KIEV, Oct. 19 – The Ukrainian real estate market in August 2009 hit bottom and the situation in the fourth quarter is beginning to stabilize, which could lay the grounds for the growth of real estate prices next year, forecasts President of the Association of Realtors of Ukraine Andriy Shulha.

KIEV, Oct. 19 – The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, plans to implement about 10 projects in Ukraine's banking sector in the 2010 financial year (from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010), said IFC Country Representative in Ukraine Elena Voloshina.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – Smart-holding said it has implemented its investment commitments in full at OJSC Kherson shipyard under an agreement on the purchase of the shipyard of August 30, 2004 and an annex to the agreement signed on April 7, 2006 between Ukraine's State Property Fund and Smart Group.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – The Ukrainian cabinet has suspended a scheduled increase in the tariffs for the transportation by rail of products of the metals and mining sectors and chemical industry until the end of 2008.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – Ukraine International Airlines has no near-term plans to discontinue flights or cut the number of employees due to the financial crisis, UIA President Yuriy Myroshnikov has told the press.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – UkrNafta, Ukraine's biggest oil producer, in January to September cut oil and gas condensate extraction by 3% or 71,300 tons year-over-year, to 2.3 million tons.

KIEV, Oct. 20 ??“ Petro Verbytskiy, the man who has been in charge of assembling sweeping measures to protect Ukraine from bird flu virus, resigned Wednesday, a person familiar with the situation said Thursday. The resignation comes as Ukraine has been launching extra measures safeguarding poultry industry from the virus

MOSCOW, Oct. 20 - The Voronezh aircraft plant that is set to manufacture Russian-Ukrainian Antonov An-148 regional jets in series, will sign a license agreement with the aircraft??™s developer, Kiev??™s Antonov aircraft research and technical corporation, a source in the Russian defense industry told Interfax-Military News Agency.

KIEV, Oct. 20 ??“ Lukor, Ukraine's major petrochemical company, delayed for two weeks launching a ?10 mln fraction hydrogenation plant waiting for senior Ukrainian officials to attend the opening ceremony, a company official said Thursday.

KYIV, Sept 19 – Ukraine should ban imports of certain goods from Poland and Hungary if these two countries do not comply with the measures agreed upon with the European Commission and do not revoke their unilateral bans on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.