BRUSSELS, Nov. 18 - Ukraine should create an early warning mechanism for the energy sector between Ukraine and the European Union and between Ukraine and Russia, said Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria.

KALYNIVKA (Vinnytsia region), Nov. 18 – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe hopes that the disposal of the components of liquid rocket fuel (melange) in Ukraine will take three or four years.

OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine Lubomir Kopaj said this during the removal of the first consignment of melange from Kalynivka, Vinnytsia region, on Wednesday.

KIEV, Nov. 18 - Shell Retail Ukraine plans over the next several years to bring the market share of its filling stations in Ukraine under the Shell brand to 15%, according to Shell Ukraine Exploration & Production general manager, Patrick van Daele.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – Kiev-based Concorde Capital Investment company has cut its forecast for Ukraine's real GDP growth in 2008 from 6.8% to 3.3% and expects that GDP will fall by 2% in 2009, according to a company press release, referring to its analysts.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – The Finance Ministry believes the most effective mechanism for improving Ukraine's balance of payments is weakening the national currency, according to the honorary president of UkrAVTO Corporation, MP Tariel Vasadze.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – After gaining agreement from the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund, Ukraine may increase import duties and impose import quotas, first deputy head of the presidential secretariat, Oleksandr Shlapak, said at a briefing in Kiev on Tuesday.

Shlapak said that according to a presidential decree, the cabinet is to study the possibilities for increasing import duties, import quotas and hold consultations on the issue with both the WTO and IMF Mission.

KIEV, Nov. 19 - Solomonove-based Eurocar automobile plant in Zakarpattia region, which assembles Volkswagen Group cars in Ukraine, in January through October, boosted car output year-on-year by 41.1%, to 23,238 cars.

KIEV/KAZAN, Nov. 19 - An extraordinary general meeting of UkrTatNafta (Kremenchuk Oil Refinery) shareholders planned for Nov. 15 failed to take place due to the lack of a quorum, a source told Interfax.

KIEV, Nov. 19 - The pace of industrial output growth in Ukraine grew 13.7% year-on-year in October, while in January through October it grew by 11%, the State Statistics Committee reported.

ODESSA, Nov. 17 - The export of sunflower seeds in the current marketing year (September 2006 to August 2007) could be 150,000 tons, a 31.8% fall year-on-year, according to an expert from APK-Inform Company, Valeriy Lystopad.