KIEV, Jan. 23 –Ukraine plans to boost defense and technical cooperation with the United Kingdom and one of the key directions of the partnership on the new conditions will be cooperation in the imports replacement.

KIEV, Jan. 23 – PrivatBank (Dnipro) is finishing the approval of an agreement with international company EY to conduct a comprehensive audit of the financial report and operations of the bank, First Deputy PrivatBank Chairman Oleksandr Dubrovin said.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – No clear explanations regarding the mechanism of price referencing and a reimbursement system in Ukraine could lead to a shortage of medicines, depriving patients of vital drugs, according to the European Business Association.

KIEV, Jan. 20 - Glencore International AG jointly with Oleksandr Yaroslavsky's DCH Group intends to participate in a tender to privatize public joint-stock company Turboatom if the tender is announced, the press service of DCH reported.

KIEV, Jan. 21 - Ukraine and NATO will carry on a joint ammunition disposal in 2014 in the second stage of the NATO/Partnership for Peace Trust Fund program, the Ukroboronprom press service reported quoting concern head Serhiy Hromov as saying.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – The financing section of the Ukrainian national budget for 2014 foresees borrowing for the general fund of UAH 157.31 billion, which is UAH 370 million, or 0.2% higher than in 2013.

DAVOS, Jan. 23 - Ukraine could issue a second tranche of eurobonds soon, but this might not be quite as big as the first, Andrei Kostin, head of Russia's VTB, told reporters.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Consumer confidence in Ukraine in December 2012 improved, while devaluation expectations dropped, according to a monthly survey of GfK Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 22 - Wizz Air Ukraine plans in 2013 to increase its fleet from two to four Airbus 320 aircraft, Airline Director General Akos Bus said at a press conference in Kiev on Tuesday.

According to him, the third aircraft will start flights from March 31, and the fourth aircraft will be delivered to Ukraine in July.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Several Ukrainian companies are ready to handle an initial public offering (IPO) on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) in 2013 and waiting when the situation on the stock market improves, according to WSE spokesman Blazej Karwowski.