KIEV, June 20 – The difference between the official and market hryvnia exchange rate is not to exceed 1%, according to Oleksandr Savchenko, deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, June 21 ??“ A Russian-Ukrainian consortium defeated Mittal Steel, the world??™s largest steel maker, by winning a preliminary tender to invest in an unfinished Ukrainian iron ore producer whose reserves are enough for 200 years.

BAIKONUR, June 21 - Sea Launch, an international satellite launching consortium that launches Ukrainian space rockets from sea-based platform, said it had been recently successfully promoting its land-based sister venture.

KIEV, June 21 ??“ The Kiev city government will create a special commission that will speed up allocation of land plot for IKEA, the world??™s largest furniture producer and retailer, to build its $400 million store.

BRUSSELS, June 22 ??“ Stockholders of the Industrial Metallurgical Union (IMU) have sued the Ukrainian government again in the European Court of Human Rights for violations of their rights during the repeat privatization of Kryvorizhstal, the IMU reports in its bulletin.

KIEV, June 22 ??“ Ukraine, Russia, and Poland have set up a joint venture to run the Izov (Ukraine)/Hrubieszów (Poland) - Slawkow (Poland) broad-gauge railway line, Ukrainian Transport Minister Yevhen Chervonenko says.

KIEV, June 22 ??“Lutsk Car Works (LuAZ) is planning to assemble up to 28,000 VAZ cars This year, up from an initially planned 22,000, the chairman of its supervisory board, Volodymyr Hunchyk told journalists on Tuesday, June 21.

KIEV, June 22 ??“ Russia's Severstal Group, one of the world's top-10 steel making companies, considers the Ukrainian market promising and one of the company??™s priorities, but has not decided to buy any Ukrainian steel enterprise, Deputy CEO Aleksey Pertin disclosed this during the first Ukraine-Russia investment forum held in Kiev June 21-22.

KYIV, May 22 – Ukraine is forced to maintain military spending at a high level due to Russian aggression, which is creating a significant state budget deficit, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said at a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of the G7 member countries, the leadership of the IMF and the World Bank, the European Commission and the OECD, and called for a systemic and long-term solution, which could be partial financing of the Ukrainian army by partners as part of its integration into the European security system.

KYIV, May 22 – State customers have purchased 50,000 drones for over UAH 6 billion in two years through the ProZorro Market e-catalogue, they managed to save UAH 300 million, the Ministry of Economy press service said on Thursday.