KIEV, July 8 – Ukrspecexport state enterprise and the Croatian Defense Ministry have signed a contract on repairs and modernization of MiG-21 aircraft for the tactical air defense of the Air Force of the Republic of Croatia.

KIEV, July 8 – The law on transfer pricing passed on July 4 will hinder the outflow of taxable profit to other countries and could positively influence the Ukrainian economy, said Konstantin Karpushin, who heads the Transfer Pricing Group at KPMG Ukraine.

KIEV, July 9 - The Cabinet of Ministers has ordered the allocation of UAH 2.138 billion for development programs, of which only UAH 50 million was earmarked to Ukreuroinfraproject for the construction of a modern building at the Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital (Kiev) at 28/1 Chornovola Street in the Shevchenkivsky district of Kiev.

KIEV, July 9 – Offices of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) have been opened at Yuzhnoukrainsk and Khmelnytsky nuclear power plants, the National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom reported.

KIEV, July 9 – The Economic Court in Kiev has closed a criminal case on the privatization of Kryvorizhstal (now the public joint-stock company ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region), opened eight years ago under a claim of the Investment-Metallurgical Union consortium, due to the non-appearance of the claimant in court.

MOSCOW, July 6 - Lukoil-Ukraine is putting 22 filling stations and two oil depots in Ukraine up for sale, according to information on Russian company Lukoil's Web site.

KIEV, July 6 - Ukraine plans to pump 13.135 billion cubic meters of natural gas into its underground storage facilities this year, compared to the previously planned 10-11 bcm.

KIEV, July 6 - Ukraine will need 68.156 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2012, according to the country's forecast gas balance.

Ukraine will produce 20.727 bcm of gas itself, import 35.124 bcm and tap 12.305 bcm from underground storage facilities, according to the balance, which the government has endorsed.

KIEV, July 6 – Ukraine and China are working through plans for future cooperation in the framework of a lunar exploration program.

The Ukrainian and Chinese partners discussed possible areas for cooperation in the Lunar program during a visit of a delegation of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the management of China Great Wall Industry Corporation to Ukraine on July 5-6, Interfax-Ukraine learned at the State Space Agency of Ukraine.

KIEV, July 8 - Ukraine had 0.3% deflation in June compared with May, the State Statistics Committee said.

Prices fell 1.2% compared with June 2011.

They rose 0.1% in the first half of 2012.