KYIV, Oct. 19 - Ukrainian lawmakers voted through a long-delayed overhaul of the health system on Thursday that the state's Western backers say will raise standards and tackle a culture of bribe-taking in surgeries and hospitals, Reuters reported. | More

KYIV, Oct. 19 - Protesters calling for President Petro Poroshenko to enact anticorruption reforms or step down notched a small victory on October 19 as parliament sent a bill on lifting lawmakers' immunity from prosecution to the Constitutional Court for review, RFE/RL reported. | More

KYIV, Oct 19 – The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has permitted Glencore commodities trader to acquire a stake in the charter capital of Mykolaiv alumina plant LLC (Mykolaiv region) and three other Ukrainian companies under control of RusAl (Russia). | More

KYIV, Oct 19 - Coking plants in Ukraine imported 7.9 million tons of coking coal and coal concentrate in January-September 2017, which is 12% or 1 million tons down from a year ago. | More

KAZAN, Oct 19 – The Court of Appeal of England and Wales upheld the counterclaim of public joint-stock company Tatneft and annulled the decision of the High Court of Justice in London rejecting the company’s claim against Ukrainian businessmen Hennadiy Boholiubov, Ihor Kolomoisky, Oleksandr Yaroslavsky and Pavlo Ovcharenko, the press service of Tatneft has reported. | More

KYIV, Oct 19 – MMDS Ukraine will convert radio frequencies for the introduction of 4G communications standard in Ukraine within one or two months after a tender to receive he licenses to provide 4G services in the 2,600 MHz range. | More

KYIV, Oct 19 – Kyiv's Economic Court has changed the way of enforcing a court decision to recover a fine of UAH 171 billion from Russia's Gazprom, extending penalties to all property of the debtor, Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko has said. | More

KYIV, Oct 18 - Vasyl Yurchyshyn, head of economic programs at the Razumkov Center, said the growth of the people’s economic solvency index, but predicted a worsening of the indicators of economic stability already in the autumn-winter period.
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KYIV, Oct 18 - The major pipe enterprises of Ukraine in January-September 2017 increased production of pipes by 25.9% compared to the same period last year, to 783,800 tons, including in September they manufactured 92,100 tons. | More

KYIV, Oct 18 - Gamma radiation levels in the near zone from the fourth reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) shrank on average by ten times after the sliding of the New Safe Confinement (NSC), the press service of the State Agency on Exclusion Zone Management has reported. | More