KIEV, Sept. 19 – This year's first batch of 20.894 tons of hexachlorobenzene was removed from the toxic waste storage in the town of Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region, the Environment Ministry reported.

KIEV, Sept. 19 – Eight wooden Ukrainian churches, four in Lviv region, two in Ivano-Frankivsk region, and two in Zakarpattia region, have been chosen to be put on the UNESCO World Heritage list, Vasyl Slobodian, a leading researcher of the Ukrzakhidproectrestavratsia Institute in Lviv, told the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia newspaper.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Ukraine, with current economic growth at 4%, may double its growth rate and match that of Turkey, which sees 9% growth today, according to Senior Fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics (New York) and one of the leading international specialists on the Ukrainian economy, Anders Aslund.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – The Association of Agricultural Producers has asked President Viktor Yanukovych to instruct the government to draw up a draft law on the cancellation of export duties on grain and submit it to Parliament.

KIEV, Sept. 20 - Ukraine and Azerbaijan will set up a joint venture to conduct a feasibility study for liquefied natural gas supply routes that may be used by Ukraine, a state agency reported Tuesday.

SOCHI, Sept. 17 - Russia and Ukraine have not been able to agree the terms of oil transit through Ukraine, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko told journalists.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – A project by Euro Finance Limited on the construction of an environmentally friendly mini steel mill in Bila Tserkva will help the town fight unemployment, according to Anatoliy Prysiazhniuk, the head of Kiev Regional State Administration.

KIEV, Sept. 17 - The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) is planning to send to court a case for damages caused to the state allegedly by executives of Naftogaz Ukrayiny national oil and gas company.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – Fitch Ratings has assigned Ukraine's $500-million five-year eurobond and $1.5-billion 10-year eurobond ratings of 'B'.

As Fitch said in a statement, the ratings are in line with Ukraine's Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of 'B', which has a Stable Outlook .

KIEV, Sept. 17 – A delegation of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development shareholders will start a six-day visit to Ukraine on September 19.

"The delegates will visit Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kakhovka, Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk in the country's southern and eastern regions, as well as Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.