In the course of the first nine months of 2008, a total of 5,994.5 million kWh of electricity was exported from Ukraine, which is 1.416,0 million kWh or 19.1% less then during the like 2007 period, the Fuel and Energy

Ukrainian and French defense industry enterprises will be modernizing together Russia-made Mi-24 combat helicopter that is in operational service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Among the aggregated types of economic activities, the highest rates of gross value added is demonstrated by the agriculture, activities of transport and communications, as well as by trade

Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan does not see grounds for raising retail prices for fuel this week, he stated it at the current meeting of an Expert-Analytical Group on elaboration of the issues with regard to the oil and

Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Yeliseev has met with Poland's National Security Bureau Head Wladyslaw Stasiak, the Foreign Affairs Ministry says on the web

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has abolished his own decree that liquidated the Administrative District Court of Kiev. It is said in an order of the Ukrainian leader released today on October 17, a REGNUM correspondent reports.Earlier, on October 10, the

TheKyiv Administrative Appeal Court postponed till 11.00 a.m. of Oct 21the trial on a President's appeal against the ruling of the KyivRegional Administrative Court, which had suspended Yushchenko`s decreeon announcing the snap parliamentary poll.According to UNIAN, deputy President's Chief of

Prime Minister of UkraineYulia Tymoshenko addressed the International Monetary Fund for financial helpfor Ukraine to fight the influence of the world crisis."We are interested in that Ukraine could get IMF financial support," Tymoshenkosaid at the meeting with IMF mission head

Sberbankof Russia is considering the offer on purchase of "Prominvestbank"(PIB, Kyiv), the chairman of the board of the "Subsidiary bank ofSberbank of Russia" (Kyiv) Vyachslav Yutkin reported."The Russian Sberbank is examining whether it is expedient to holdaudit of PIB with

Partyof Regions leader Victor Yanukovych is indignant that children in theeast of Ukraine are forced to study the Ukrainian language, and callsit a "mockery".He claimed this speaking at a XIX Oblast conference of the Party of Regions in Donetsk on

Poland reports the increase of growth rate of illegalmigration of Ukrainians. 1.25 thousand Ukrainians staying illegally in the EUcountries have been detained for the first half of the year, which is by 116.6%or 673 people more than in January-June 2007.According

European Union foreignpolicy chief Javier Solana gave restrained estimation of the actions of primeminister Tymoshenko.According to him, "allpolitical forces are to be blamed for the current situation in Ukraine, and "such situation occurredbecause of the immature form of democracy in

TheNational Security and Defense Council of Ukraine will consider apackage of measures to resist the world financial crisis at its sessionon Oct 20. In particular, the session will consider nationalization ofProminvestbank.According to UNIAN, deputyPresident's Chief of Staff Oleksander Shlapak claimed

The Cabinet of Ministersprohibited the budget organizations to buy incandescent lamps from 2009 andobliged to replace them with energy saving lamps. The chairman of the nationalagency on effective use of energy sources Ihor Cherkashin told journalists.According to him, theCabinet passed

The Corporation "IndustrialUnion of Donbass" (ISD) declared cessation of all investment projects in Ukraine, the chairman of board of directorsSerhiy Taruta informed. He specified that the investment projects onmodernization and development of production at "Alchevsk metallurgic works" demanded2 billion dollars

First Deputy of the Head of the Secretariat of the PresidentOleksandr Shlapak does not exclude that the president of Ukraine VictorYushchenko could renew work of the VRU sine die for discussing theamendments to the State Budget 2008 concerning financing of

Four schools of Odessa are takingpart in the pilot project "Electronic journal", due to which parents will havea possibility to get information about progress of their children through SMS.A deputy head of the Odessa departmentof education and science Ihor Perlov

A total of 250 artists, photographers and actors from 20 countries are participating in the MitOst sixth international festival.The event is being held under the patronage of the Open Ukraine Foundation of Ukrainian Speaker and German Ambassador to Ukraine.

A finance situation in Ukraine is stable, although there are particular difficulties in view of the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko told a meeting with representatives of the International Monetary Fund Mission, currently on a visit to Ukraine.