BNP Paribas S.A. (France) has increased its stake in UkrSibbank (Kyiv) to 60% from 59.99%, the Ukrainian bank reported in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission. According to the report, the securities were transferred from the accounts of minority shareholders to the account of the French bank under the…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ukraine’s largest international investor, supports the Ukrainian government’s updated strategy for reforming the country’s state-owned banks. EBRD’s Country Director for Ukraine Sevki Acuner said that the strategy had been developed in the form of a general debate, which resulted in a very clear-cut strategy with the clear…
Uzbekistan and Georgia have agreed on cooperation in the field of winemaking and viticulture. As part of the visit of Uzbek working group led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade Relations Sahib Saifnazarov to Tbilisi, the parties signed a memorandum, under which leading Georgian experts will visit Uzbekistan to study the raw materials base and…
ABLV Bank will be liquidated in accordance with Latvia’s laws, because preservation of this credit institution is not in the interest of the country’s society, announced the European Central Bank. In the report, ECB concluded that ABLV Bank and its subsidiary ABLV Bank Luxembourg were expected to collapse in the near future. ECB has informed…
Air Astana will offer daily, non-stop flights from Nazarbayev International airport in Astana to London Heathrow, effective as of June 1. The additional frequencies, on Wednesdays and Fridays, are already available for sale. “We are delighted to have finally secured daily flight status on what is such a prestigious and popular route – the only…
Ukrainian energy and coal industry minister’s advisor Maksym Beliavsky says because of the cold snap on February 24-25, Ukraine has increased gas withdrawal from its underground storage facilities (USFs) to 101 million cubic meters per day, the maximum level for the entire 2017-2018 heating season. “Ukraine, because of the temperature drop, has increased the pumping…
PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia and U.S. company General Electric Transportation signed a framework agreement on modernization and production of locomotives. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. The agreement, in particular, provides for the modernization of a locomotive fleet and the construction of new…