KYIV, Aug 28 – Germany's Leoni AG, which has a factory for production of cable networks for cars in Stryi (Lviv region), is planning to officially open the second plant in Ukraine in Kolomyia (Ivano-Frankivsk region) on September 29, plant director Ruslan Grem has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 28 - Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the government of Ukraine's local and foreign currency issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Caa2 from Caa3, and changed the rating outlook to positive from stable, reads a report on the website of the rating agency.

KYIV, Aug 28 – The free trade agreement (FTA) between Ukraine and Israel could have some exceptions for some groups of agricultural products, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ukraine's Trade Representative Natalia Mykolska has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 29 - Ukraine has completed harvesting early grain and leguminous crops, threshing 37.3 million tons from an area of 9.6 million hectares, in line with forecasts from the Agrarian Policy Ministry.

KIEV, Aug. 29 - Bank Credit Agricole signed an amendment agreement to the loan facility agreement with DE Milkiland-Ukraine and three agricultural subsidiaries of the Milkiland group of companies on debt restructuring totaling $14.456 (EUR13.1 million).

KIEV, Aug. 29 - Ukrtransgaz, the operator of Ukraine's gas transport system, will halve gas transportation in the direction of the Balkans while its pipeline undergoes repairs, Ukrtransgaz spokesman Maksym Beliavsky told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - The Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU) has introduced new tariffs for Green Card policies for travel abroad by road starting August 26.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Anthony Tether, former head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (2001-2009) has become a consultant to Ukraine's state-owned defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – Former acting rector of the National Aviation University Volodymyr Kharchenko, who was caught when taking a bribe, and a lawyer, who acted as his middleman, were notified that they are suspected of committing crimes under part 4 Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (the receipt of illegal benefits on a large scale, or committed by an official), the National Anti-Corruption Bureau said.

KIEV, Aug. 28 - The Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Utilities Economy Ministry expects that heat supply companies will reduce gas consumption by 5% in the 2013/14 heating season, to 8.1 billion cubic meters, Minister Hennadiy Temnyk said at a briefing on Wednesday.