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1 - Naftogaz halts gas supply to Poland 2 - German craftsmen complete work on 40-ton organ for Kharkiv Philharmonic Society 3 - Ukrainian athletes take bronze at FINA World Junior Diving Championships 4 - No stresses about hryvnia rate in autumn 5 - Inflation to exceed 10% in 2010, accelerate in 2011 6 - Banks reduce interest margins 7 - Discrepancy in estimates of inflation for 2011 is sign of proper economy 8 - Bank gold down 9 - Average purchase rate of cash dollar up 10 - Central bank sets official exchange rates 11 - Transport authorities seek investors for seaports 12 - Ukrainian police wants curfew for minors 13 - Ukrainian - Chinese cooperation commission to convene in early 2011 14 - Ukraine, China to create effective mechanism for implementation of bilateral agreements 15 - Ukraine opens new page of foreign policy 16 - Ukraine plans to increase gas transit rate 17 - Pre-crisis mortgage terms to revive Ukrainian real estate market 18 - Ukraine National Airlines declared bankrupt 19 - Alona Bondarenko through to US Open 2010 third round 20 - Direct public debt will reach 28% of GDP by end of this year 21 - Every foreign tourist in Ukraine spends on average USD 200-300 per day 22 - WW-II memory days underway in Ukraine 23 - Chernivtsi to host 1st international poetry festival 24 - Farmers predict rise in potato prices by 50% 25 - SPF plans to speed up sale of all heat generating companies 26 - President of Ukraine arrives in China on state visit 27 - Wage arrears down in Ukraine 28 - Cash exchange rates set 29 - Stock market opens with growth 30 - Central bank sets official exchange rates 31 - Kateryna Bondarenko advances to US Open 2010 second round 32 - Hryvnia lowers on interbank market on first day of autumn 33 - More than twenty thousand Hasid pilgrims coming to Ukraine for Rosh Hashanah 34 - Foreign Ministry: U.S. Under Secretary of State Burns to visit Ukraine 35 - German school opens in Kyiv 36 - OSCE implements project on social adaptation of discharged military personnel 37 - Microsoft: Ukrainian education system needs innovations 38 - Inflation to make 10.3% by year-end 39 - Government finalizes work on Tax Code 40 - Agrarian ministry downgrades potatoes yield outlook 41 - Foreign Minister calls on future diplomats to pay interest to the East 42 - Design bureau Luch creates new rocketry 43 - Gas will not get more expensive for households 44 - New school year begins, educational system expecting reforms 45 - Ukraine to export 40,000 tons of vegetables and melons in 2010/11 marketing year 46 - Olena Bondarenko gets off to successful start at US Open 2010 47 - Floods threaten Zakarpattia again 48 - Ukraine to present agricultural sector reform program at European Parliament 49 - Ex-economy minister Danylyshyn put on international wanted list 50 - Ukrainian chairmanship of Council of Europe Committee of Ministers is important and responsible mission
NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine has suspended the export of gas to Poland since September 1, the company said in a statement.
Installation of the largest in Ukraine, 40-ton organ for the Kharkiv Philharmonic Society has been completed by German masters from Potsdam.
Ukrainian athletes Oleh Kolodiy and Oleksandr Bondar have won the bronze medals in the 3m double synchronous event (301.14 points) at the FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Tucson (USA).
The hryvnia soon will behave "positively", says the head of the National Bank, Volodymyr Stelmakh, in Beijing, where he took part in the Ukrainian-Chinese business forum, held during the state visit to China by the President of Ukraine.
Consumer inflation in Ukraine in 2010 may slightly exceed 10%, according to a forecast made by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
The National Bank notes the reduction of bank interest margins in July compared to June 2010 from 4.4 percentage points to 3.6 percentage points. This is stated in the Bulletin of the NBU, released on the website of the regulator.
The discrepancy in inflation forecasts for 2011 made by the National Bank of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers indicates that there is a discussion, rather than team economics, First Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration Iryna Akimova has said.
The National Bank of Ukraine has set the official rates of bank metals per 10 troy ounces for September 3 at: gold- 98544.80 UAH (-); silver - 1536.12 UAH (+); platinum- 121468.16 UAH (+).
The average purchase rate of the cash dollar in the Ukrainian banks, compared to Thursday, rose by 0.52 kopeks to 7.8899 USD. The rate of sale increased by 0.47 kopeks to 7.9246 UAH, according to LigaBusinessInform.
The National Bank of Ukraine has set the official exchange rates of the hryvnia to foreign currencies for September 3 at: 789.7800 UAH / 100 USD; 1012.3400 UAH / 100 EUR; 2.5738 UAH / 10 RUB.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications will attract private investors to implement major projects in the Illichivsk port and the Yuzhny port. The total value of new projects is nearly USD 470 million, the ministry press-service has reported.
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry suggests imposing a curfew for the minors, deputy chief of the Department of Criminal Police for Children Viktor Suranovych has told the press on Wednesday.
The first meeting of the Commission for Cooperation between Ukraine and China is planned to be held in early 2011 under co-chairmanship of deputy prime ministers of the two countries, Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev told reporters in Beijing.
President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, who is in China on a state visit, at today's meeting with Vice Premier Zheng Dejiang noted that in talks with the President Hu Jintao the parties were able to restore "good relations."
A comprehensive development of cooperation with China, which was and remains one of the main partners of our country in the Asia-Pacific region, is now considered as a priority of the Ukrainian foreign policy, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych addressed the participants in the Ukrainian-Chinese Business Forum held on Friday in Beijing.
