KIEV, Nov. 26 – Serhiy Arbuzov, the powerful governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, insisted on Parliament’s approval of a controversial bill that slaps a 15% tax on every transaction selling hard currency by individuals.

KIEV, Nov. 26 – The National Communications Regulatory Commission, due to a presidential decree on the suspension of a cabinet resolution of Nov. 11, 2009 on conducting the conversion of radiofrequency bands, plans to act in accordance with the position of bidders in the first tender for 3G licenses scheduled for Nov. 27.

KIEV, Nov. 26 - Ukraine's state debt currently stands at UAH 225 billion compared to UAH 130.7 billion at the beginning of 2009, first deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential secretariat Oleksandr Shlapak.

KIEV, Nov. 25 - Moody's Investors Service has stated that last week's default by an unrated state-owned company is consistent with the agency's B2 (negative outlook) sovereign credit rating for the government of Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 26 – The strengthening of the hryvnia exchange rate will continue at least until late 2009, according to experts polled by Interfax-Ukraine.

According to the director of the financial markets department at Finance and Credit Bank, Andriy Voitenko, the hryvnia exchange rate could strengthen to UAH 7.60-7.80/$1 before the start of the presidential election.

KIEV, Nov. 26 - Deputy Economy Minister Valeriy Piatnytsky has denied a report posted on the Ukraine and the WTO websites on Wednesday claiming that Ukraine has allegedly pulled out of bilateral talks on Russia's accession to the WTO.

KIEV, Nov. 25 – Stoppage of construction of up to 70% of houses is possible in Ukraine by late 2008 due to the economic crisis, the board chairman of Kiev-based XXI Century developing company and board chairman of the Ukrainian Construction Association, Lev Partskhaladze, has said.

ODESSA, Nov. 23 - Cargo turnover at Odessa maritime merchant port was 26 million tons in January through October, a 10.4% rise year-on-year.

KIEV, Nov. 23 - Nuclear experts from Japan, France, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia and Ukraine during a seminar held at the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant from Nov. 20 through Nov. 23 exchanged experience in prolonging the operating lives of nuclear plants, according to EnergoAtom.

KIEV, Nov. 23 - Ukrainian tax bodies deny reports about attempts to seize Naftogaz Ukrayiny property or accounts.