KIEV, July 24 – The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has adjusted excise duty on gasoline and diesel fuel downward for the third 10-day period of July, with the rate for gasoline reduced by EUR 26.48 per ton, to EUR 206.56 per ton.

KIEV, July 21 – A complete ban on any kinds of medicinal advertising would limit Ukrainians' access to over-the-counter drugs by restricting information about their existence on the market, reads a press release of the European Business Association (EBA).

LONDON, July 21 - Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlooks on Ukraine's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to Positive from Stable and affirmed the Long-term IDRs at 'B' and Short-term IDR at 'B'.

KIEV, July 21 – Governmental structures and leading companies from the United States that work on emergencies prevention and management are to bid to develop a 112 emergency phone system in Ukraine.

KIEV, July 22 – The State Land Cadastre Center has signed an agreement to produce 50 million plastic demarcation posts worth UAH 4.9 billion with Investeko Ltd. (Kiev region), reports the state agency for land resources.

KIEV, July 22 – The Ukrainian cabinet has decided to improve mobile communications and networks in Kiev's subway by the time Ukraine hosts the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, providing access to underground high-speed mobile Internet, Segodnya newspaper said on Friday.

KIEV, July 24 – The Cabinet of Ministers has drawn up a list of the energy facilities that will be financed from the special fund of the 2008 national budget using funds raised from a surcharge on power and heat bills.

"Today the government passed a resolution with a corresponding list," Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan told reporters in Kiev after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

KIEV, July 24 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday appointed two Communist Party loyalists to senior posts in the government, less than two weeks after the pro-Russian party had refused to support a no-confidence vote.

KIEV, July 22 - ViDi Group plans to invest $270 million in construction of three car centers in Kiev, Boryspil and Odessa, director of ViDi Auto Management Group, part of ViDi Group, Artem Tkachenko, said at a press conference in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, July 23 – A fall in the price of housing on the primary market in Kiev due to the present fall in construction work is unlikely, as supply on this market considerably legs behind demand, the head of the PR department at Kiev-based Tiko-Construction Ltd., Nadia Leonets, has told Interfax-Ukraine.