KIEV, Aug. 9 - The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to inventory the property of Naftogaz Ukrainy and its subsidiaries that is not used in primary production activities.

KIEV, Aug. 9 - China's Hubei Changyang Hongxin Industrial Group, Ltd. (HCHIG), the country's largest producer of electrolytic manganese, is interested in the acquisition and development of the Velykotokmakske manganese ore deposit in the town of Stepnohirsk in Zaporizhia region, according to Vasil Kisil & Partners law firm, which provides consulting services to HCHIG.

KIEV, Aug. 9 – Changes to the Tax Code approved by the Ukrainian president will help develop entrepreneurship, according to Oleksandr Klymenko, head of the State Tax Service.

SIMFEROPOL, Aug. 10 – The fishing port of Kerch plans this year to launch a terminal for handling liquefied natural gas with a capacity of one million tons per year, to be built by Asian-European Gas Terminal.

KIEV, Aug. 12 - The level of dollarization in Ukraine slid by 2.1% to 29.6% H1, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

The stable downward dynamics [starting from February 2010] of the economy dollarization level is evidence of gradual removal of the impact of the devaluation factor on economic agents' expectations and growing confidence in the national currency – as of July 1, 2010 the economy dollarization level was 29.6% compared to 31.7% as of early 2010," reads the NBU's report.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry plans to streamline the automatic reimbursement of value-added tax starting January 1, 2011, when budget revenue picks up, said Deputy Finance Minister Tetiana Yefymenko.

KIEV, Aug. 11 – The National Bank of Ukraine plans to focus on supporting the stability of the hryvnia and increasing the crediting of the economy, while at the same time honoring the agreements Ukraine has reached with the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, Aug. 10 – Boryspil International Airport plans to complete the construction of the F passenger terminal by August 24, Independence Day, airport press secretary Oksana Ozhihova told journalists on Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 10 - Electricity production in Ukraine's United Energy System increased by 10.4% year-on-year to 107.599 billion kilowatt hours) in January-July, the Fuel and Energy Ministry said.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – The initial price at auctions of oil, gas condensate, natural gas and coal should deviate by more than 5% from the average world prices for these raw materials over the 10 days before the start of an auction, according to the Economy Ministry.