KIEV, Aug. 6 – Shareholders in Ukrsotsbank shareholders at a general meeting on August 5 have approved a merger with UniCredit Bank (UniCredit Group).

KIEV, Aug. 6 – Turkey and Egypt still are the most popular holiday destinations among Ukrainian tourists, despite their political instability, Association of the Leaders of Tourist Business of Ukraine President Oleksandr Novikovsky has told journalists.

MOSCOW, Aug. 6 - Russia's Federal Service for Health and Consumer Rights (Rospotrebnadzor) has charged that almost all the products made by the Ukrainian confectionery corporation Roshen are not up to par and makes note of the non-fulfillment by Ukraine of agreements to harmonize the product-quality control system.

KIEV, Aug. 5 - Moldova's Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Vasile Bumacov said Roshen confectionary products are not a health hazard, according to the Publika.md Web site.

KIEV, Aug. 6 - Consumer prices in Ukraine fell by 0.1% in July after holding steady in June, and since early 2013 have grown by 0.1%, the State Statistics Service reported on Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 3 – The Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry has proposed to create an Environmental Insurance Pool to reinforce the protection of the interests of the state, economic entities and citizens in the case of damage being done to the environment, and to place stricter responsibility on insurance market entities for insured people.

KIEV, Aug. 3 - The European Union might reduce its antidumping duty on the import of seamless pipe from the enterprises of Ukraine's Interpipe from 17.7% to 13.8%, the European Commission said in a July 30 proposal.

KIEV, Aug. 3 – The interest rate on certificated two-year foreign currency-pegged treasury bills (T-bills) payable to bearer, which will be issued in late September or early October, could reach 8-10%, said Oleksiy Tkachenko, the director of the general department of banking supervision at the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 3 – A delegation of Ukraine’s State Agency for Investment and Management of National Projects, during a visit to China, signed an agreement with Sinosure national insurance company, the agency reported.

KIEV, Aug. 6 – Ukraine's international reserves grew by $761 million, or 2.6%, to $30.079 billion, in July, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.