KIEV, Aug. 26 – Pavlohrad Chemical Plant in Dnipropetrovsk region has put into operation a heat treatment oven for the disposal of PFM-1 antipersonnel mines under the UN Ottawa Convention.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – The state agency for investment and development has announced a tender to select investment, innovation and infrastructure projects that in 2010 will be issued state guarantees for their financing or support using funds from the national budget's stabilization fund.

KIEV, Aug. 27 - Ukraine insists on the preservation of the border between Ukraine and Russia in the Kerch Strait that existed in Soviet times, but is ready to reach a compromise on economic issues, according to Oleh Voloshyn, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's information policy department.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – The Transport and Communications Ministry has introduced a system of compensation to passengers traveling to or from airports in the European Union if an air carrier refuses to transport them.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Ukrhydroenergo plans to raise UAH 800 million from Ukrainian banks to complete the Dniester hydroelectric pumped storage power plant, Ukrhydroenergo Chairman Semen Potashnyk told reporters in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Ukraine and Russia are preparing an agreement on the deployment of servicemen and ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, according to Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Voloshyn.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – August could become the fifth month in a row to be marked with deflation or zero inflation, as there are no objective grounds for an increase in consumer prices this month, said Valeriy Lytvytsky, the chief advisor to the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – Ukraine plans to commission in 2015 the next generation of space monitoring equipment created with the use of new technological solutions, an informed source in the military sector has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 29 – Real estate prices in Ukraine may slow down in the near future but will not significantly fall, according to Ukrsotsbank Deputy Chairman Iryna Kniazeva. "The price of top-quality housing on the primary market won't fall, although it won't rise at a similar pace, as the number of people, who earns enough money becomes more and more...

KIEV, Aug. 29 – The Anti-Monopoly Committee fined Luk-Avia-Oil and Krebo, the country’s two jet fuel suppliers, for overcharging airlines while selling jet fuel late last year, the committee reported on Wednesday.