The Ukrainian national currency continues going down against the dollar, the euro, and the Russian ruble. Experts suppose Belarus, where the situation is far worse, will inevitably face the Ukrainian scenario.

In these 40 counties, homeowners pay more in median property taxes than anyone else in the country.

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German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck has warned against cutting interest rates to spur the country's economy, a move he insists would lead to a hazardous "growth bubble" in Germany.

Sergei Kuprianov, the spokesman for Gazprom, said this during the Moscow-London video link.

To overcome the economic recession the president and cabinet must invite the world's best economic experts, Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov said, speaking to journalists in Donetsk Dec. 19.

Gazprom's executive board has approved an investment program worth RUB 920.44bn for 2009, the Russian gas monopoly said in a statement today. Specifically, Gazprom's capital investment is to amount to RUB 699.88bn, and long-term financial investment to RUB 220.56bn. According

Gas and electricity prices are to drop in Northern Ireland, it is confirmed.

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KIEV, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Ukraine's economy shrank 14.4percent in November year-on-year, the sharpest recorded drop inthe ex-Soviet state's history,...

Property prices in Dubai continue to decline. Construction slowdown is one of the main reasons for that.

Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the Ukrainian presidential press service.

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Tokyo's office market remains strong, however analytics forecast its fall by 2010 related to a decline of offices rental demand.

Decree #703 signed by Lukashenka on December 25 caused controversy among entrepreneurs.

The parliament endorsed the living wage of the same size valid as at December 2008.

German inflation slowed to 1.1 percent in December, mainly as a result in a steep fall in the price of fuel, the Federal Statistics Office, Destatis, said Tuesday, Dec. 30.

According to one of the leading appraisal companies - Tinsa - Spanish property prices decreased by 7.8% returning to a level of May-June 2006.