Ukraine at talks with Russia expects to reduce the price of natural gas supplied by Russia's Gazprom and increase the rate of its transit across Ukraine, Head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration Serhiy Liovochkin has told reporters.
The launch of lending programs with conditions close to the pre-crisis level is a real incentive for the restoration of the property market, since the market has accumulated a deferred demand for housing, which had been formed over the past one and half - two years, ARPA Real Estate managing director Mykhailo Artiukhiov has said.
The Economic Court of Kyiv has declared OSJC Ukraine National Airlines a bankrupt and initiated the liquidation procedure, the State Commission on Securities and Stock Exchange Market has said in a statement on Thursday.
Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko has sailed into the third round of the US Open 2010 - Grand Slam Tennis in New York with prize money of USD 22.6 million after prevailing over Melanie Oudin (USA) 6-2, 7-5.
Ukraine's direct public debt will continue to grow during the second half of the year and reach 28% of GDP by the end of 2010, according to a forecast made by the director of the analytical department at Astrum Investment Management, Oleksiy Blinov.
The World Tourism Organization has calculated that every tourist who comes to Ukraine spends on average USD 200-300 per day.
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kyiv to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
The 1st International Poetry Festival Meridian Czernivtsi will be held in Ukraine's western city of Chernivtsi in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
This year's potato harvest will fall by 30% due to adverse weather conditions, to about 14 million tons, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Association has reported.
The State Property Fund (SPF) plans to sell all of the four heat generating companies in Ukraine, without leaving a single one in state ownership, SPF Chairman Oleksandr Riabchenko has said at a press conference.
President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych arrived in Beijing on a state visit at the invitation of President Hu Jintao. The plane of the head of state landed at the airport of Shoudu of Beijing.
The positive dynamics of the reduction in wage arrears has been seen in Ukraine, according to the information from the government portal.
On 2 September, the average rate of purchase of the cash US dollar at Ukrainian banks, comparing to Wednesday, increased by 0.58 kopeks to 7.8858 USD. The rate of sale increased by 0.74 kopeks to 7.9214 UAH.
The trading session on the Ukrainian stock exchanges opened with a growth of quotations.
The National Bank of Ukraine has set the official exchange rates of the hryvnia to foreign currencies for September 2 at: 100 USD - 788.61 UAH; 100 EUR - 1009.4208 UAH; 10 RUB - 2.5604 UAH.
Ukrainian female tennis player Kateryna Bondarenko has progressed to the second round of the US Open 2010 - Grand Slam Tennis in New York with prize money of USD 22.6 million after defeating No.8-seeded Na Li (CHN) - 2:6, 6:4, 6:2.
Trading on Ukraine's interbank currency market on Wednesday closed with a fall in hryvnia quotations to UAH 7.8960-7.9030/USD 1, UAH 10.1045-10.1150/EUR 1 and UAH 0.2570-0.2573/RUB 1.
Hasid pilgrims began to arrive in Ukraine not only to traditionally celebrate the Jewish New Year in Uman (Cherkasy region, center of Ukraine), but also to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of their spiritual leader, Zadik Nachman, one of the greatest thinkers of Hasidism.
U.S. delegation, led by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns, will visit Ukraine on September 8-10, the director of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's information policy department, Oleh Voloshyn, has said.
The German school has opened in Kyiv down town on Wednesday as part of the Knowledge Day. Ukrainian and German pedagogues will be teaching at this school.
Over 5,000 military personnel discharged from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as their families, were retrained in 2004-2009 using the funds of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). They received nondefense occupation. Over 1,000 people will be retrained this year.
Microsoft Ukraine in association with the Ministry of Education and Science conducted an on-line survey titled "Innovations in Learning".
By the end of the year, inflation in Ukraine will remain within 10.3%. This forecast was made at a press conference by an expert with the analytical department of X-Trade Brokers Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksiuk.
Government commission has completed its work on the proposals submitted for the draft Tax Code, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov told reporters on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy has lowered the forecast for the harvest of potatoes by 5% to 18.6 million tons after last year's 19.5 million tons, minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk told reporters.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko, who attended the dedication ceremony for the first-year students of the Institute of International Relations at Kyiv's National Taras Shevchenko University, noted that they start out in the diplomacy at a qualitatively new stage of this country's development.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine this year has adopted among the arms a portable missile system, Stugna-P, reporters learned from the chief designer of the Kyiv Design Bureau Luch, Oleh Korostylev, at the First National Forum of Defense Industry.
Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko rules out a new increase in the retail prices of natural gas for households. He stated this on TV Channel 5.
About 406,000 first-graders and more than half a million first-year students for the first time sat down at their desks. In total, 4.222 million schoolchildren and 2.8 million students came to study in Ukraine this year.
Ukraine will export 40,000 tons of vegetables, melons and gourds in the 2010/11 marketing year, which is quite a low figure, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk has said.
Three Ukrainian tennis players have joined the court at the opening day of the US Open 2010 - Grand Slam Tennis in New York with prize money of USD 22.6 million.
Storm alert has been declared in Ukraine's western Zakarpattia region (Transcarpathia) due to heavy rains and higher water level in the local rivers on Tuesday, the emergencies authorities reported.
The Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry is planning to present an agricultural sector reform program at the European Parliament in October 2010, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk has said.
Press secretary for the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Iryna Shynkarenko told that Bohdan Danylyshyn, who served as economy minister in the government of Yulia Tymoshenko, has been put on the international wanted list.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko has chaired the first (constituent) meeting of the Organizing Committee for the Ukrainian Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, according to the Foreign Ministry Information Policy Department.
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