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.

KIEV, Aug. 28 – A production sharing agreement between the state of Ukraine, Chevron Ukraine B.V. and Nadra Oleska LLC on the Oleska deposit (Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv regions) will be approved by Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Councils in September, predicts Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky.

KIEV, Aug. 28 - Ukraine and Gazprom have agreed on plans for the fall and winter period, the press service to Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yuriy Boyko said after talks with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller on Wednesday.