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Press conferences

Ukraine's banking associations doubt active growth of banking system in 2011

12:44

23.12.2010

Kyiv, December 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The large volume of bad credits, bad financial state of borrowers and the low level of legal protection of creditors would hinder the development of the Ukrainian banking system in 2011, according to heads of the largest banking associations of the country.

Ukraine's banking associations hope to efficiently cooperate with new NBU leadership

12:30

23.12.2010

Kyiv, December 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Association of Ukrainian Banks (AUB) and the Ukrainian Credit-Banking Union (UCBU) have expressed hope that the associations would efficiently cooperate with new leadership of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the associations' heads said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

Law on public private partnership to stimulate arrival of investors to Ukraine in 2011, says MP

12:04

23.12.2010

Kyiv, December 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The law on public private partnership that took effect and the creation of a council of foreign investors at the parliamentary committee for industrial and regulatory policies and entrepreneurship would allow increasing the interest of foreign investors to Ukraine, according to the committee head, Natalia Korolevska.

Ukrainian bank associations join hands in struggle against ousting small banks from market

19:11

22.12.2010

Kyiv, December 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Association of Ukrainian Banks (AUB) and the Ukrainian Credit and Banking Union (UCBU) have joined hands in struggle against the authorities' attempt to artificially oust small banks from the market.

Lawyers for U.S. woman earlier accused of attempting to smuggle baby from Ukraine may appeal to European court to return child

10:55

22.12.2010

Kyiv, December 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Lawyers for U.S. woman Jeanette Runyon, who was accused by Ukrainian law enforcers three years ago of trying to take a baby abroad, are taking measures to establish the whereabouts of the child and are planning to seek the baby's return to the U.S. citizen at the European Court of Human Rights.

Sport Life agrees with Kyiv authorities to open sports and recreation centers in capital

11:13

21.12.2010

Kyiv, December 21 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Sport Life group of companies, which manages the Sport Life fitness club chain as well as the chain of Eurasia restaurants and sushi bars in Russia and Ukraine, has agreed with Kyiv's authorities on the opening of at least one sports and recreation center in each district of the capital, according to the press secretary of the standing commission of Kyiv City Council for youth and sports and the president of the Federation of Track and Field Athletics of Kyiv, Viktor Hryniuk.

Sport Life group to expand fitness club chain to 25 in Ukraine by 2013

11:25

20.12.2010

Kyiv, December 20 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Sport Life group of companies, which manages the Sport Life fitness club chain as well as the chain of Eurasia restaurants and sushi bars in Russia and Ukraine, plans to open 21 fitness clubs in Ukraine in 2011-2012, expanding its chain to 25 clubs, Sport Life founder Dmytro Yekimov has said.