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Today, the Mykolaiv City Rada unanimously adopted a strategic plan for economic development of the city. More...

METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine Ltd. is planning to begin construction of its new wholesale outlet in Vinnytsya in early spring 2007, the company’s PR manager told the LED Monitor on Monday. More...

Today, the Chernivtsi City Rada OK’d the Regulation on Investment Office, the office head told the LED Monitor.

The Investment Office is an independent unit within the city hall, subordinated directly to the mayor and the first deputy mayor, said Maria Porchuk, who took the office just two weeks ago. More...

Chernivtsi expects to have the runway of its airport upgraded next year, hoping to enhance the city’s investment appeal, the city hall told the LED Monitor on Friday. More...

A festival agency established recently in Kamyanets-Podilsky, Khmelnytsky Oblast, has begun securing sponsors to festivals scheduled to take place in this ancient city in 2007. More...

The Luhansk Economy Department is about to submit a draft Small and Medium Enterprise Support Program to the city’s Executive Committee for approval and then introduction into the City Rada, a local government officer told the LED Monitor on Wednesday. More...

On Dec. 21, 2006, the USAID Local Economic Development (LED) project certified the second group of Ukrainian foreign direct investment (FDI) professionals in a formal but warm graduation ceremony. More...

On Dec. 14, 2006, Lutsk became Ukraine’s sixth municipality and first oblast center whose local government has a Quality Management System (QMS) certified to the ISO 9001:2000 standard. More...

“The example of the US-based corporation Jabil Circuit shows that international producers are interested in locating their production facilities on the territory of Ukraine. The country’s advantages of location and high-skilled inexpensive labor appeal to them but the state’s inconsistency in treating investors scares.”

On Dec. 11, 2006, Expert, a Ukrainian business magazine, published a feature on Jabil Circuit Ukraine, a subsidiary of the US-based EMS giant. More...