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EBA supports reduction of tax on profit for IT sector to 5%

12:00

19.01.2012

Kyiv, January 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) –The IT committee of the European Business Association (EBA) has proposed to reduce the tax on profit to 5% for IT companies, the head of the IT committee at the EBA, Volodymyr Bek, said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

Consumer market watchdog, Ukoopspilka present 'Caring for Ukraine' labels for foods

18:47

17.01.2012

Kyiv, January 17 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The State Inspectorate for the Protection of Consumers' Rights of Ukraine (Derzhspozhyvstandard) and the Ukrainian Cooperative Union (Ukoopspilka) have developed special labels for foods produced in Ukraine.

Commercial real estate margin reaches levels of 2004-2005, says expert

17:33

16.01.2012

Kyiv, January 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Selling prices of offices and trade space in 2011 fell by around 10-12%, while their rent rates grew by some 10-12%, the chairman of the committee for analysis and real estate market statistics at the Union of Realtors of Ukraine, and the director of the assessment department at Samson, Vsevolod Zhoholev, has said.

Ukraine should appeal to Stockholm Arbitration Court against amount of gas supplies under contract with Russia, says Bohoslovska

17:32

16.01.2012

Kyiv, January 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine will not manage to complete the negotiations on the contract for supplies of natural gas before the presidential election in Russia, but it could appeal against a part of it to the Stockholm Arbitration Court, Regions Party parliamentary faction MP and the head of the Verkhovna Rada's ad hoc commission for inquiry into the circumstances of the conclusion of the 2009 gas agreements between Ukraine and Russia, Inna Bohoslovska, has said.

Housing prices in Kyiv reach 2009 level after large correction, says expert

17:26

16.01.2012

Kyiv, January 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Average housing prices in Kyiv in 2011 fell by 1.25% and reached the level of 2009 prices set after a large price correction, the chairman of the committee for analysis and real estate market statistics at the Union of Realtors of Ukraine, and the director of the assessment department at Samson, Vsevolod Zhoholev, has said.

Pace of property prices in 2012 to depend on settling gas issue, says expert

16:55

16.01.2012

Kyiv, January 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The most important factor impacting property prices in Ukraine in 2012 will be the settling of the gas issue, according to the chairman of the committee for analysis and real estate market statistics at the Union of Realtors of Ukraine, and the director of the assessment department at Samson, Vsevolod Zhoholev.

Regions Party MP: GTS should remain Ukraine's property

13:50

16.01.2012

Kyiv, January 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The gas transport system should remain Ukraine's property and a gas consortium can be created only with the participation of European consumers, Regions Party MP Inna Bohoslovska has said.

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