STARTS RECOVERY AFTER TOUCHING BOTTOM
President Viktor Yuschenko has said the Ukrainian economy has touched the bottom and started recovering. More...