KIEV, Aug. 1 – The surplus of Ukraine's consolidated balance of payments in June amounted to $377 million, whereas in the previous month it was $374 million, and in June - $468 million, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 1 - All state procurements in Ukraine will be carried out with the use of the ProZorro e-procurement system starting August 1, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry said.

MOSCOW, July 30 - A new and closer examination has confirmed suspicions that the products of the Ukrainian confectionery company Roshen are unsafe, Russian consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor chief Gennady Onishchenko told Interfax on Tuesday.

POLTAVA, July 30 – Kriukov Car Building Works (KCBW) is planning to manufacture five high-speed interregional trains for the Air Express project, KCBW Chairman and Director Yevhen Khvorost said in Poltava on Tuesday.

KIEV, July 31 – All of Ukraine's efforts are aimed at the signing of an Association Agreement with the European Union, First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov said.

KIEV, Aug. 1 - The State Property Fund in Kiev region has announced a tender to lease 2,268 square meters of space in Terminal D of Boryspil International Airport (Kiev) to place restaurants, cafes and duty-free shops, the fund reported in Vidomosti Pryvatyzatsii newspaper.

KIEV, Aug. 1 - Ukrainian pipe group Interpipe (Dnipropetrovsk) plans to organize production of pipes with ultra-premium thread connections meeting CAL IV standards for use in the most demanding oil and gas production projects.

KIEV, Aug. 1 - Ukraine plans to begin official negotiations with Russia on its claims against Roshen and other Ukrainian confectionery producers at the beginning of next week, Ukrainian Agrarian Policies and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk told reporters on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 1 – The deficit of Ukraine's national budget in June 2013 was UAH 4.258 billion, which was 81.2% up on May 2013 (UAH 2.342 billion) and 39.6% up on June 2012 (UAH 3.05 billion).

KIEV, Aug. 1 - Ukraine plans to accelerate imports of natural gas from Russia in August as it attempts to store enough gas for the upcoming winter, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said Thursday.