KIEV, Nov. 20 – The parliamentary finance and banking committee will conduct additional consultations with experts on the bill on the introduction of a 15% fee to the Pension Fund from the sale of cash foreign currency by individuals, according to the committee's head, Vitaliy Khomutynnik.

KIEV, Nov. 21 – The National Bank of Ukraine hopes that stability on the currency market will be established as soon as a bill introducing criminal responsibility for attempts to sell dollars or euros in cash on the shadow market is adopted.

KIEV, Nov. 21 – The World Bank projects lower economic growth in Ukraine in 2012 than earlier forecast, Senior Economist of the World Bank Representative in Ukraine Ruslan Piontkovsky said at the third Ukrainian Investment Forum: Rethinking the Future in Kiev on Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 21 – The resumption of cooperation between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund does not require anything new, and depends on the Ukrainian authorities' willingness to complete the tasks stipulated in the current frozen program [Stand-by Arrangement], IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Max Alier said at the third Ukrainian Investment Forum in Kiev on Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 21 – Ukraine has climbed nine positions and reached 73rd among 144 countries on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), with Kiev the leader among the country's regions, while the country is at the bottom of the index in efficiency of state institutions.

KIEV, Nov. 22 - Ukrainian coal miner trade unions on Thursday threatened street protests unless the government takes measures to restrict imports of coal.

KIEV, Nov. 22 – Unknown companies Zovnitransgaz LLC (Simferopol, Crimea), Armada-Plus (Svitlovodsk, Kirovohrad region) and Petrol subsidiary (small private company Petrol-Forwarding, Odessa) in October exported around 117,000 tons of gasoline to Zevidon Trading Ltd (Belize), a source on the market told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 21 – Ukraine has supplied the first of the contracted six An-32 light transport aircraft to Iraq under a contract worth over $550 million for the supply of military hardware to the country.

KIEV, Nov. 21 – The starting price of a 50% state-owned stake at the privatization tender in Zakarpattiaoblenergo, an electricity supply company, has been set at UAH 135 million.

KIEV, Nov. 21 - Ukraine is ready to give Azerbaijan a 50% discount on port duties for vessels that enter the Pivdenny oil terminal (Odessa region) for freight transactions with Azerbaijani oil that will be transported through Ukraine.