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Odesa Railways hires Naftagazstrakh to insure dangerous cargo carrier's liability

19:27

18.01.2012

State-run Odesa Railways has hired Naftagazstrakh insurance company to insure the liability of a dangerous cargo carrier and consigner, according to an announcement in the Visnyk Derzhavnykh Zakupivel State Procurements Bulletin.

Twelve developers from Donetsk region to participate in affordable housing program

18:05

18.01.2012

Representatives from 12 construction companies in Donetsk region are intending to take part in the affordable housing program in 2012, according to the Web site of the State Fund for the Promotion of Youth Housing Construction, with reference to director of its Donetsk regional department, Vadym Kashin.

TV and Radio Council to conduct unplanned checks on nine TV stations and three radio ones

16:40

18.01.2012

The National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council on Wednesday scheduled unplanned checks on nine TV companies and three radio stations because of evidence of violations of license conditions with regard to the volume of children's broadcasting during monitoring, the regulator said on Wednesday.

Smart Group to acquire some gas mining companies in Ukraine in 2012

16:01

18.01.2012

Smart Group, which is owned by businessman Vadim Novinsky, is planning to acquire several gas extracting companies in Ukraine this year, the first deputy director general for development and asset management at CJSC Smart-Holding, Oleksiy Timofeyev, has told reporters.

Bidders for concession of Eskhar 2 heat and power plant should guarantee consumption of Ukrainian-made coal

14:19

18.01.2012

Bidders for the concession of the state-run heat and power plant Eskhar No. 2 (Kharkiv region) should confirm in written form their ability to supply the plant with Ukrainian-made coal, including coal extracted by the concessionaire, for five years.

Naftogaz to cut Jan-Feb gas imports significantly

14:19

18.01.2012

Ukraine's national stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy plans to import 2.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas this month and 2.5 bcm in February, which represents substantial reductions, company chief Yevhen Bakulin told reporters on Wednesday.

Ukraine to restrict grain exports if bread wheat exports sharply grow, says ministry

14:18

18.01.2012

Ukraine could introduce restrictions on grain exports if bread wheat supplies to foreign markets sharply increase, Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.

Statistics: Growth in industrial production in Ukraine in 2011 slows to 7.3%

14:27

17.01.2012

The growth of industrial production in Ukraine in 2011 slowed to 7.3%, down from 11.2% in 2010, the State Statistics Service has reported.

Grain traders ask Azarov to intervene situation with licensing of grain transportation

13:44

17.01.2012

The Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA), a union of Ukrainian grain traders, has called on Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov to consider a possibility of amending the system of licensing grain transportation.

New wording of Customs Code of Ukraine could be passed in next two months, says official

12:41

17.01.2012

New wording of the Customs Code of Ukraine could be passed by the Ukrainian parliament in the next two months, a member of the board of the State Customs Service of Ukraine, Viktor Bondar, has said.

Boryspil airport intends to open a $50 m credit line at Ukrgasbank

14:34

13.01.2012

The Boryspil international airport state-run enterprise has selected Ukrgasbank (both based in Kyiv) to attract a $50 million credit line, according to an airport report in the Visnyk Derzhavnykh Zakupivel newspaper.

Boiko not to report to parliament on gas talks with Russia on Friday

13:34

13.01.2012

On Friday, there will be no traditional hour of questions to the government in the Ukrainian parliament, where Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boiko has been invited.

Claims of Rospotrebnadzor head about Ukrainian cheese are not proved, says union of dairy companies of Ukraine

13:33

13.01.2012

The claims of the head of Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service on Customers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance) and Russia's chief sanitary officer Gennady Onishchenko about Ukrainian cheese supplied to Russia are not backed by proof, according to Vadym Chaharovsky, the board chairman of the Union of Dairy Companies of Ukraine.

Ukraine's veterinary service to apply to Rospotrebnadzor to study situation with quality of Ukrainian cheese

18:52

12.01.2012

The State Veterinary and Biosecurity Service of Ukraine will apply to Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service on Customers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance) to investigate the situation with the quality of Ukrainian cheese exported to Russia.

Government launches preparations for foreign borrowings in 2012

18:51

12.01.2012

The Ukrainian government has instructed Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko to carry out foreign borrowing and conclude the necessary agreements in 2012.