KIEV, Aug. 25 – A marathon TV talk show, entitled "Ukraine's Independence," which was broadcast on Channel 5 and dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, lasted 52 hours and become the world's longest marathon TV talk show, the channel's analytical department reported on Thursday.
KIEV, Aug. 26 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved an Additional Financing loan to Ukraine in the amount of $150 million for the Second Export Development Project (EDP 2).
KIEV, Aug. 26 - Ukraine’s state-owned oil and gas company ChornomorNaftoGaz announced a tender to buy a new self-elevating offshore drilling rig to expand development of oil and gas deposits in the Black Sea.
KIEV, Aug. 27 - UkrAvto Corporation, the organizer of the fifth Stolychne Auto Show, to be held in a large dealer center at Stolychne Shose from Sept. 12 to Sept. 14 this year, expects at least 500,000 visitors. In 2007, over 500,000 visitors turned up.
KIEV, Aug. 28 – A tender to sell Kiev-based Business Standard Bank (earlier TAS-Businessbank) has been prolonged until the end of August, Serhiy Tihipko, the end beneficiary of the bank, has said.
KIEV, Aug. 28 – Taiwan's Archasia Company is in court defending its right to reconstruct the Olympiysky National Sports Complex, the company's office in Ukraine announced, according to Interfax-Ukraine.
KIEV, Aug. 28 - Ukraine's steel industry raised exports 7.9% or 1.2 million tons year-on-year in the first half of 2008 to 15.9 million tons, Deputy Industrial Policy Minister Serhiy Hryschenko said at a conference of steel industry bosses chaired by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
