KIEV, June 17 – A plan backed by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to let the customs service start checking the quality of imported gasoline and diesel fuel at the border is facing growing opposition from energy traders.

KIEV, June 14 – The 64th World Newspaper Congress and the 19th World Editors Forum will take place in Kiev on September 2-5.

"The task of this congress is to tell the Ukrainian government that it's necessary to treat the press in the same way as any other economic branch. I hope that this position will be heard. I hope that it will help the Ukrainian media develop in a different way after the congress is held - develop more consciously and develop economically," President of the United Media Holding Group (UMH Group) Boris Lozhkin said at a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine news agency in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, June 15 – The Antimonopoly Committee has said that the roaming tariffs of mobile operators in the country have been set too high, Rafael Kuzmin, first deputy head of the committee, said at a press conference in Kiev.

KIEV, June 15 – Stocks of crude oil, including gas condensate, in Ukraine fell by 28.7% in May, to 176,700 tons as of June 1, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, June 17 – The National Bank of Ukraine is continuing to buy foreign currency on the interbank currency market, Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the NBU governor, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, June 17 - Ukraine’s second-biggest steel mill, which is fending off a raider attack from undisclosed Russian investors, may later merge with Metinvest, Ukraine’s largest steel and mining group, Volodymyr Boyko, the mill director, said Thursday.

KIEV, June 15 – Ukraine and Montenegro will sign an agreement on visa-free travel for short-term trips, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov said at a briefing on Tuesday.

KIEV, June 15 – The Finance Ministry plans to pay debt on VAT refunds of not less than UAH 15 billion using government domestic loan bonds, Deputy Finance Minister Tetiana Yefymenko said.

KIEV, June 15 - The Finance Ministry has started working on a draft national budget for 2011 and expects to meet all terms for preparing the document set by the Budget Code, Deputy Finance Minister Tetiana Yefymenko said.

KIEV, June 17 – Recent strong wind in western regions of Ukraine have significantly damaged sown crops, Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said.

"Only last night about 150 hectares of grain crops were damaged," he told reporters on Tuesday evening.