KIEV, Sept. 20 – The slowdown in global economic growth is increasing the risks to the hryvnia's stability, according to experts from the Forum for Leading International Financial Institutions (FLIFI).

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko has invited the energy ministers of the EU member states to attend a conference on the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transport system, which is to be held in Kiev on September 29.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – The issue of government domestic loan bonds denominated in foreign currency would increase the risks for Ukraine's national budget, according to Oleksandr Suhoniako, president of the Association of Ukrainian Banks.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – The International Monetary Fund has improved its forecast for GDP growth in Ukraine in 2011 from 4.5% to 4.7%, which matches the Ukrainian government's forecast.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – The decision of the National Bank of Ukraine to introduce passport checks on individuals making foreign currency exchanges at banks and financial institutions could lead to the growth of the shadow market, analysts said.

KIEV, Sept. 21 - The government of Ukraine has spent $1.2 billion of a $2 billion short-term bridge loan issued by Russia's VTB Bank in early June, Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko reported.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Ukraine and the United States have begun to dismantle around 200 9K72 Scud missiles decommissioned in 1997 and stored at the 48th ammunition arsenal of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry in Vinnytsia region, the ministry announced.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – The imposition of a tax on deposit incomes could provoke an outflow of deposits from the banking system, the Association of Ukrainian Banks warned.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Ukrainian authorities and Ukrainian corporations July 1, 2010 through July 1, 2011 are to pay $42.1 billion on foreign liabilities (without interest), or over $3.5 billion on average every month, the National Bank of Ukraine said.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – During talks on September 14-15, the delegations of Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development agreed a draft loan agreement for the construction of a 750 kV overhead power transmission line between Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and Kakhovka substation, national energy company Ukrenergo said.