KIEV, July 29 - Real wages in Ukraine increased by 17.3% year-on-year in June, and by 7.2% from May, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, July 29 - Ukraine will seek to invoke an early warning clause of the Energy Charter Treaty following Russia’s unexpected move to steeply cut natural gas transit to Europe via Ukrainian pipelines, Naftogaz Ukrayiny said Friday.

KIEV, July 30 - Simferopol's Chornomornaftogaz has selected Subsidiary Bank Sberbank of Russia and Export-Import Bank of Ukraine (Ukreximbank) to provide credit lines totaling UAH 150 million (about $18.8 million at the current exchange rate), according to information posted on the state procurement Web site.

KIEV, July 30 - The Cabinet of Ministers is planning to sign a memorandum with its foreign partners this August on the creation of the institution of business ombudsman, which can become an arbitrator in relations between government and business, as well as prevent the use of administrative levers in corporate conflicts, First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov said.

KIEV, July 31 – The level of replacement of imported construction materials by Ukrainian-made materials is expected to grow from some 70% to 85% by late 2013, Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Utilities Economy Minister Hennadiy Temnyk said.

POLTAVA, July 31 - Kriukov Car Building Works (KCBW) has proposed starting the exploitation of high-speed interregional electric trains built by the plant with a delay in payment, KCBW Board Chairman and Director Yevhen Khvorost told reporters on Tuesday.

KIEV, July 31 – The Ukrkondprom association has asked the Ukrainian government to help lift a ban imposed by Russia's Federal Consumer Rights Protection Service on the import to Russia of confectionary products made by Ukrainian confectioner Roshen.

MOSCOW, July 31 - Russian trade moves against Ukrainian products like chocolate, cheese and pastries may soon expand to include bans on other products, according to Russia's chief sanitary inspector.

KIEV, July 31 - Ukraine’s economy contracted 1.1% on the year in the second quarter, the government reported Wednesday signaling the country may need assistance from the International Monetary Fund to offset lower budget revenue.

KIEV, July 30 – The Cabinet of Ministers announced plans to amend previously adopted regulations on the registration of foreign economic contracts for scrap metal exports, and impose tougher requirements on economic entities engaged in exports of scrap ferrous and nonferrous metals.