KIEV, Jan. 16 – Ukraine's State Agency for Managing the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has extended the deadline for submitting bids for the allocation of land parcels to build solar power plants in the Chernobyl zone until March 1.

KIEV, Jan. 16 – The inspectorate of the Royal Thai Army on January 16 will start accepting the new batch of Oplot combat tanks in Ukraine made at Malyshev Plant (Kharkiv) under a contract to supply 49 tanks to Thailand signed in 2011, the state-run enterprise Ukrspecexport reported.

KIEV, Jan. 16 – The Individuals Deposit Guarantee Fund has started looking for authorized persons interested to participate in removal of insolvent Platinum Bank (Kiev) from the market, the fund has reported on its website.

KIEV, Jan. 12 – Ukraine has permitted imports of beef and pork from Canada without additional certification as part of preparations for the introduction of the free trade area between the two countries.

KIEV, Jan. 12 - Ukrainian coke chemical plants in 2015 reduced production of metallurgical coke of 6% humidity by 16% compared to 2014, to 11.606 million tons.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – Ukraine is holding talks with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan on the introduction of a uniform through tariff for transportation of cargos by a container train that would go across Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and China (via Caspian and Black seas) and will depart from Illichivsk on January 15 to make a demonstration trip, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – DTEK in 2015 sent UAH 1.5 billion to the thermal power plants repair campaign, the energy holding reported on Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - Ukraine will import 1.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Europe through March within a $300 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Naftogaz Ukrayiny reported Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – Ukraine is ready to provide the Flexible Use of Airspace Centralized Services for the EUROCONTROL-member countries.

The Ukrainian Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE) reported that the consortium consisting of Air Navigation Service Providers of Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, as well as the leading manufacturer of air navigation equipment – Indra (Spain) could be entitled to provide the service.

KIEV, Jan. 13 – A delay in the adoption of a cabinet resolution on the approved list of goods, exports and imports which are to be subject to licensing and quotas for 2015 could result in a sowing campaign failure and the loss of Ukraine's position in the international grain export market, the European Business Association has said.