KIEV, Oct. 1 – The Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry hopes to synchronize the country's food industry with the European Union's technical regulations as soon as Ukraine signs the Association Agreement with the EU.

KIEV, Oct. 1 - Hyperion Netherlands B.V. intends to buy a 100% stake in Owl Solar (Saki district, Crimea), which operates Mitiayeve solar power plant (Crimea, 31.55 MW capacity).

KIEV, Oct. 2 – Ukraine, to fulfill its foreign currency obligations, has to repay $1.85 billion by the end of 2013, said Halyna Pakhachuk, the director of the department for debt and international financial policy at the Finance Ministry.

KIEV, Oct. 2 – It is premature to cancel the system of deposit guarantee regarding individuals' deposits in foreign currency in Ukraine, according to Oleksiy Tkachenko, deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – Ukraine International Airlines has said that the ruling of the Higher Economic Court on the dispute with Swissport International Ltd. (Switzerland) on the ownership rights to Interavia company (earlier Swissport Ukraine) was issued under political pressure.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – Rivne nuclear power plant plans to launch a solid radioactive waste treatment complex in 2014, National Nuclear Generating Company EnergoAtom has reported.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – Crimea Titan issued a statement denying it had ceased operation, saying that only the ammophos shop, which accounts for a very small share of total production, was stopped for repairs.

KIEV, Oct. 3 - Ukraine's imports of natural gas from Europe increased by 40.5%, or by 99 million cubic meters, to 343.2 million cu m in September from 244.2 million cu m imported in August, state gas shipper UkrTransGaz, reported Thursday.

KIEV, Oct. 3 - A second regional council in Ukraine on Thursday approved a government draft for a $10 billion shale gas production-sharing agreement with U.S. energy major Chevron, clearing the way for it to be signed.

KIEV, Oct. 2 - Ukrainian Ambassador to Russia Volodymyr Yelchenko has predicted that Kiev and Moscow will soon sign an agreement on the delimitation of their maritime border.

"After a long negotiation process, the parties have agreed to sign a bilateral agreement that would resolve these issues," he said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.