The European Union has promised $15 billion of financial help to Ukraine as the nation tightens its belt amid a looming cash crunch >>>

The Kyiv-based Fozzy Group on March 30, 2013 opened a Silpo supermarket at 44-B, Academician Pavlov Street in Kharkiv - the 19th store in the city and the 239th in Ukraine >>>

Church's Chicken, a large U.S. fast food operator, in the first quarter of 2013 will open its first two establishments in Ukraine in Kyiv's trade and entertainment centers >>>

2012 saw ongoing positive developments in the Ukrainian banking industry, which were first recorded in 2011 >>>

The outgoing year for Ukraine's infrastructure was marked by the holding of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship >>>

Pakistan-born Mohammad Zahoor in Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, a cricket-loving oligarch with a weakness for spicy lamb korma >>>

The quality and effectiveness of the tax system in Ukraine in 2012 have improved compared to 2011 >>>

The Ukrainian parliament passed at second reading amendments to the Tax Code, foreseeing a reduction in the single tax for the fifth and sixth groups of single taxpayers from 7% and 10% and to 5% and 7% respectively >>>

Auchan (France), developing the world's network of eponymous hypermarkets, is planning to attract $75 million >>>

French company Air Liquide intends to invest 100 million euros in the Yenakieve metallurgical mill >>>

Google’s Motorola Mobility has purchased Viewdle company, whose research and development team is based in Kyiv >>>

Real GDP growth accelerated to 3% yoy in 2Q 2012, up from 2% yoy in the previous quarter >>>

China, a major food importer, is turning to a new source of supply - Ukraine, a nation once known as the breadbasket of Europe >>>

Ukraine exported 117,900 tons of sugar from September 2011 to June 2012, which was an unprecedented figure over the last decade >>>

While political relations between Ukraine and the European Union are frosty, business relations are rebounding. Bilateral trade has gradually recovered to pre-2009 crisis levels >>>

We've got new jobs, reinforced self-awareness of the nation, self-confidence, and showed them [foreigners] that we are part of the big globalized world >>>

Australia-listed Advance Energy will acquire an operating interest in the Ortynytska subsoil licence in Western Ukraine through a scrip deal set to eclipse its current shareholder base >>>

Ukraine’s special relationship with Sweden dates at least back to the 18th century, when the two allies attempted to resist the czarist Russian empire. >>>

The Ukrainian chain of Marriott Hotels International Ltd., one of the largest hotel chains in the world, could include from 20 to 30 hotels in the future >>>

As a result of deregulation of the economy, the pressure on businesses decreased by 5.5% in recent years >>>

The financial account of Ukraine's balance of payment at the end of the first quarter of 2012 turned to be twice better than it was anticipated >>>

The Gocce del gusto trade house, the official importers of Italy's Pellini and Lucaffe coffee brands in Ukraine, is planning by late 2012 to open three Pellini coffee houses in various formats. >>>

TUI tourist company will launch a program of chartered flights to Turkey, and hopes to win 5-15% of the Ukrainian tourist flow to Turkey by the end of 2012 >>>

The President of the Union of European Football Associations M. Platini noted the progress Ukraine made in preparations for the European Football Championship EURO 2012 >>>

Leading global commodity trader Noble Group has expanded its presence in Ukraine by acquiring grain-elevator owner Belgravia >>>

Industrial production expanded by 2% yoy in January 2012, an encouraging recovery from a 0.5% yoy decline in December 2011 >>>

The Colonel’s chicken is coming to Ukraine. That is, the world’s third largest fast-food restaurant chain known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, or now simply KFC, an iconic brand for decades in America. >>>

On the eve of the Euro 2012 football championship, which Ukraine is co-hosting with Poland, hotels continue to pop up like mushrooms in a moist forest >>>

A trade representative of Finland's FiNN FLARE in Ukraine (Kyiv) on February 16, 2012 is to open its own mono-brand store in the Globus trade center in Kyiv >>>

Royal Burger fast food restaurant chain in Ukraine, plans in 2012 to open up to six of its own and franchised restaurants in Western Ukraine >>>

Global fast-food giant McDonald’s plans to boost investment into Ukraine by 25 percent in 2012 compared to last year >>>

In Ukraine, the number of enterprises and organizations as of January 1, 2012, made up 1.323 million, including with a legal person status -1.268 million, without a legal person status - 54,995 >>>

The volume of direct foreign investments to the Kyiv economy made up USD 2.9 billion in 2011, which is 1.6 fold up against the capital's total budget or the sixth part of the all-Ukrainian index >>>

The CPI declined by 1.6% in the third quarter, which is attributable to a decrease in prices for raw foods (contribution made up "minus" 2.8 p. p.), mainly owing to a bumper crop of grains and vegetables >>>