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IMF says more countries seek help, banks struggle

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that more countries were seeking its help coping with the economic crisis every day, while banking and auto industry woes reverberated around the globe.  Full Story
Yesterday, 21:23 | Associated Press

Raiders switching attacks from industrial objects to farm resources, Turchynov says

Kyiv, November 18 – The number of raider attacks on land plots and farm enterprises has grown in Ukraine, Ukrainian First Vice Premier Oleksandr Turchynov said at a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on fighting raider attacks on Tuesday.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 18:26 | Interfax-Ukraine

Presidential secretariat notes significant demand for currency on interbank market of Ukraine

Kyiv, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko at a meeting with bankers on Thursday will analyze the situation on the currency market of Ukraine, according to Presidential Secretariat First Deputy Head Oleksandr Shlapak.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 18:14 | Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine's premier proposes to up state borrowing in crisis conditions

Kyiv, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine’s Premier Yulia Tymoshenko has proposed to activate the policy of state borrowing in the conditions of economic crisis.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 18:03 | Interfax-Ukraine

Number of illegal land appropriations grows

Opening the meeting of the interagency anti raid attack commission, First Vice Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov said that the number of illegal land appropriation cases has risen.   Full Story   Yesterday, 17:40

Interbank hryvnia rate down 11 Kopecks to Hr 5.90 to $1

The hryvnia rate fell by 11 kopecks to 5.90 UAH/USD on the interbank currency market on Tuesday after a decrease on Monday.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 17:21 | Ukrainian News

Ukraine, Georgia will not hamper Russia's WTO entry, says EU official

Moscow, November 18 (Interfax) - Ukraine and Georgia are unlikely to be able to block Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), head of the European Commission's Moscow office Mark Franco said during a news conference at the Interfax central office on Tuesday.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 17:13 | Interfax-Ukraine

Odesa Port-Side Chemical Plant to be successfully sold in 2009

Kyiv, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Presidential Secretariat is confident that the Odesa Port-Side Chemical Plant will be successfully sold in 2009, Presidential Secretariat Head Oleksandr Shlapak said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 16:54 | Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine will invite IMF, World Bank to take part in stabilization fund

Presidential Secretariat First Deputy Head Oleksandr Shlapak has said Ukraine will invite the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to take part in the Ukrainian stabilization fund being created to tackle effects of the world financial crisis in the country.   Full Story   Yesterday, 16:21

Presidential secretariat's first deputy head Shlapak: NBU unlikely to be secretly financing 2008 state budget's deficit

The Presidential Secretariat's first deputy head Oleksandr Shlapak believes that it is unlikely that the National Bank of Ukraine is secretly financing the deficit of the 2008 state budget by buying the government's domestic loan bonds (OVDPs).   Full Story  
Yesterday, 15:52 | Ukrainian News

Presidential Secretariat forecasts more than 20% inflation in 2008

Kyiv, November 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Presidential Secretariat of Ukraine forecasts that inflation in 2008 will total more than 20%, Head of Presidential Secretariat Oleksandr Shlapak said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 15:21 | Interfax-Ukraine Archive