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22.09.2008
The Cabinet of Ministers suggests the Verkhovna Rada should allocate UAH 200 million for purchasing An-148 planes in 2009.
This is stated in a draft bill on state budget of Ukraine for 2009 registered at the Verkhovna Rada September 15 with No 3000.
The aircraft will be purchased within the framework of the budget program for acquiring An-148 planes through a state-run leasing enterprise. Under the bill, the planes will be purchased to support a domestic manufacturer of advanced technology products, make up airlines' fleet and improve safety of air transportation.
As Ukrainian News reported, the Ministry of Industrial Policy instructed Kyiv-based Aviant state-run aviation plant to launch serial production of An-148 planes by late 2008.
 05.08.2008
Transport and Communications Minister Yosyp Vinskyi has estimated damage to roads from floods at UAH 1.5 billion and to railway at UAH 0.5 billion.
He announced this at a press briefing in Ivano-Frankivsk region.
He said maximum efforts are needed for prompt restoration of roads because they are important for the economy.
"Today the key task is to move roads from river beds as far as we can," Vinskyi said.
The minister added that traffic on 34 bridges was resumed as of August 4, including 20 bridges in Ivano-Frankivsk, six in Chernivtsi region, seven in Zakarpattia region, and one in Lviv region.
04.08.2008
Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko is convinced that payment of money compensations to the residents of six regions, who suffered from floods, will not cause inflation upturn, the presidential press service reported.
Yuschenko made a statement to this effect while staying in Ivano-Frankivsk region on August 3.
"We should not be afraid of that. This is real, just money due to come to people," the press service quoted the President as saying.
Yuschenko emphasized once again that the budget policy miscounts made by the Cabinet of Ministers in January - June caused a serious inflation raise.
"The government that will learn not to boost inflation would be the one to bring development to this country," the President said.
In Yuschenko's opinion, foe No. 1 of any authority is inflation.
29.07.2008
President Viktor Yuschenko has denied reports of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who said that launch of Odesa-Brody oil pipeline towards Brody bears corruptive pattern.
He disclosed this at a press conference.
"What is corruptive about this, when 100-percent state monopoly will provide oil transit," he said.
According to the president, this issue is more political than economic.
"I suppose this is about political priorities, which are out of the economic interests," he said.
Yuschenko considers that talks on inexpediency of use of the oil pipeline in forward mode are unacceptable.
28.07.2008
The Ukrainian Independent TV Corporation (Inter TV channel) blames the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTCU) for disruption of signing of a contract on broadcasting 2008 Olympics.
Ukrainian News learned this from the press service of Inter.
The talks on acquisition by Inter of a sublicense for broadcasting the Olympics started late in April and the signing of the contract was scheduled for July 3.
However, the contract was not signed, as the NTCU was changing the terms and breaking dates.
In particular, two weeks ahead of the date for the signing of the contract, the NTCU refused to provide the Inter group with access codes to a satellite signal from Beijing and the sublicensee had to purchase additional technical equipment to receive the Olympic signal worth UAH 275,000 as a result.
On July 3, the NTCU moved forward another demand on sublicensing: one-hour delay in the broadcast of the closure of the Olympics on Inter instead of a 15-minute delay, according to previous agreements.
24.07.2008
Labor Ministry and Pension Fund Opens Hot Lines For Getting Additional Payments To Pensions For July
The Ministry Of Labor And Social Policy and Pension Fund has opened Hot Lines in order to help retiree to get additional payments to pensions for July.
This reads the statement of the Labor Ministry, text of which Ukrainian News has obtained.
The statements reports that citizens, whose converting of pension was made untimely or who does not receive extra charge, in accordance with the converting of pensions, will have a possibility to get additional consultations via Hot Lines.
The Labor Ministry hot line number is 8-800-500-39-20 and Pension Fund hotline number is 284-63-74.
Moreover, Hot Lines function in the Pension Fund Kyiv district departments.
23.07.2008
Ukraine intends to increase electricity export to Moldova and East European countries by 5.9% or 445.47 million kilowatt-hours to 7995.73 million kilowatt-hours in 2008.
This is stated in operational analytical information from the Fuel and Energy Ministry about electricity export to Moldova and East European countries.
Under the document electricity export to Moldova will increase by 0.01% to 2.932 billion kilowatt-hours, to Poland by 33% to 0.855 billion kilowatt-hours, to Hungary by 0.38% to 3.184 billion kilowatt-hours, to Slovakia by 103% to 0.703 billion kilowatt-hours, and to Romania will reduce by 30% to 0.321 billion kilowatt-hours.
According to the forecasts for 2009, electricity export to the above-mentioned countries will increase by 10% to 8,328.175 million kilowatt-hours compared to 2007.
Average export price will be USD 61.75 per kilowatt-hour in 2008, USD 90.64 in 2009.
In January-May, export prices under the agreements with Korlea Invest company (Slovakia) made up USD 0.062 per kilowatt-hour, with Energy Capital company (Hungary) – USD 0.068 per kilowatt-hour, System Consulting (Hungary) – USD 0.066 per kilowatt-hour, Zomar S.A. (Poland) – USD 0.05 per kilowatt-hour, and Energocom (Moldova) – USD 0.038 per kilowatt-hour.
17.07.2008
Ukraine and Poland agreed on joint building a motor road connecting Lviv and Krakow for the European Football Championship 2012.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced this when opening a session of the Cabinet of Ministers.
This agreement was reached in course of Tymoshenko's visit to Poland.
"We decided to realize several infrastructure objects together... the Lviv-Krakow motor road among them," she said.
The prime minister added, the countries will be also building new customs terminals together to simplify border crossing.
In general Yu. Tymoshenko positively assessed her visit to Poland and noted that the sides reached complete understanding in coordination of the preparations for EURO 2012.
Next meeting of the joint committee preparing for the championship is scheduled for September 15.
16.07.2008
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko denies there are economic grounds for bakers to increase prices of popular bread in Ukraine.
Tymoshenko gave her position at a conference call meeting with the heads of regional state administrations.
"I see no grounds to increase bread prices," she said.
Tymoshenko said the grain harvest campaign was underway and there were remains of last year's grain harvest at elevators.
Prime Minister Tymoshenko said the government might appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office to check grounds for raising bread prices.
15.07.2008
The Transport and Communications Ministry forecasts that building of the Kyiv-Boryspil high-speed railroad track will be started in March-May 2009.
The Transport Ministry press service made this statement, the text of which has become available with Ukrainian News.
Minister of Transport and Communications Yosyp Vinskyi said that the ministry must define conceptual provisions of the project before autumn.
"When we have the project developed, we announce a tender for choosing a contractor. The project will be ready in spring, so construction will then begin," the press service cites the minister.
Kyiv Subway and the Transport Ministry formed a special group to work out a mechanism of connecting the Boryspil airport with Darnytsia and Kyiv Passenger stations and with the subway.
Japanese Itochu Corporation is interested in designing the railroad track.
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