The National Bank of Ukraine sees no grounds for default on Ukraine’s obligations, says Yakiv Smolii, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine. “We see no grounds for such developments and don’t consider today the option of default for Ukraine,” Smolii told reporters in Kyiv. (UNIAN/Business World Magazine)
In 2019 the share of households who paid for usual necessary expenses with difficulty or great difficulty constituted 28.6%, down by 7.1% YoY. The share of households making ends meet with some difficulty or fairly easily increased between 2018 (56.8%) and 2019 (62.4%), as had the proportion of households making ends meet easily or very…
In connection with the novel coronavirus outbreak in Estonia, online stores are seeing a significant increase in orders. Barbora, the online store owned by retailer Maxima Group, is also now offering contactless home delivery to its customers in order to combat the spread of the virus. If a customer has chosen contactless delivery at online…
On March 11, H.E. Mr. Berik Aryn, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Saudi Arabia, met with H.E. Dr. Khaled bin Sulaiman Alkhudairy, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD). During the meeting, the parties discussed issues related to the participation of the SFD in the implementation of significant development and infrastructure…
In January-February, gas imports into Ukraine totaled 1.438 million cubic meters, up by 57% YoY. “In February, 981 million cubic meters of natural gas was imported into Ukraine, up by 47%,” the press service of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine reports. As of March 11, gas was imported exclusively from the European Union…