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Expert: in several years Ukraine will have to spend half of national budget to service state loans Yulia Tymoshenko's government has tripled Ukraine's state debt, and the prospect of default is more probable, according to the former governor of the National Bank of Ukraine and one of the potential candidates for the post of the Ukrainian president, Sergiy Tigipko.
Oct 27, 2009 at 15:25
IFC expert: Deregulation of business to enhance Ukraine's investment attractiveness Ukraine's investment attractiveness will increase if the country's authorities decide to take real steps to deregulate business and relax the principles of work in the regulatory approval system, says Sanjar Ibragimov, IFC's BEE [Business Enabling Environment] Ukraine Project Manager.
Oct 22, 2009 at 20:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
IMF concerned by Rada's decision to increase minimum wage The International Monetary Fund is concerned by the parliament's adoption of a law raising the minimum wage. The press service of the parliament announced this in a statement.
Oct 21, 2009 at 21:04 | Ukrainian News
Official: Rising ruble threatens Russia's recovery MOSCOW — A senior Russian government official warned Wednesday that the rapid strengthening of the ruble could undermine the country's economic recovery, according to news reports.
Oct 21, 2009 at 17:28
RIA Novosti: Anti-missile defense in Ukraine: gasoline into a dying fire? The possible deployment of elements of a U.S. anti-missile defense system in Ukraine has become one of the most debated issues of the "new anti-missile defense configuration."
Oct 20, 2009 at 20:47
Tymoshenko in talks with IMF Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is to hold talks with the mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday, the government's press service has reported.
Oct 20, 2009 at 11:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
Official Wire: Slovakia prepares for next Ukraine-Russia gas war The Slovak republic is better prepared to handle a potential regional gas crisis resulting from tensions between Russia and Ukraine, analysts said.
Oct 19, 2009 at 22:30
World Bank keeps Ukrainian GDP decline forecast for 2009 at 15 percent The World Bank has kept the forecast of the decline in Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009 at 15%, however, it revised upwards the GDP growth forecast in 2010 from 1% to 2.5%, World Bank senior economist Ruslan Piontkivsky said at a press conference on Thursday.
Oct 15, 2009 at 20:10 | Interfax-Ukraine
World Bank improves Ukraine 2010 forecast The World Bank on Thursday improved its bleak outlook for Ukraine's struggling economy on signs of a global recovery, predicting that it will grow 2.5 percent in 2010 after contracting by 15 percent this year.
Oct 15, 2009 at 14:51
Azarov: International Monetary Fund consciously financing ineffective Ukrainian government The International Monetary Fund is consciously financing the "current, ineffective Ukrainian government," and the next Cabinet of Ministers will ask the fund if Ukraine is obliged to pay off the debts run up by the previous government, head of the parliament's committee for finances and bank activity and Finance Minister of the opposition government Mykola Azarov has said at a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
Oct 14, 2009 at 17:07 | Interfax-Ukraine
Experts: Banks' clients have right to demand compensation for disclosure of banking secrets The actions of Kyiv-based Nadra Bank violate a Ukrainian law that foresees that clients have the right to demand compensation for losses and moral damage caused by banks, although it would be difficult for individual clients to prove there had been such a violation, according to lawyers polled by Interfax-Ukraine.
Oct 14, 2009 at 12:56 | Interfax-Ukraine
Expert: Price of one square meter in economy class apartments in Kyiv in first quarter, 2010 to remain at $1,000 The average price of one square meter in economy class apartments in Kyiv in Q1, 2010 would remain at the present level being at least $1,000 according to the director general of Park Lane real estate agency, which is part of the First Realty Group (both based in Kyiv), Halyna Melnykova.
Oct 12, 2009 at 10:35 | Interfax-Ukraine
Renaissance Capital: The hryvnia on a roller coaster In an Oct. 8 report analyzing Ukraine's currency, Renaissance Capital wrote: "The hryvnia has been very volatile in recent weeks, having settled at UAH8.5/$1 in the second half of September, before appreciating to UAH8.2 /$1 on 1 Oct. Volatility has increased significantly over the past week"
Oct 8, 2009 at 11:30
Gazprom won't reduce gas supply to Ukraine in 2010 Company's chief executive believes Ukraine must pay for gas in full - it does have money.
Oct 7, 2009 at 23:04 | Interfax-Ukraine
National Bank of Ukraine: Banks have still not seen 'risk peak' The number one priority for the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in the short term is to ensure the stability of the banking system, which faces enormous risks, NBU Council chairman Petro Poroshenko said in the Verkhovna Rada on Wednesday.
Oct 7, 2009 at 14:04 | Interfax-Ukraine