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Ukraine adopts crucial healthcare reform
KYIV, Oct. 19 - Ukrainian lawmakers voted through a long-delayed overhaul of the health system on Thursday that the state's Western backers say will raise standards and tackle a culture of bribe-taking in surgeries and hospitals, Reuters reported. 21:47 | More

Parliament sends lawmaker immunity bill to Constitutional Court for review
KYIV, Oct. 19 - Protesters calling for President Petro Poroshenko to enact anticorruption reforms or step down notched a small victory on October 19 as parliament sent a bill on lifting lawmakers' immunity from prosecution to the Constitutional Court for review, RFE/RL reported. 21:46 | More

Glencore to acquire stake in Rusal’s Ukrainian alumina plant, assets
KYIV, Oct 19 – The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has permitted Glencore commodities trader to acquire a stake in the charter capital of Mykolaiv alumina plant LLC (Mykolaiv region) and three other Ukrainian companies under control of RusAl (Russia). 21:44 | More

President Petro Poroshenko declares firm intention to launch the Anticorruption Court next year. The Head of State emphasizes his willingness to sign the Law on Anticorruption Court by the end of the year in case the Parliament adopts it. (Photo by the president's press service)

Ukrainian coking plants imported 7.9-mln mt of coking coal in Jan-Sept
KYIV, Oct 19 - Coking plants in Ukraine imported 7.9 million tons of coking coal and coal concentrate in January-September 2017, which is 12% or 1 million tons down from a year ago. 21:42 | More

IN FOCUS	Protesters call on Poroshenko to quit KYIV, Oct. 17 - Former Georgian leader and former Odessa governor Mikheil Saakashvili told a mass rally in Kiev on Tuesday that President Petro Poroshenko needed to quit as activists set out demands for the government to tackle entrenched state graft. 12:27 \| More
Poroshenko refuses to meet protesters KYIV, Oct. 18 - A massive anti-corruption street protest outside the parliament building continued for the second day in Ukraine as President Petro Poroshenko had refused to meet protesters on Wednesday. 21:41 \| More

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS

Threats persist from Chernobyl and Fukusima, Greenpeace reports The forest areas around Ukraine's Chernobyl and Japan's Fukusima remain sources of radiation and carry a potential threat to the health of local residents, Greenpeace said.More	Consumer inflation slowing faster than expected, NBU reports The actual slow of consumer inflation in February in annual terms is quicker than the inflation-slowing trajectory to 12% as of late 2016 projected by the National Bank of Ukraine, the regulator has reported on its website.More
ING analysts forecast 2016 GDP decline, citing political risks Analysts from ING Bank have confirmed the forecast of a decline in real gross domestic product in 2016 by 1%, pointing to a predominance of political risks in the economy.More	NBU: Hryvnia slide caused by temporary and fundamental factors The decrease of the hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market continue being caused by both temporary and fundamental market factors that result in the reduction of supply of foreign currency, Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Governor Oleh Churiy said.More