KYIV, Oct 25 - The government approved a list of regional development investment projects worth more than UAH 98 million to be financed by the State Regional Development Fund, the pres service reported.

KIEV, Oct. 25 - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched its 'Decentralization Offering Better Results and Efficiency' (DOBRE) program with a budget of $50 million, in Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador in Kiev Marie Yovanovitch said.

KIEV, Oct. 25 - Ukrainian businessman Oleh Bakhmatyuk, the major shareholder in agricultural group Ukrlandfarming, is in talks with Chinese and Middle East investors about possibly selling a stake in the company, Interfax news agency reported.

KIEV, Oct. 25 - High competitiveness of Ukrainian products is one of the obstacles to all Ukrainian goods entering European Union markets, of Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Taras Kutoviy said.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva has reiterated that a smear campaign is under way against her and says that Ukraine is now seeing macro-financial stability.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – Ukrenergo requires corporate management reforms, according to Vsevolod Kovalchuk, acting director of the state-run energy enterprise.

KIEV, Oct. 25 – Ukraine as of October 24 had threshed 51.4 million tons of grain and leguminous crops from 12.2 million hectares (85% of forecast).

KIEV, Oct. 22 – The Kiev Pechersky District Court has withdrawn the arrest of the property of PJSC Rivneazot (part of Dmytro Firtash's Ostchem).

KIEV, Oct. 23 – Deputy head of Presidential Administration Dmitry Shymkiv has called on law enforcement and fiscal agencies to stop pressuring IT companies, describing such pressure as inadmissible in the current economic and political situation in the country, he wrote in an op-ed article in Ukrainska Pravda.

KHARKIV, Oct. 22 – Kharkiv Airlines (part of DCH of Oleksandr Yaroslavsky) in cooperation with the Pegas Touristik tour operator on October 20 launched flights from Boryspil to Goa (India).