In September, Ukraine exported 1.5 million tons of grain which is a record, the press-service of the Agrarian Ministry informed

Since January 1, 2009, foreigners and stateless persons will be most likely obliged to present biometric data for entry in Ukraine

The session of the Council of Defense Ministers of Southeast Europe will take place in Ohrid (Macedonia) on October 8

The deposit guarantee fund should be significantly increased as soon as possible to stabilize the situation on the currency market, Chairman of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko told ICTV Channel

Ukrainian farms have sown 5.145 million hectares with winter grain crops, which is 70% of the target

The volume of agricultural production grew by 21% in January-August 2008 year-over-year, with the production volume at current prices amounting to UAH 108.3 billion over the period (against UAH 69.5 billion over the same period in 2007), according to the

Gazprom's daughter company Gazpromsbyt Ukraine announced plans to supply Ukrainian industrial consumers with 5 billion cu m of gas in 2008, Gazpromsbyt Ukraine Director Anatoliy Podmyshalsky told reporters

Ukraine and Belarus will hold a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation in Kyiv on October 7, Belarusian Ambassador to Ukraine Valentin Velichko told the Fifth TV Channel

The 8th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Youth will take place in Kyiv on October 10-11

Twenty owners of private homesteads in Rivne region (West Ukraine) were allocated noninterest loans from the budget worth UAH 100,000 (USD 1 - UAH 4.86) for organization of rural tourism

Ukrainian farmers by October 3 threshed a total of 45.433 million tons of grain and leguminous crops, according to the press service of the Agriculture Ministry

UkrTransGaz, a subsidiary of Naftogaz of Ukraine, transported 90.6 billion cubic meters of gas to European countries in January-September 2008, which is 16% year-on-year