Today, Ukraine's Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyrya jointly with Head of Telenor's Representative Office in Ukraine, President of the European Business Association Trond Moe conducted a press-conference entitled "Investment climate of Ukraine and ways of its improvement". Executive Director of the

The increase in statutory fund of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine by UAH 18.6 billion by selling the government domestic loan bonds will improve the situation in the company just for a short time, but this move cannot solve the problems

Ukraine's Kyrylo Soyko has brought Ukraine the first silver medal in men's 25m standard pistol event at the EPSO European Shooting Championships in Osijek, Croatia, press-service of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee reported. Ukraine's junior team now has four medals

Jumper Yevhen Strokan of Ukraine has grabbed the bronze medal in the men's triple jump event at the 10th European Youth Olympic Summer Festival in Tampere, Finland, press-service of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee reported. For today, the Ukrainians have

GDP fall in Ukraine in H1 2009 made 21.6%, Accounting Chamber Head Valentyn Symonenko said. He reminded that GDP drop, according to data provided by the State Statistics Committee, was 20.3% in Q1 2009, and 31.1% for industrial production. The

The transit of natural gas by the territory of Ukraine in January - June reduced by 41.5% from the like 2008 period, the State Statistics Committee reported. The transit of oil reduced by 8.2%. The general transportation of oil by

Yesterday, two Crimean cities-heroes, Kerch and Sevastopol, signed an agreement on cooperation. The agreement foresees joint collaboration in trade and economic, scientific and technical, cultural and humanitarian directions. According to Kerch Mayor Oleh Osadchy and Sevastopol Mayor Serhiy Kunitsyn, these

The Ukrainian Justice Ministry concluded an agreement with The Ohio State University (USA) on lawmaking policy development in Ukraine. A major goal of the project is to improve lawmaking activity in Ukraine, UKRINFORM reported with reference to the ministry press-service.

Pig numbers rose by 1.7% (121,400 animals) in June from May 2009, to 7.204 million animals, the State Statistics Committee has told UKRINFORM. Pig numbers at private farms grew by 1.6% (65,700 animals), to 4.136 million animals, while the number

British researchers from the New Economics Foundation have calculated The Happy Planet Index (HPI) to reveal the world's happiest nations. Thus, Costa Rica is the greenest and happiest country in the world, according to a new list that ranks nations

The number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on the Ukrainian market in 2009 will grow by three or four times compared to 2008, experts have said. "In monetary terms, the market will total around USD 1.5-2 billion. This forecast does

Alcohol output in Ukraine grew by 600,000 deciliters or 1% in January-June 2009, to 22 million deciliters, the State Tax Administration's press service has reported. In particular, vodka output grew by 45.8% in the first half of this year. A

The transit of Russian gas in January - June 2009 reduced from the like 2008 period by 41.5% to 39.076 billion cubic meters. A total of 37.583 billion cubic meters was pumped to European countries, including 26.391 billion cubic meters

The Belarus 2009 exhibition has been opened in Odesa (South Ukraine) to show the products of about 80 leading enterprises of that country. "Ukraine and Odesa region have always been Belarus' important trade partners. Machine-building products and tools from Belarus

In June, the number of vacancies reduced at Ukrainian enterprises. Compared to May, their number reduced by 9,100 to 76,200, the State Statistics Committee reported. In June, 8.8 people claimed one vacancy. The level of unemployment was 2.4%, which is

Recently, one of Zakarpattya's sanatoriums applied an experimental for Ukraine but popular all over the world method such as hypotherapy. It is a well known cure method which has positive results, especially for illnesses of the nervous system. The cure

In the 1st half of the current year, Ukraine's banking system received a negative financial result with its losses running into UAH 14.3 billion (UAH 7.66 / USD 1) against profits of UAH 5.3 billion during the like 2008 period,

The Ukrainian government proposes lifting value added tax on the import of Bibles by property registered religious organizations. The Cabinet of Ministers approved relevant amendments to the value added tax law, the government's press service reported. The law was drafted

Since the beginning of the month, the demand for foreign currency has greatly increased, and the hryvnia's rate dynamic against the world's main currencies experienced a certain devaluation pressure, the National Bank reported. On the interbank currency market in July,

The Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has arrived on a working visit to Dnipropetrovsk region, the government press service reported. In the course of this visit Yulia Tymoshenko held an away session of the Government dedicated to the situation in agro-industrial