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  1. Victor Pinchuk and Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's wealthiest billionaires are stifling the economy by choking competition.
  2. Ukrainian PM Tymoshenko has launched the first city rail bus in Lviv, which is intended to ease traffic congestion in the city's downtown.
  3. The US will render assistance to Ukraine in liquidating theatre-of-operation Skad missile systems, according to UNIAN news reports.
  4. Officials say Ukraine has launched program to safely dispose of about 16,000 tons of a highly toxic Soviet-era chemical used in rocket fuel.
  5. Ukraine's steel industry reduced finished roll output 18% year-on-year in January-November to 24.417 million tonnes.
  6. The Ukrainian telecoms regulator, National Communications Regulatory Commission of Ukraine has cancelled the planned 3G license auction.
  7. The Central Election Commission has adopted the procedure of holding the television debates between the candidates for Ukraine's presidency.
  8. Prez of Football federation of Ukraine Surkis is ready to make an official offer to Shakhtar Donetsk football club's coach Mircea Lucescu.
  9. EU officials head for Kiev for summit with Ukraine where they will make clear their concern at rising debt and recurrent political crises.
  10. Raiffeisen Bank, the Austrian lender that operates in 17 former communist countries in eastern Europe, plans to cut more jobs in Ukraine.
  11. More than 10 leading Ukrainian retailers are looking for mergers and acquisitions in the near future, according to Ukrainian media reports.
  12. New appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of USA John Tefft will arrive in Ukraine on December 2, according to UNIAN news.
  13. Ukraine`s golden opportunity to host Euro 2012 comes with great expectations and high pressure from UEFA, according to Deutsche Welle.
  14. Money from the sale of unused military property will be allocated to a special fund of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine beginning from 2010.
  15. Ukraine's Consulate General in St. Petersburg is checking reports of the presence of Ukrainian citizens among those in the train crash.
  16. Talks on the release of the Ariana, a ship with a crew of 24 Ukrainians seized in May 2009 by Somali pirates, are continuing.
  17. The government of Ukraine will raise the first grade wage of miners by 30% from March 1, 2010, PM of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has said.
  18. Entry denials for travelers between Russia and Ukraine will be discussed by the countries' foreign ministries, Ukraine said.
  19. As Ukraine approaches its first presidential election since the Orange revolution in 2004, disappointment runs deep.
  20. The number of mobile communications subscribers in Ukraine as of the end of October 2009 had fallen by 240,000 people, to 55.29 million.