KIEV, Nov. 27 – MPs have proposed that excise duties on used passenger cars should be temporarily reduced (from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017) to minimize temporary import schemes aimed at tax avoidance.

KIEV, Nov. 27 - Real wages in Ukraine 2015 fell by 12.7% year-on-year in October but rose by 5.6% from September 2015, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, Nov. 26 - Ukraine and Turkey confirmed that they plan to expand bilateral military-technical cooperation at the Turkey Defense Week 2015 international conference, recently held in Ankara, Ukroboronprom State Concern reported.

KIEV, Nov. 27 – The average expert estimation of Ukraine's GDP growth in 2012 was downgraded in November to 1%, from 2.3% in August this year, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported.

KIEV, Nov. 28 – The quality and effectiveness of the tax system in Ukraine in 2012 have improved compared to 2011, and representatives of small- and medium-sized businesses have noticed a fall in tax pressure.

KIEV, Nov. 28 – 3W Power Ukraine, a subsidiary of Germany's AEG Power Solutions, has signed a contract with the solar division of the Portuguese multinational group Martifer on the supply of TKS-C container solutions for two solar farms in Vinnytsia region, which will have a total output capacity of 5.25 MW.

KIEV, Nov. 28 - There are reserves available for further wheat exports, according to Ukraine's Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry.

"We will be exporting more, our updated balances give the opportunity today for the continuation of exports," First Deputy Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Ivan Bisiuk told the press in Kiev on Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 28 – Donetsk Mayor Oleksandr Lukyanchenko is taking steps to ensure the continuation of the operation of Donetsk electrometallurgical plant, which Russia's Mechel is shutting down until spring due to the complicated situation on the metal product markets and a lack of working capital.

KIEV, Nov. 29 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Smart Maritime Group, which unites shipbuilding and marine assets of Smart-holding, have signed a memorandum on strategic cooperation in the development and restoration of technological fleet of state-run enterprise Chornomornaftogaz (Simferopol), the state holding reported on Thursday.

KIEV, Nov. 28 – Ukraine’s economy will not necessarily go into recession this year and there is still the possibility of finishing the year with a "soft landing," said Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of a group of advisors to the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.