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SPF cancels decision on sale of state stake in Odesa Film Studio

16:07

18.01.2010

The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) has cancelled its decision to sell a 50.01% state stake in CJSC Odesa Film Studio, according to a statement posted on the official Web site of the fund.

Inflation expectations of business in Ukraine improves in Q4, 2009, says NBU

15:11

18.01.2010

Inflation expectations in Ukrainian business circles in the fourth quarter of 2009 fell considerably, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), referring to polled heads of companies.

Ukraine’s Motor Sich modernizing An-32 engines for India

15:09

18.01.2010

Motor Sich based in Zaporizhia has signed a $110 million contract with the Indian Air Force to modernize AI-20 engines for Antonov An-32 military cargo aircraft, a company source told Interfax.

Ukrainian president concerned over situation with payment of pensions, salaries

19:32

15.01.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said he is concerned over the situation with the observance of human rights with regard to receiving salaries and pensions.

Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 8.085 per U.S. dollar on interbank market

19:32

15.01.2010

The forex rate of the hryvnia against the U.S. dollar on the interbank forex market on Friday strengthened to UAH 8.085 per U.S. dollar from the UAH 8.095 per U.S. dollar registered at the end of Thursday's trading.

NBU expects hryvnia to continue strengthening

18:02

15.01.2010

The Ukrainian national currency hryvnia's (UAH) strengthening trend on the inter-bank Forex market observed on January 14 will continue, director of the National Bank of Ukraine's (NBU) foreign economic ties department Serhiy Kruhlyk said.

Ukraine cuts beer output 6.2%, exports by 2.9%, imports by 16.2% in 2009, Ukrpyvo says

18:01

15.01.2010

Ukraine in 2009 saw beer production fall by 6.2% year-on-year, to 300.5 million decaliters, Halyna Korenkova, the director general of CJSC Ukrpyvo, which unites domestic breweries, has said.

NBU could restrict sale and purchase margin for cash currency if speculations registered on market

16:59

15.01.2010

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) does not rule out that the bank could introduce ceiling sale and purchase rates for cash currency trading if speculation on the market is seen, the regulator said in a telegram sent to commercial banks.

Six-storey 'floating' business center on Dnipro river commissioned in Kyiv

16:58

15.01.2010

A six-storey B+ class floating business center, moored at a landing stage on the River Dnipro next to Naberezhno-Khreschatytska Street in Kyiv, has been commissioned, according to a statement on the official Web site of the Ukrainian Trade Guild (UTG, Kyiv), the broker and the developer of the object.

Ukrzaliznytsia sells over 82,000 tickets via Internet in 2009

19:00

14.01.2010

State Railways Administration Ukrzaliznytsia in 2009 sold over 82,281 tickets through the Internet, including both booking and purchases, according to the railways' press service.

Development of aviation industry to be one of top priorities of Ukrainian economy, says premier

18:59

14.01.2010

Ukrainian Premier and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko has promised that the development of the Ukrainian aviation industry will remain one of the top priorities in the Ukrainian economy.

Production of foreign passports practically halted in Ukraine, says interior minister

17:59

14.01.2010

The production of foreign passports for citizens of the country has practically been halted, Ukraine's Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has said at a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday.

Lviv to present several large investment projects at 'Spring Business Forum'

17:57

14.01.2010

Lviv's authorities will present several large investment projects at the "Spring Business Forum" to be held in Lviv in spring 2010, Serhiy Kyral, the head of the department of external economic relations and investment at Lviv city council, said at a press conference on January 13.

UIA to launch five new flights in 2010

19:04

13.01.2010

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) is intending in 2010 to launch five new direct flights, the company's press service has told Interfax-Ukraine.

NBU to impose stricter penalties on banks for setting currency rates too high

19:02

13.01.2010

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is intending to impose stricter penalties on banks for setting currency exchange rates too high, according to Serhiy Kruhlyk, the director of the department for foreign economic relations at the NBU.