KIEV, May 28 – The wage debt in Ukraine as of May 1 fell by 18.5% compared to early April, Labor and Social Policy Minister Liudmyla Denisova said at a briefing in Kiev on Wednesday.

KIEV, May 28 – Ukraine could expect for another wave of the banking liquidity crisis this fall, according to Ukrainian businessman and UPEK Industrial Group President Anatoliy Girshfeld.

"The problem of bad credits has not been taken off the agenda, it would only come to the fore... The next wave of the banking liquidity crisis will be linked with the accumulated non-return of credits, and it should be discussed in the fall of 2009.

RIVNE, May 28 – Around 40% of the employees of Rivneazot, or 2,000 people, may lose their jobs due to what critics say is the political pressure by the government and Naftogaz Ukrayiny via the cutoff of natural gas deliveries to the plant, a source in Rivne city council said.

BRUSSELS, May 28 – The European Commission is satisfied with the actions of the Ukrainian government aimed at continuing the growth of the country's GDP and reducing inflation.

KIEV, May 28 – The existing exchange rate forecasts of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine are underestimated and too wide, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky the head of the group of advisors to the NBU chairman.

KIEV, May 27 – The World Bank may lend Ukraine from $300 million to $400 million before July 2009 to support its development strategy, the World Bank Country Office in Ukraine said.

KIEV, May 27 – Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ukraine in 2008 could grow to $10 billion, while in Q1 total FDI was $2.4 billion, Executive Director on Economic Issues of Ukrainian National Bank Ihor Shumylo said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine during the first Ukrainian investment forum "Investments in construction and real estate" in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, May 27 – Sandora Company, a major juice producer in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region, has installed two new tetra pack juice production lines, allowing the company to expand its production capacities by 10%.

KIEV, May 28 – The deficit of Ukraine's balance of foreign trade in exceeded $5 billion in Q1, and at the end of the year the deficit could reach $19-20 billion, according to a statement of the parliamentary committee for finance and banking activities issued headed by opposition leader, MP Mykola Azarov.

KIEV, May 25 ??“ UkrGaz-Energo will by the end of 2006 sell to about 4 billion cubic meters or about 12.5% of its annual gas resources through independent gas traders, a Ukraine's Gas Traders Association official said.