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Yanukovych urges tax, other regulatory authorities to stop pressure on business Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has urged the tax agency and other regulatory authorities to stop putting pressure on business.
Feb 7 at 15:32 | Interfax-Ukraine
Boiko: Ukraine getting less than contracted volumes of gas from Russia Due to severe frosts in Russia, Ukraine is receiving 460 million cubic meters of gas a day on the border with Russia, instead of 510 million cubic meters stipulated in technical agreements with Russia, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boiko has said.
Feb 8 at 11:33 | Interfax-Ukraine
Boiko: Tymoshenko government valued Ukrainian gas pipelines at $7 billion The Tymoshenko government valued Ukraine's gas pipeline system at $7 billion, the country's energy and coal minister, Yuriy Boiko, said on TV Channel 5, commenting on a statement by the former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, that the system was worth $200 billion.
Feb 7 at 10:43 | Interfax-Ukraine
Gazprom: Use of Ukrainian gas storage common practice Moscow - The use of Ukrainian gas storage facilities to support exports of Russian gas to Europe is ordinary practice, Valery Golubev, first deputy CEO of Gazprom, told reporters, commenting on offers by Ukraine.
Feb 9 at 09:41 | Interfax-Ukraine
Top hotels to open in Kyiv, adding nearly 1,700 rooms Around a decade ago, Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv had no five-star hotels.
Feb 9 at 22:40 | Yuriy Onyshkiv
Gazprom: Ukraine taking gas above contract level MOSCOW - Last week Ukraine took more Russian natural gas than stipulated by a contract, said Andrei Kruglov, Deputy Chief Executive at Gazprom.
Feb 6 at 09:31 | Interfax-Ukraine
First six Hyundai trains to be supplied to Ukraine by May 10 Six new high-speed Hyundai trains will be supplied to Ukraine by May 7-10 this year, Deputy Director General of State Railways Administration Ukrzaliznytsia Leonid Loboiko told reporters in Kyiv on Monday.
Feb 6 at 18:28 | Interfax-Ukraine
Farmers, bankers ask Ukrainian leaders to amend land market bill Several agricultural associations and the banking community have asked the country's leadership to prevent the adoption of certain provisions of bill No. 9001-d "On the Land Market", relating to limitations on legal entities' rights to use and acquire agricultural land.
Feb 6 at 19:49 | Interfax-Ukraine
Europe Online Magazine: Russia has cut gas shipped to Europe below contract levels Russia has reduced the volume of natural gas shipments being transported to Europe below levels it was contracted to provide, a senior Ukrainian government official said Wednesday. The volume of Russian fuel pumped into Ukraine‘s natural gas transportation system has fallen to 450 million cubic metres a day, well below the 510 million cubic metres as stipulated by contract, said Ukrainian Energy Ministry Yury Boiko, according to an Interfax news agency report. Read full story here.
Feb 8 at 12:45
Azarov suggests raising energy efficiency, holding audit in this sector Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has ordered the setting up of an interagency working group lead by Finance Minister Valeriy Khoroshkovsky to develop long-term programs and mechanisms for promoting energy efficiency.
Feb 8 at 12:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
IT piracy in Ukraine tending to growth, say experts Piracy in the sphere of information technology is actively developing in Ukraine, say experts.
Feb 8 at 19:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
Rospotrebnadzor to inspect Ukrainian cheese producers MOSCOW - Russia's Consumer Rights Protection Service (Rospotrebnadzor) officials will travel to Ukraine to inspect local cheese producers supplying cheese to Russia, Rospotrebnadzor chief Gennady Onishchenko has told Interfax.
Feb 9 at 17:48 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainians dump bazaars in favor of big-box supermarkets An increasing majority of Ukrainians are today doing their grocery shopping at big box supermarkets rather than bazaars, or outdoor markets that were popular in Soviet days.
Feb 9 at 22:21 | Kyiv Post
Ambassador: Russia, Ukraine heading for ratifying CIS free trade agreement Russia and Ukraine will simultaneously ratify a CIS free trade agreement and will reach an agreement on the Russian Black Sea Fleet's presence in Crimea in the near future, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov has said.
3 days ago at 15:46 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov: Russia to lift restrictions on Ukrainian cheese imports Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said he is confident that Ukraine and Russia will reach agreement and that restrictions on imports of Ukrainian cheese will be lifted, as Ukrainian cheeses are of high quality.
3 days ago at 16:02 | Interfax-Ukraine