KIEV, Sept. 20 – Kiev is planning soon to sign a contract for the modernization of 96 subway cars for a total of UAH 960 million using funds Ukraine received under the Kyoto Protocol, said Oleksandr Popov, head of Kiev City State Administration.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – Stock market participants have asked President Viktor Yanukovych to veto a law on the depository system of Ukraine passed on July 6 by Parliament, and return it to Parliament with a proposal to exclude requirements that hinder the development of the financial market and violate the rights of market players.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – The government has agreed to a proposal of the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry to attract a $3 billion government-secured loan from Export-Import Bank of China for State Food-Grain Corporation.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – System Capital Management, Ukraine's largest holding company, has decided to merge its First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) and Dongorbank, which ranked 14th and 24th, respectively, in terms of overall assets at the middle of 2010.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – The state-owned enterprise Ukrvaktsyna has lodged a suit at a federal court in Portland (Oregon, United States) against a U.S. company. The suit seeks damages for the fraudulent purchase of vaccines, the press service of the Ukrainian Health Ministry reported on Tuesday.

KIEV, Sept. 23 - Ukraine's Coal Industry Ministry and China Development Bank signed a memorandum of cooperation in the coal industry in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 23 - Ukraine's Interpipe holding has confirmed it has obtained the consent of bondholders to reschedule $200 million in eurobonds, on which it missed a coupon payment in February, on its own terms.

KIEV, Sept. 22 – The Ukrainian Municipal Economy Ministry has proposed to the World Bank to increase the financing of the open component of the City Infrastructure Development project by $200 million.

KIEV, Sept. 22 – The Ukrainian population will not consider the coming placement of Ukrainian T-bills as an attractive investment instrument, and their issue will not impact the credit and financial market of the country, according to experts polled by Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – The plans of the Economy Ministry to introduce the state regulation of fuel prices could lead to a serious destabilization and gradual degradation of the market, according to A-95 consulting group.