KIEV, Sept. 23 – Ukroboronprom State Concern and U.S. Textron Systems are working on a cooperation program to modernize U.S. HMMWVs for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
KIEV, Sept. 20 – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has transferred Ukraine to the first category from the second one according to safety criteria under the International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA), the State Aviation Service reported.
RIVNE, Sept. 20 – Prices for chemical fertilizers on the world market have grown to a level that allows Ukrainian nitrogen enterprises to operate at a profit, businessman Dmytro Firtash has told reporters at a meeting of the Union of Chemists of Ukraine in Rivne.
KIEV, Sept. 20 – The National Bank of Ukraine has increased the reserve asset ratio for long-term assets and bank deposits by legal entities and individuals in foreign currency from 5% to 7%, the NBU said in a statement.
This is stipulated in NBU resolution No. 371 dated September 19 on monetary market regulations.
YALTA, Sept. 23 – It is expensive for Ukraine to maintain the capacity of the Ukrainian gas transport system at 150 billion cubic meters per year amid a significant reduction in gas transit, therefore, without the support of Russia and the EU Kiev can resort to partial conversion of the system, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.
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.
