KIEV, Aug. 19 - The Nuclear Fuel state concern (Kiev) and Rosatom have signed an agreement on the sale and purchase of shares in the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC) in Angarsk (Irkutsk region, Russia), the Ukrainian concern announced on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – The Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) has drawn the attention of the World Trade Organization and the European Union to the obstacles to grain exports from Ukraine created by the State Customs Service, President of the Ukrainian Grain Association Volodymyr Klymenko said at a press conference on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – The presidents of Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania will participate in the 10th International Economic Forum, entitled "Cross-Border Cooperation. Looking into the Future," which will take place in Truskavets, Lviv region, on October 7-8.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Ukraine has announced a tender for construction work to build an administrative building of the embassy and the residence of ambassador of Kazakhstan in Kiev.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – There are no grounds for the introduction of grain export quotas and the government should only take measures for the Ukrainian Agrarian Fund to accumulate the required stocks of bread grain for domestic needs, according to the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – The number of deals on purchase of elite apartments in South Crimea by Moscow residents increased in July-August 2010, said Serhiy Yeliseyev board member the Kiev-based Europe developer has reported, referring to a member of its supervisory board.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – The National Bank of Ukraine called on bankers to "treat with understanding the need to distinguish between clients' forex applications and speculative bids."

Central bank officials on Thursday held consultations with bankers to discuss prospects for forex rate dynamics, one of the participants in the meeting told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – Persistent political pressure from the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is causing Rivneazot to stay idle for the fourth consecutive month and does not allow resuming production of mineral fertilizers, reads a company report.

"Tymoshenko in the period when she has been prime minister only created problems for Rivneazot and its workers," reads the report.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – Large debts owed Kyivenergo threaten the company's preparation for the 2009/2010 heating season, said the company's chairman, Eduard Sokolovsky.

MOSCOW, Aug. 24 - Gazprom made it clear Tuesday it will charge Ukraine the same tariff for shipping natural gas from Turkmenistan as Ukraine charges Russia for moving its gas to Europe, a news agency reported.