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In the year to October 2011 house prices in Ukraine decrease by 8.4%, says GHPI

11:31

14.12.2011

In the year to October 2011 house prices in Ukraine decreased by 8.4% year-over-year, reads a Tuesday press release of Knight Frank consulting company in Ukraine.

Agricultural produce exports from Ukraine 30% up, says minister

17:49

13.12.2011

Ukraine in 2011 increased its export potential, in particular, its agricultural produce exports rose by 30%, to $10 billion, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Prysiazhniuk said at a press conference on Tuesday.

Price of most popular bread will remain stable, says Prysiazhniuk

17:09

13.12.2011

Ukraine's Agrarian Fund has said it will allocate UAH 3.7 billion to forming a state intervention fund to ensure there are stable prices for the most popular types of bread.

Ukraine, Czech Republic to hold consultations on Azeri oil pumping in February 2012

16:48

13.12.2011

Kyiv and Prague are planning to hold additional consultations regarding the pumping of Azeri oil through the territory of Ukraine and Slovakia to the oil refinery in Kralupy (the Czech Republic) on February 15, 2012, Czech Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Milan Hovorka has said.

Pace of fuel prices in Ukraine in line with European trends, says TNK-BP Commerce

13:34

13.12.2011

Prices of petrol in Ukraine, not taking into account tax, are comparable to European prices, TNK-BP Commerce's Vice President for Sales, Trading and Logistics Olena Alekseyeva the 7th annual conference "Ukraine's Motor Fuels Market: Key Trends, Marketing and Technologies" in Kyiv on Monday.

Ovostar Union wants to double sunflower oil output in 2012

12:31

13.12.2011

Ovostar Union agro industrial group, one of the leading shell egg and egg powder producers in Ukraine, is planning to invest UAH 10-15 million in doubling sunflower oil output in 2012.

EBRD providing $13 million loan to support Lugcentrokuz modernisation

11:23

13.12.2011

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a senior loan of up to $13 million to joint-stock company Lugcentrokuz (LCK), a privately owned manufacturer of key components for rail freight wagons and locomotives, such as shock absorbers, axles, wheelsets and springs, according to a press release of the bank.

Ukraine commissions 2,000 km of roads in 2011

18:59

12.12.2011

Ukraine in 2011 commissioned 2,000 kilometers of roads, the head of the State Agency for Automobile Roads, Volodymyr Demishkan, has said.

PrivatBank starts selling railway tickets

18:58

12.12.2011

Dnipropetrovsk-based PrivatBank, the biggest bank in Ukraine, has started selling of railway tickets at its branches, according to the press release from the bank.

Kyiv authorities to set up Boryspil airport bus service, reads law

17:25

12.12.2011

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine' parliament, is planning to permit Kyiv City State Administration to carry out passenger transportation between Kyiv and Boryspil International Airport.

Housing, utilities tariffs to be brought to economically justifiable level no earlier than 2015, says ministry

14:20

12.12.2011

The level of Ukrainians' incomes will not allow housing and utilities tariffs to be brought to an economically justifiable level earlier than in three or four years, according to Anatoliy Blyzniuk, Ukraine's Regional Development, construction and Housing and Utilities Economy Minister.

Sales of medicine in Ukraine 16% up in nine months

12:23

12.12.2011

Sales of medicine in Ukraine in January-September 2011 grew by 16%, to UAH 18.7 billion, the Apteka newspaper has published.

Parliament approves cabinet's proposal to borrow on domestic market in foreign currency

11:32

12.12.2011

The Ukrainian cabinet has obtained the right to denominate government domestic loan bonds not only in the national currency, but also in the foreign currency, as the Ukrainian parliament approved the cabinet's amendments to the law on securities and the stock market (bill No. 9548) on December 9, 2011.

Austrian owner of Ukrzernoprom Agro on December 8 starts IPO for 25.9% shares on WSE

14:02

09.12.2011

MCB Agricole Holding AG (Vienna, Austria), the owner of Ukraine's Ukrzernoprom Agro, on December 8 opened the bid book for investors as a part of an initial public offering (IPO) on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), according to a posting on the Web site of Ukrzernoprom Agro.

Ukraine intends to make ruble reserve currency in 2012, says NBU governor

13:12

09.12.2011

Ukraine is planning to transfer the Russian ruble to the first category and use it to form a currency reserve in 2012, National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Serhiy Arbuzov said in Kyiv on Friday.