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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...

Solidwood, a Ukrainian-Polish joint venture, has released a pilot lot of glued pinewood panels from its facility just launched in Koryukivka, Chernihiv Oblast, and continues recruiting manpower, the company told LED Monitor on Wednesday. More...

On Nov. 29, 2006, an overwhelming majority of Lutsk City Rada members voted for adoption of the Economic Development Strategic Plan drafted for the city in October with assistance from the USAID Local Economic Development (LED) project. More...