KIEV, Oct. 23 – The restoration of irrigation systems in the south of Ukraine would increase the country's grain harvest to 80 million tons, the Deputy Agricultural Policy and Food Minister said.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has criticized the banks for their model of participation in the economy and said that the president has ordered the use of every possible mechanism to reduce interest rates on loans to enterprises to 14% per annum by the end of this year.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – Ukraine is studying the prospects for the development of cooperation in military shipbuilding with Southeast Asian countries, including Cambodia, Thailand and South Korea, Ukroboronprom State Concern told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said he was unhappy at the presence of representatives of Russian confectionary companies among inspectors of Rospotrebnadzor checking the confectionary factories of Roshen Corporation.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – The government should systemically strengthen economic policy to focus on support for domestic production, as negative trends were observed in the country's economy in September, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Oct. 23 – Auchan, a French developer of supermarkets and shopping centers, is planning within two months to sign a loan agreement with the International Finance Corporation to attract $75 million for the construction of hypermarkets and shopping centers.

KIEV, Oct. 23 - The National Commission for Energy Regulation has issued a license and set up a feed-in tariff for electricity produced by Dunaiska solar power plant-2 (Odessa region).

KIEV, Oct. 24 – Ukrainian farmers and traders agreed at a meeting of the Agriculture and Food Ministry last week that wheat would not be exported after November 15, Ukrainian Grain Association Chairman Volodomyr Klymenko said.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – The UAVtormet Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals has strongly criticized the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade for placing obstacles in the way of granting permits for scrap metal exports, which worsens the financial situation at sector enterprises, and has appealed to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov for help.

KIEV, Oct. 25 – Experts from U.S.-based investment bank Goldman Sachs have resumed coverage of Ukraine's economy and point to growing risks of a devaluation of the national currency, the hryvnia.