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AeroSvit launches Kyiv-Bucharest flight AeroSvit (Kyiv) on April 30 launched a regular flight on the Kyiv-Bucharest route, the air carrier's press service reported.
May 1, 2010 at 13:13 | Interfax-Ukraine
Factbox: Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, taking advantage of warmer relations with Ukraine, on Friday proposed a surprise merger of Russia's gas giant Gazprom with Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz.

Since the election in February of Kremlin ally Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine's president, ties with Moscow have rapidly improved with accords on gas pricing and a lease extension for a key Russian naval base in Ukraine's Crimea.

But Putin's proposal was Russia's boldest move yet. It was certain to enrage Ukrainian nationalists and the pro-Western opposition. The following are key facts about Naftogaz:
May 1, 2010 at 09:16
Russia to import 260,000 tonnes of pipes from Ukraine duty-free in 2010 Moscow - Russia is to import 260,000 tonnes of large-diameter pipes from Ukraine duty-free this year under an agreement between the Russian Economic Development Ministry and Ukrainian Economics Ministry.
Apr 30, 2010 at 21:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian International Airlines launch Donetsk-Rome flight Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) on April 30 launched a regular flight on the Donetsk-Rome route, the air carrier's press service has reported.
Apr 30, 2010 at 19:16 | Interfax-Ukraine
Kyiv, Moscow may sign series of economic agreements in October The next meeting of the Committee for Economic Cooperation of the Russian-Ukrainian intergovernmental commission will take place in October 2010, during which agreements concerning on, industry and a number of other issues will be signed.
Apr 30, 2010 at 18:35 | Interfax-Ukraine
Putin: VTB Bank may provide $500 million loan to Ukrainian Finance Ministry Sochi - Russian bank VTB is prepared to provide a loan of up to $500 million to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
Apr 30, 2010 at 18:29 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tigipko: IMF mission coming to Kyiv on May 17 Another round of talks between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be held in mid-May, a top government official has said.
Apr 29, 2010 at 20:06 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine hopes $19 billion credit deal tied up in June An International Monetary Fund mission will visit Ukraine next month for talks on a new credit programme that the government hopes the Fund will agree to in June, Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Tigipko said on April 29.
Apr 29, 2010 at 16:44 | Reuters
Bloomberg: Ukraine yet to fulfill all IMF fiscal, bank goals April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine’s efforts to shore up its finances and rebuild its banking industry have yet to fulfill the terms of the country’s International Monetary Fund program, First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky said. Read the story here.
Apr 28, 2010 at 19:13
Austrian investor poised to buy Nadra bank shares An industrial group registered in Vienna, Austria has made the Ukrainian government an offer to buy a stake in the troubled Kyiv-based bank Nadra, deputy chief of the National Bank of Ukraine Anatoliy Shapovalov told reporters in Kyiv on Wednesday.
Apr 28, 2010 at 15:56 | Interfax-Ukraine
Australia seeks plain packaging for tobacco products CANBERRA, April 28 (Reuters) - Australia will force tobacco companies to adopt plain packaging, removing all colour and branding logos within two years, in a world-first move aimed at reducing smoking-related deaths, government sources said.
Apr 28, 2010 at 12:43 | Reuters
Bloomberg: Ukraine lawmakers approve 2010 budget for IMF loan April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine’s parliament approved the 2010 state budget with a deficit of 5.3 percent of gross domestic product, opening the way for the next payment of the country’s loan. Read the story here.
Apr 27, 2010 at 23:14
State budget expenses in 2010 to grow by Hr 460 million The expenses of the general fund of Ukraine's 2010 national budget will grow by Hr 460.269 million as a result of the need to pay back loans attracted by the state and provided to finance development projects.
Apr 27, 2010 at 20:36 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine to get $100 million annually for Black Sea Fleet on top of gas price cut Russia will pay Ukraine $100 million a year for the lease of the base for the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov has said.
Apr 27, 2010 at 15:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine plans $1.3 billion eurobond Ukraine plans to issue a $1.3 billion eurobond in 2010 — its first since the global economic crisis — to plug an anticipated budget deficit and repay accumulated debt, government figures showed on Monday.

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov's government also foresaw drawing on $2 billion of credit from an International Monetary Fund program and $500 million from the World Bank during the year, the figures showed.
Apr 27, 2010 at 12:44 | Reuters