KIEV, Sept. 17 – Ukrainian automobile manufacturers this year are forecast to produce around 52,000-55,000 vehicles, which is 32-38% down on 2012 (76,200 vehicles), said Mykhailo Reznik head of the Ukrautoprom Association.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – Pivdenenergomontazh LLC has been selected as the general contractor to carry out preparation work to build the Ukrainian nuclear fuel fabrication plant in Smolyne, Kirovohrad region.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – Severodonetsk Azot (Luhansk region), part of the Ostchem chemical holding of businessman Dmytro Firtash, continues operating, and claims by the local organization of the Communist Party about its stoppage is not true, the holding has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – Ukraine's signing the Association Agreement with the European Union will help strengthen security in the Eastern Europe, Ukrainian Foreign Minister and Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Leonid Kozhara said.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – The Ukrpyvo organization is alarmed at the threat of a ban on the use of plastic (PET) bottles for alcohol bottling, including beer, as foreseen in draft technical regulations of the Customs Union on the safety of alcohol.

YALTA, Sept. 17 - The adoption by Ukraine of a law allowing international financial institutions to raise funds in hryvnias will be an important step, but other hurdles need to be cleared to achieve this, according to Country Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Ukraine Andre Kuusvek.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – KrasnodonVuhillya, Ukraine’s second-largest coking coal producer shut down one of its coal mines after a fire early Sunday, the Emergency Situations Ministry reported Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 17 - Ukraine plans to stop imports of Russian natural gas within the next 15 years by developing domestic energy deposits, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Sept. 17 - Ukraine held a meeting with potential investors and suppliers of its planned liquefied natural gas terminal project as the government seeks to speed up construction of the facility, a state agency reported Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – Ukraine’s manufacturing output contracted 4.7% on the year in August, led by weakening steel exports, presenting new challenges for the country’s government as it struggles to attain budget revenue forecasts.