The East Europe Foundation gave a grant to the amount of USD 31,683 for popularization and system implementation of the solar energy in Crimea (South Ukraine) to the Creative Union of Scientific and Engineering Associations (Societies) of the Autonomous Republic

In frames of a visit of representatives of the Federal Ministry of Health (Germany), Deputy Director-General for Infectious Disease Control and Health Protection F.-J. Bindert and Head of the Unit for Fight against AIDS Ines Perea met Ukraine's Deputy Health

Builders of the Donetsk Airport (city of Donetsk, East Ukraine) received the first tranche for its reconstruction and construction. It is planned that expenses for this purpose will total UAH 733 million

A final conference dedicated to organization and all-round support of a Ukraine-Romania tactic exercise of mountain-infantry units started in the Romanian town of Curtea de Arges, as reported with reference to the Defense Ministry press-service

A round table was held in the village of Verkhovyna (Ivano-Frankivsk region, West Ukraine)

Ukraine's inflation amounted to 0.8% in June and 15.5% since the beginning of 2008, the State Statistics Committee reported

During French presidency in the EU it is planned to carry out a conference of donors to collect funds for modernization of the Ukrainian gas transport system, French Ambassador to Ukraine Jean-Paul Veziant told a press conference today

The American index agency Russell Investments included 16 Ukrainian companies into its global index

In the Verkhovna Rada Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction will complete elaboration of the law "On Excise Duty on Alcoholic and Tobacco Goods" with taking into consideration an increase of this duty, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko stated today while presenting amendments

The Justice Ministry put to a public discussion a draft law proposing to ensure equal participation of mother and father in taking care and upbringing of a child suffering from AIDS, the ministry's press service informed

Two-day talks of experts have completed in Bucharest at the level of heads of consular services of Ukraine, Romania Foreign Ministries on coordination of a draft Agreement between the Ukrainian Cabinet and the Romanian Government on local border movement

NJSC NaftoGaz of Ukraine Oleh Dubyna considers conclusion of an agreement with the Russian Gazprom on joint development of the Black Sea shelf to be expedient, Dubyna told an interview to the Ukrainian newspaper "Zerkalo Nedeli"

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) increased passenger traffic by 25% in H1 2008

The National Bank Council raised the money supply forecast from 30-35 percent to 35-40 percent in 2008, NBU Council Head Petro Poroshenko told a press conference

In making amendments to the Budget the Government increased a forecast of revenues from activities of the State Property Fund

Since November 1, 2007, a campaign of seven natural wonders of Ukraine started. In the course of the competition there appeared 21 finalists

The Council of Europe gave a positive expert conclusion about a package of anticorruption bills passed the first reading in the Verkhovna Rada and prepared for the second reading in the updated version taking into account proposals of the Justice

Over January-June, the state-run company UkrTransGaz transported 65.3 billion cu m of natural gas to European countries, it is the highest index over the whole history of the Ukrainian gas transportation system existence, the Fuel and Energy Ministry press service

In 2008, winter rape was sown on the area of 1,540 million hectares, at the same time this index made up 750 thousand hectares last year

Indexes of sugar beet development in Ukraine exceed the last year's indexes as of early July, the UkrTsukor Association sources informed