KIEV, July 21 – Nord (Donetsk), the largest Ukrainian refrigerator producer, continues operating despite the difficult situation in the city, the company has said.

KIEV, July 19 - Ukraine's doctor shortage level is currently 18%, the Ministry of Health reported.

"What is the staffing in general in Ukraine? It is 82% of medical posts. The situation with junior health workers is somewhat better - almost 89%," the director of the department for human resources, education and science at the Health Ministry, Mykola Osiychuk, said at a briefing in Kiev.

KIEV, July 19 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed the City of Kiev's Long-term foreign and local currency ratings at 'B-', with stable outlooks, and its short-term foreign currency rating at 'B'.

KIEV/KHARKIV, July 19 – The Income and Tax Ministry has promised to speed up customs procedures for pilgrims arriving to celebrate the 1,025th anniversary of the Baptizing of the Kievan Rus, said Minister Oleksandr Klymenko.

KIEV, July 22 – Ukraina Printing House plans to launch the printing of biometric passports in time for the Ukraine-EU summit, which will be held in Vilnius in November, company director Maksym Stepanov said in an interview with ZN.UA

KIEV, July 22 - The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the first three projects for issuing loans under state guarantees under the State Economic Stimulation Program for 2013-2014, the largest of which is the completion of the first stage of Dnistrovska hydroelectric pumped storage power plant.

KIEV, July 22 - The banknote paper factory of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is in talks regarding the delivery of its products to foreign markets, said the NBU.

KIEV, July 19 – Elektrotrans JV, founded by Lviv-based Electron Concern and Germany-based TransTec Vetschau GmbH, will supply a low-floor narrow-gauge tram of its own design to Lviv's municipality.

KAKHOVKA (Kherson region), July 19 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has again stated that the government will not put any restrictions on grain exports.

KIEV, July 20 - President Viktor Yanukovych has ordered the creation of a delegation for talks with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, the World Bank Group) to sign a loan agreement to improve the country's roads.