KYIV, Aug 6 - The U.S. hotel operator Best Western Hotels & Resorts has excluded The Best Western Sevastopol Hotel from its network in Crimea, and plans in the spring of 2019 to launch its Best Western Plus hotel with 70 rooms in Lviv.

KYIV, Aug 6 – U.S.-based Aviastar Invest Corp. and the Czech-based DISTAR CZ a.s. intend to establish technical cooperation in the field of modernization and production of aircraft at the facilities of Odesa Aircraft Plant that is part of Ukroboronprom state concern, the press service of the state concern reported.

KYIV, Aug 6 - Ukrenergo is preparing a new joint project with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) "Modernization of Transmission Networks" with an approximate cost of EUR 149 million, the company's press service has reported.

KYIV, Aug 6 – Valki-Ilmenit LLC and Mezhyrichensk Mining and Concentration Complex, part of Dmytro Firtash's Group DF, in January-June 2018 increased production of ilmenite concentrate by 80% (or by 31,000 tonnes) year-over-year, to 70,000 tonnes, the group's press service has reported.

KIEV, Aug. 5 – All major Indian pharmaceutical companies operating in Ukraine and members of the Association of Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers (IPMA) in late July received letters requesting the information on the activities of their offices in the country and information on the medicines they produce from the Security Service, IPMA told Interfax-Ukraine agency.

KIEV, Aug. 5 – A centralized spent nuclear fuel storage facility will be built using a $260 million credit agreement signed, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk said.

KIEV, Aug. 4 – Ukraine has agreed to an increase in supplies of nuclear fuel from Westinghouse and having the U.S. company build a nuclear fuel plant in Ukraine in the future to avoid dependence on Russia, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk said.

KIEV, Aug. 4 - Several representatives of the state enterprises Krasnoarmiyskvuhillia and Selydivvuhillia have announced a hunger strike inside the building of the Energy and Coal Mining Ministry over delayed salaries, Mykhailo Volynets, head of the Independent Trade Union of Mine Workers, said.

KIEV, Aug. 4 - The launch of an electronic declaration system, scheduled for August 15, a key demand of the International Monetary Fund, may not happen on time, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry admitted.

KIEV, Aug. 5 – Direct expenses of farmers have grown by 30% due to restrictions imposed by the State Automobile Roads Agency (Ukravtodor) on transportation by road.