KYIV, Sept 27 - State-run concern Ukroboronprom is ready to strengthen production cooperation with Azerbaijan's defense industry enterprises in the interests of the two countries with a view to expanding their presence in the international arms markets, the Ukrainian company's press service said on Thursday with reference to Director General of Ukroboronprom Pavlo Bukin.

KYIV, Sept 27 – The TAS Group of Sergiy Tigipko has reached a preliminary agreement on acquisition of Kuznya on Rybalsky Plant, the press service of the group told Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.

KYIV, Sept 28 – State-run Oschadbank and Ukreximbank have put rights of claim under a loan agreement with Kyiv-based Gulliver shopping mall's mortgage up for sale through SETAM's OpenMarket system for UAH 18.177 billion.

KYIV, Sept 28 – Ukraine in 2018 could increase exports of poultry by 7.4%, to 290,000 tonnes, the Union of Poultry Farmers of Ukraine said.

"A record-breaking amount of poultry meat was exported in 2017 – 270,000 tonnes. This indicator will reach 290,000 tonnes in 2018.

KYIV, Sept 28 – Ukrainian ferroalloy enterprises, representatives of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine, lawyers of Ilyashev & Partners are participating in the ferrosilicon manganese duty sunset review in the United States.

KYIV, Sept 27 - Ukraine, losing nine positions in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) of the World Economic Forum (WEF) over the previous two years, has won back four positions over the past year and climbed to 81st place out of 137 countries.

LONDON, Sept 28 - Companies around the world that offer childcare services for their employees found that the benefit had a significant positive impact on their businesses, according to a report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group.

KYIV, Sept 28 – The private Ukrainian defense company Techimpex has denied allegations of the international journalist organization Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) on its involvement in the illicit re-exports of arms from the European Union (EU) to Africa and the Middle East.

KYIV, Sept 28 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide a EUR 160 million loan to Kharkiv to extend the Oleksiyivska subway line.

The bank said on its website that the decision was approved by the Board on September 19.

KYIV, Sept 28 – The Ukrainian Sea Port Authority and Busan Port Authority of South Korea have arranged for studying the opportunities of increasing effectiveness of using the capacities of terminals of Ukrainian ports for imports, transit and transshipment and finding the investment proposals at Ukrainian ports for South Korean business.