KIEV, July 20 – The Ukrainian Federation of Employers has asked the Ukrainian president and premier to take urgent measures to improve the situation with VAT reimbursement.

KIEV, July 20 – The economic expectations of businesses in Ukraine improved in Q1, according to a posting on the Web site of the National Bank of Ukraine, referring to the results of a poll of company heads conducted in May.

"The negative expectations of respondents regarding the development of the economic situation in the next 12 months have weakened.

KIEV, July 17 – The number of merger and acquisitions on the Ukrainian market in 2009 is expected to grow by three or four times year-over-year, according to experts polled by Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, July 20 - The United States Department of Agriculture forecasts the export of Ukrainian grain at 14.2 million tons in the 2009/2010 marketing year, which is 1.5 million tons up on the forecast it made a month ago.

KIEV, July 20 – The deficit of the state sector in 2010 is expected at up to 4% of GDP, taking into account the calculations of the International Monetary Fund, reads a posting on the Web site of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry.

KIEV, July 17 – Lviv’s Europa-Trans Ltd. plans to expand its fleet by 1,000 trucks by the end of the current year, said Oksana Prosolenko, the head of the company's supervisory council.

She said that the company, in particular, signed an agreement with Scania-Ukraine on supply of 300 trucks and Scania G-420 tractors worth EUR 50 million.

FARNBOROUGH, July 17 – Antonov Design Bureau is working on the full modernization of the equipment used in the An-70 military transport aircraft, the bureau's General Designer, Dmytro Kiva, told journalists during the Farnborough 2008 international air show.

FARNBOROUGH, July 17 - The Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan jumbo jets of Ukraine and Russia will continue strategic cargo transportation for 18 NATO and EU member countries under the NATO "SALIS" - Strategic Airlift Interim Solution program, Ruslan International Director General Valeriy Gabriel told Interfax at the Farnborough Air Show on Thursday.

KIEV, July 17 – The growth of Ukraine's real gross domestic product slowed to 5.4% in June year-over-year, down from 7.2% in May and 6.7% in April 6.7%.

As the State Statistics Committee reported, this reined in GDP growth over the first six months of 2008 to 6.3%, while in the first five months GDP grew by 6.4%.

KIEV, July 18 – Hungary's System Consulting ZRt has denied a statement by the former Ukrainian fuel and energy minister, Yuriy Boiko, that the Ukrinterenergo state company exports electricity at prices lower than the prices set by the state for Ukrainian consumers.