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Tymoshenko promises large-scale housing construction program in 2010

15:57

29.12.2009

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said she intends to start a large-scale housing construction program in 2010, and rebuild old housing.

2009 inflation in Ukraine to finish at 12.3%, Tymoshenko says

14:55

29.12.2009

Total year-on-year inflation in Ukraine in 2009 will finish at about 12.3%, Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko says.

Ukraine, Russia agree to raise oil transit fee by 30% in 2010 - Naftogaz

13:06

29.12.2009

The fee for transiting Russian oil through Ukraine will increase by 30% in 2010, spokesperson for Naftogaz Ukrainy Valentyn Zemlyansky told Interfax.

Ukraine could enter pre-crisis level of employment in 2.5 years, says ILO

12:55

29.12.2009

If the pace of growth in employment and unemployment fall were retained, Ukraine could reach the pre-crisis level of employment of the population in 2.5 years, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Brocard Ukraine to open five stores in Kharkiv, Lviv, Simferopol in 2010

11:29

29.12.2009

Brocard-Ukraine Ltd. (Kyiv), which owns the BROCARD perfume chain, plans in 2010 to open five stores in Kharkiv, Lviv and Simferopol, expanding its chain to 63 outlets.

Each Ukrainian owes UAH 6,500 to creditors due to cabinet's policy, say Ukrainian president

10:48

29.12.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said that each Ukrainian owes UAH 6,500 due to the credit policy of the Ukrainian government, he said on the First National TV channel, according to the Ukrainska Pravda online edition.

EU could call coordination group over risk of disrupted oil transit through Ukraine

18:56

28.12.2009

The European Commission does not rule out convening a coordination group to look at the situation over a possible disruption of Russian oil supplies through Ukraine.

Transport ministry proposes discounts for certain cargo transit at two ports

17:59

28.12.2009

The Transport and Communications Ministry of Ukraine has proposed discounts be set for the handling of certain transit cargos at Ust-Dunaisk (Odessa province) and Kerch (Crimea) maritime merchant ports.

Actual year-on-year wages in Ukraine 5.8% down in November 2009

14:32

28.12.2009

Actual year-on-year wages in Ukraine fell in November 2009 by 5.8%, while in November 2008 it went down by 0.2% year-over-year, the State Statistics Committee reported last week.

Mobile operators continue using "zero" tariffs in violation of ban, says regulator

13:58

28.12.2009

Ukrainian mobile operators continue providing incomplete information on the value of services, using so-called "zero" tariffs, according to the National Communications Regulatory Commission (NCRC).

Cabinet obliges Naftogaz to buy financial services at tenders

16:29

25.12.2009

National JSC Naftogaz Ukrainy will again buy financial and other affiliated services at tenders in line with a resolution on state purchases.

Ukraine imposes ban on sheep, goat imports from Palestine

16:28

25.12.2009

Ukraine has banned imports of sheep, goats and associated products from Palestine due to scrapie disease being registered in the country.

UIA to introduce online registration service for all its flights from Boryspil

15:58

25.12.2009

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) will from December 25 introduce an online registration service for all of its flights from Boryspil airport, the UIA's press service has said.

Artificially low prices for domestically extracted gas to remain in place in 2010

13:46

25.12.2009

The National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine (NERC) has retained the price of natural gas extracted by Naftogaz-Ukraine affiliates OJSC Ukrnafta, UkrgazVydobuvannia, and the ChornomorNaftogaz state company for 2010. An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported that the commission made the decision on Thursday.

Share of bad credits in Ukrainian banks' portfolios in 2009 to grow to 9.5-9.7%, says expert

13:45

25.12.2009

The share of bad credit in portfolios of Ukrainian banks in December will pick up to 9.5-9.7% from 8.8% seen in November, according to an analyst of the Phoenix Capital Investment Company, Dmytro Borodai.