KIEV, Aug. 21 – The Finance Ministry has proposed that a tax of UAH 25,000 on cars with an engine capacity of over 3,000 cubic meters should only apply to luxury cars, and a tax of up to UAH 1,000 should be introduced for all owners of cars which are no older than five years, Deputy Finance Minister Olena Makeyeva said.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – A total of 74% of the medicine imported from Belarus is sold in Ukraine by intermediaries registered in New Zealand, the United States and Israel and a similar scheme is in effect for supplies of medicine from Russia, according to an investigation by the State Customs Service, details of which were obtained by the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Ukraine online publication.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – If a referendum on the proclamation of the independence of Ukraine were held today, some 62.8% Ukrainians would vote for independence, according to a survey by the Sociological Service of the Razumkov Center.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – Kyivmiskbud Holding says it has all of the required documents for the construction of service facilities in the Vyhurivschyna-Troyeschyna residential area in the eleventh residential block in Desniansky District in Kiev.

MOSCOW, Aug. 23 – The PayPal international payment system will next month start transferring money to Ukraine and Russia, according to a report by PayPal.

KIEV, Aug. 19 - The Nuclear Fuel state concern (Kiev) and Rosatom have signed an agreement on the sale and purchase of shares in the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC) in Angarsk (Irkutsk region, Russia), the Ukrainian concern announced on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – The Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) has drawn the attention of the World Trade Organization and the European Union to the obstacles to grain exports from Ukraine created by the State Customs Service, President of the Ukrainian Grain Association Volodymyr Klymenko said at a press conference on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – The presidents of Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania will participate in the 10th International Economic Forum, entitled "Cross-Border Cooperation. Looking into the Future," which will take place in Truskavets, Lviv region, on October 7-8.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Ukraine has announced a tender for construction work to build an administrative building of the embassy and the residence of ambassador of Kazakhstan in Kiev.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – There are no grounds for the introduction of grain export quotas and the government should only take measures for the Ukrainian Agrarian Fund to accumulate the required stocks of bread grain for domestic needs, according to the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine.