First reading of the corresponding draft law 4762 (substituted), authored by parliamentary deputy Oleh Zarubinskyi of the Lytvyn Bloc faction, found support with 259 MPs, while 226 votes required.

The rates were increased because of detrimental operations of interurban transportation as the railway receives short of compensations for carrying reduced-fare passengers by rail.

This is a mutually beneficial deal. One cannot says that the deal has been concluded in favor of one of sides," Yehor Samusenko, an analysts of the Concorde Capital investment, said.

Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the Industrial Policy Ministry.

According to dealers of commercial banks, the trading on the interbank forex opened with the quotations ranging between 8.45 and 8.55 UAH/USD in bid opening, then they fell to 8.40-8.50 UAH/USD, after which settled at 8.38-8.47 UAH/USD and have not

We have not re-branding plans as of now," he said.

The parties reached agreement upon combining their holdings in Kyivstar GSM into a new joint cellular communications operator, VimpelCom Ltd.