BRUSSELS, Sept. 2 – German business supports the signing of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement as well as the abolition of visas for Ukrainians, according to Ukraine's Ambassador to Germany, Pavlo Klimkin.

MOSCOW, Sept. 2 – Antonov State Enterprise is ready to launch the manufacture of An-70 aircraft in another country if Russia quits the project, Antonov State Enterprise President and Chief Designer Dmytro Kiva told Interfax-AVN.

KIEV, Sept. 3 – Customers flows to car showrooms ahead of the introduction of the vehicle recycling tax grew by 20-30% on average in August, Marketing Director of AIS Group, a large operator of the car market, Serhiy Borovyk, has said.

ZHUKOVSKY (Moscow region), Sept. 3 – The signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union will destructively affect the high-tech sectors of the Ukrainian economy, President of Motor Sich (Zaporizhia), MP Viacheslav Bohuslayev said.

KIEV, Sept. 3 – Stirol, one of the biggest producers of mineral fertilizers in Ukraine, has halted production as of September 1 because of the state of the world market, a company statement says.

"Due to the situation that has developed on world markets, Stirol has for the time being ceased the production of urea, ammonia, ammonium nitrate, and CAC [carbamide-ammoniac compound].

KIEV, Sept. 3 – If Ukraine signs an association agreement with the European Union, the Ukrainian-Russia basic treaty of friendship and cooperation will be violated, said Kremlin aide Sergei Glazyev.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – The issue of eurobonds worth $2 billion by Ukraine allowed there to be an $800 million payments surplus in July, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry and Turkey’s Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications of have drawn up draft rules for carrying freight and rules for organizing the exploitation of freight cars and containers moving by rail on international direct freight rail and ferry routes between the countries' ports.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – The State Environmental Investment Agency and Japan's Sumitomo Corporation have signed an agreement on the supply of 1,200 Toyota Prius hybrid cars for the Ukrainian police, reads.

KIEV, Sept. 3 – The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry plans to take on advisors on the reform of national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrayiny, reads an offering memorandum for Ukraine's eurobonds, a copy of which has been sent to Interfax-Ukraine.