KIEV, Dec. 15 - The United States Department of Agriculture has revised upwards its projections for the maize harvest in the 2008/2009 marketing year from 9.5 million tons to 10 million tons.

KIEV, Dec. 15 – Top managers of Russian natural gas giant Gazprom cancelled their upcoming holidays and will celebrate the New Year in office, perhaps preparing for a standoff with Ukraine, a Russian analyst said Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 14 ??“ Ukraine??™s economic expansion, buoyed by robust external demand, accelerated in November, defying fears that a recent deep domestic political crisis may have had a negative impact.

KIEV, Dec. 15 ??“ The government has proposed earmarking UAH320 million (about $60 million) in the 2005 state budget for the State Committee for Material Reserve to create a light fuel reserve.

KIEV, Dec. 15 ??“ The board of directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development unanimously approved on Tuesday two new projects for Ukraine: a $200 million crediting program to support micro-, small- and mid-sized businesses and a loan of EUR20 million to modernize the water supply in Dnipropetrovsk.

KYIV, Nov 14 – Despite a missile strike on one of the ships in Odesa port, the sea corridor is working, but such precedents affect the cost of freight and the willingness of participants in the global grain market to work with Ukraine, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solsky said.

KYIV, Nov 14 – There are no reasons for concern due to the threat to internal food security, despite the fact that 20% of agricultural land compared to pre-war 2021 is still not available for cultivation, assured First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky.

KYIV, Nov 12 – Ukraine seeks to expand exports of food and agriculture products to Oman amid disrupted supply chains due to coronavirus pandemic, Dmytro Senik, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, said.

KYIV, Nov 13 – Ukraine and the European Union will jointly develop critical raw materials, like those used in production of electrical vehicle batteries, to boost each other’s competitiveness globally, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Friday.

KYIV, Nov 12 – Ukraine is actively exploring ways of producing and sending hydrogen to markets in Europe as part of a major push for clean energy in the European Union, Olha Buslavets, the acting energy minister, said.