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• Highest January wages fixed in air transportation sphere

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. Highest wages in January, like a month ago, were fixed in the air transportation sphere.  

  18:03, 28.02.2013

• Fesenko predicts Lutsenko could be released from prison in April-May

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. Former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko could be released from prison in April or early May 2013.  

  17:37, 28.02.2013

• Expert: Military-technical cooperation between Ukraine-EU to reduce

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. Director of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies Valentyn Badrak predicts that Ukraine and the European Union will soon reduce the military-technical cooperation (MTC), he said this at a news conference in Kyiv on Thursday.  

  17:32, 28.02.2013

• Agricultural cooperation will help improve competitiveness of small farms - Prysiazhniuk

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. The development of small- and middle-scale manufacturers by uniting them into agricultural cooperatives has already been supported by more than 83% of rural councils. Thus, the community agrees that cooperation will help increase farmers' incomes through employment, creation of comfortable working environment and infrastructure development.  

  17:26, 28.02.2013

• Yatseniuk tries to neutralize Klitschko as competitor at presidential elections - Fesenko

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. The Batkivshchyna parliamentary faction's statement about nominating Vitali Klitschko as a single candidate from the opposition to a position of Kyiv Mayor is actually a tactical maneuver of Arseniy Yatseniuk.  

  17:05, 28.02.2013
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  Food Corporation to supply 4 million tons of grain to China this year under loan agreement with China Exim Bank

  PJSC State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine is planning to purchase and supply to China four million tons of wheat and corn grain in the current year

   
  16:40, 28.02.2013

• Customs Union considers Ukraine-EU association as unproblematic

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. The Eurasian Economic Commission does not see problems in case that Ukraine signs the Association and Free Trade Area Agreement with the European Union, since introduction of protective measures is envisaged in the FTA Agreement within the CIS countries.  

  16:27, 28.02.2013

• Chaly estimates possibility of signing EU-Ukraine Association Agreement at 25%

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. Deputy Director of the Razumkov Center Valeriy Chaly estimates the possibility of signing the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU during the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius in November this year at 25%.  

  16:03, 28.02.2013

• Competition strengthens in oppositional camp - Fesenko

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. One of the trends of the internal political life was strengthening of indirect competition in the oppositional camp.  

  16:01, 28.02.2013
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  Tripartite GTS consortium more reliable - Russian Duma energy committee head

  The creation of a tripartite consortium with the participation of Ukraine, Russia and the European Union for the Ukrainian GTS is the best option of its management.

   
  15:46, 28.02.2013
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  Ukrainian experts, politicians call Ukraine-EU summit a success

  Ukrainian politicians and experts view the EU-Ukraine summit, which took place on February 25 in Brussels, as effective and successful.

   
  15:43, 28.02.2013

• Customs Union will not raise duty for Ukrainian dairy products

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. The Eurasian Economic Commission raises customs duties for dairy products from 15% tо 18.3%, however, this will not concern Ukrainian producers, working in the regime of free trade.  

  15:31, 28.02.2013

• Domestic orders will encourage space industry development - Azarov

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine will encourage the development of its outer space industry through domestic orders.  

  15:21, 28.02.2013
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  China boosts oil, gas production

  In January 2012, China increased production and import of natural gas and oil

   
  15:07, 28.02.2013

• Enterprises attract UAH 177.5 billion of capital investment for three quarters of 2012

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. The volume of capital investment drawn by Ukrainian enterprises in January-September 2012 amounted to UAH 177.5 billion USD, which is 117% of the relevant period in 2011.  

  15:05, 28.02.2013
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  Ukrspecexport to send another 22 BTRs to Royal Thai Army

  Ukrspecexport, Ukraine's state-controlled arms exporter, is sending another batch of armored vehicles of 22 units to the Royal Thai Army

   
  14:38, 28.02.2013

• Rating: Ukrainian roads better than Romanian, but worse than Polish

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian roads are among the ten worst roads in the world, but they are better than those in Moldova and Romania and at least no worse than those in Russia, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013.  

  14:37, 28.02.2013
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  Vitali Klitschko about Haye: 'His train drove away'

  WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine has said he believes that Briton David Haye missed an opportunity to face him in the ring

   
  14:12, 28.02.2013

• EIB to allocate EUR 180 b for economic growth in Europe

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. The European Investment Bank (EIB) will issue EUR 180 billion worth of loans in 2013-2015 for projects on the restoration and development of economies in Europe.  

  13:40, 28.02.2013

• Cabinet decides on setting up Ukrainian development bank

  KYIV, February 28 /UKRINFORM/. The Cabinet took a decision on creation of the Ukrainian Development Bank, which will promote improvement of the state investment attractiveness.  

  13:16, 28.02.2013