KIEV, Oct. 4 – Ukraine and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have signed an agreement for the provision of an associate membership of this organization to Ukraine.

Deputy Prime Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko signed this agreement on behalf of Ukraine, the State Agency on Science, Innovations and Informatization reported.

KIEV, Oct. 6 – Lawmakers from the Regions Party faction Dmytro Sandler, Oleskiy Fedun and Ihor Zvarych, and a lawmaker from the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense faction, Roman Tkach, have proposed to introduce a 5% duty on imports of polyvinylchloride (PVC), reads a posting on the Web site of the Ukrainian parliament.

KIEV, Oct. 6 – A centralized storage facility for radioactive waste is to open in the Chernobyl zone in 2013, Head of the State Agency for Managing the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Volodymyr Kholosha told reporters during a briefing in the Chernobyl zone (Kiev region).

KIEV, Oct. 5 – Ukraine's AeroSvit and Vietnam Airlines have concluded a code sharing agreement on the route between Kiev (Boryspil) and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

KIEV, Oct. 6 – The National Bank of Ukraine has said that copies of passports made during forex deals between citizens and banks should be stamped to indicate they were made to carry out such a transaction, in order to prevent the illegal use of copies.

KIEV, Oct. 5 – Ukraine is ready to ensure the pumping of up to 16-20 million tons of Azeri oil via its territory, including transit shipments of 13-17 million tons, according to Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Ministry Serhiy Chekh.

KIEV, Oct. 5 – Ukraine's government and grain traders have managed to reach a compromise on grain export duties, Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said.

KIEV, Oct. 6 - ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, said the Ukrainian government could seize control of its $4.8 billion steel plant there after charging it with violating terms of a 2005 purchase agreement, The Wall Street Journal reported.

MOSCOW, Oct. 4 - Ukraine's nuclear power plant state operator EnergoAtom and Russia's Atomenergomash, controlled by the state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, have reached an agreement to set up a consortium to launch local production of equipment for nuclear power plants.

KIEV, Oct. 4 - The Industrial Union of Donbass (IUD, Donetsk) is fulfilling its obligations in paying interest on all loans, the corporation said in a statement on Monday.