KIEV, Sept. 12 – The space agencies of Ukraine and China will work on expanding the current program of Ukrainian-Chinese space cooperation for 2011-2015 with new large-scale projects, the State Space Agency of Ukraine told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 12 – One of the largest international producers of wind turbines, Vestas Wind Systems AS, has supplied four turbines for the second phase of the Botiyeve wind power station from Germany to Ukraine, DTEK reported.

KIEV, Sept. 13 – Subsidiary Nemiroff Ukrainian Vodka Company, one of the largest strong spirits producers in Ukraine, from, 2013 suspended operations on August 29 due to a shortage of glass bottles, the company said.

THE HAGUE, Sept. 13 - Ukraine wants to implement joint projects with the Netherlands in the agricultural sector, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

THE HAGUE, Sept. 13 – The delay with the launch of a new reverse route for importing natural gas by Ukraine via Slovakia is mainly linked to politics, and Kiev hopes to resolve this with the help of the European Commission, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky said.

KIEV, Sept. 13 - Ukraine will increase exports of corn by 18.3% to 16.4 million metric tons in the 2013-2014 marketing season from 13.86 million tons the previous season, the agrarian policy and food ministry reported Friday.

KIEV, Sept. 12 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov ordered the government to conduct an experiment by using Royal Dutch Shell’s technology to increase output from an exhausted natural gas well, his press service reported.

MOSCOW, Sept. 13 – Ukraine is getting ready to sign a contract on supplies of armor to Russia, the head of a Ukrainian delegation from Ukraine's state arms exporter Ukrspecexport, Kostiantyn Luniov, said during the 8th international defense exhibition in Nizhny Tagil (Russia).

KIEV, Sept. 13 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has decided to lend EUR 200 million to Ukrhydroenergo to finance the second phase of the renovation of the hydroelectric power plants of the Dnieper and Dniester cascades.

KIEV, Sept. 13 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has affirmed its long-term foreign-currency sovereign rating on Ukraine at 'B+' and lowered the long-term local-currency sovereign rating to 'B+' from 'BB-‘