KIEV, Jan. 21 – The trade union of air stewards, aircraft mechanics, and pilots of AeroSvit Airline will picket the Presidential Administration on Tuesday, January 22.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – The Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has said that requirements on the moisture content of poultry should be introduced.

"Ukrainian-reared poultry will become more competitive on the foreign market if Ukraine introduces the single requirement on the moisture content [of poultry]. The regulation of moisture content will help protect Ukrainian consumers from poultry with increased levels of moisture," the ministry said.

KIEV, Jan. 22 - Ukraine’s largest power and coal mining group DTEK on Tuesday fired six senior officials at its Komsomolets Donbassa coal mine after a probe showed safety rule violations caused a fatal methane explosion earlier this month.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has lowered its forecast for Ukraine's economy this year, predicting growth of 1% in 2013, down from its October projection of 2.5%.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - Astarta agricultural holding, the largest sugar producer in Ukraine, is planning in September to complete the construction of a biogas complex at the Hlobyne sugar refinery in Poltava region, the company's director general, Viktor Ivanchyk, told reporters on Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - Ekotechnik Praha is planning this year to construct a 54 MW solar power plant in Vinnytsia region, the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration has said.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – The Ukrainian cabinet has approved a feasibility study on the development of the Subotyne oil field on the Black Sea shelf, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – The Association of Ukrainian Banks said it opposes regulatory initiatives of the Interior Ministry that it fears would lead to the monopolization of the bank security guard market.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – Ukraine is planning to announce tenders to attract investors to develop the Oleske and Yuzovska shale gas fields by February 22, said Volodymyr Ivaschenko, an advisor to the ecology and natural resources minister.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to boost investments in Ukraine in 2009, said Olivier Decamps, head of the bank’s Southeast Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia business group.