The National Joint-Stock Company "Naftogaz of Ukraine" has completed construction and commissioned a branch gas pipeline in the city of Lyubeshiv, Volyn region of Ukraine.

After the grain, gasoline, and meat crises, a currency crisis has once again returned to Ukraine. There are statements by senior officials about the "stability and controllability" of the situation, and there is the dollar exchange rate.

There is again a rush in demand for American currency in Ukraine. The population is buying up dollars, fearing inflation after the elections. At the same time, the National Bank, as before, assures that the panic is groundless.

The Association of Ukrainian Banks (AUB) believes that the rush demand of the population for cash foreign currency was provoked by the latest decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers, in particular, the sharp increase in pensions and social payments.

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma in the village of Zhashkiv in Cherkasy region at the 159th kilometer of the highway, cutting a symbolic ribbon, opened the "Kyiv-Odesa" motorway.

The region maintains a trend toward increasing production volumes in all sectors of the national economy. In January-August, industrial output growth was 22.7 percent (in Ukraine - 14.4 percent), construction - 18.8 percent, trade - 19 percent, agriculture - 7.5 percent.

The British company SV Motors Ltd is preparing documents to apply to international arbitration in connection with the cancellation of the investment program of the Lutsk Automobile Plant. This was reported by the LuAZ press service.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine is investigating a criminal case regarding officials of the Nemyriv distillery "Nemiroff," the state enterprise "Ukrainian Vodka Company "Nemiroff," the Nemyriv inter-district state tax administration and the state tax administration in Vinnytsia region, the Donbas, Kyiv…

Volyn peasants demand immediate steps from regional and central authorities to rectify the situation in agriculture. This is stated in the appeal of the assembly of agricultural producers of Volyn.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has expanded the list of food products whose prices are regulated by local state administrations.