KIEV, Oct. 25 – Ukraine will resume exports of feed grains next month following the government’s decision to increase an export quota mostly involving corn and feed wheat, Agriculture Minister Yuriy Melnyk said Thursday.

KIEV, Oct. 25 ??“ Ukraine has attracted a $700,000 grant from Japan's Policy and Human Resources Development Fund, the World Bank's representative office in Ukraine said on Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 25 ??“ The acceleration of the growth in prices in September has reduced the possibility of maintaining inflation at 10% in 2006 in Ukraine, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, head of the National Bank of Ukraine advisors group.

KIEV, Oct. 25 - The International Monetary Fund is predicting that Ukrainian inflation will be around 10% in 2006 and in 2007, Albert Jaeger, head of an IMF mission that is visiting Ukraine from October 12-25, said Wednesday.

LONDON, Oct. 25 - Fitch Ratings revised the outlooks on Ukraine's foreign and local issuer default ratings to positive from stable and affirmed the ratings at BB-, the agency said.

KIEV, Oct. 25 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko sought to assure Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov on Tuesday that Ukraine??™s accession to the World Trade Organization is not aimed against Russia, an official said Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 25 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko warned the government??™s top energy negotiators on Wednesday that Ukraine??™s pro-Western foreign policy course must not be affected by recent natural gas supply deal with Russia.

KIEV, Oct. 25 ??“ The National Bank of Ukraine and the government scrambled Tuesday seeking safe ways of converting huge Kryvorizhstal sell-off proceeds into local currency and avoiding a collapse of the forex market, officials said.

KIEV, Oct. 25 ??“ UkrTelekom, the national phone company, should probably be the next in the list of state-owned assets that will be sold to investors, President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday. UkrTelekom, operating local and long-distance and international telephony, has been losing its market share

KIEV, Oct. 25 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday he will not accept resignation by Valentyna Semeniuk, the head of the State Property Fund, despite mounting pressure from her Socialist Party allies to quit.