The most promising areas for investment in Ukraine are the agri-industrial complex, energy, infrastructure, as well as the areas where Ukraine has a competitive advantage, including IT, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has said, addressing the 17th Vienna Economic Forum – Vienna Future Dialogue 2020. “This is especially relevant in a pandemic when Ukraine…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has approved the candidates to the posts of heads of JSB Ukrgasbank and JSC OTP bank, the central bank’s press service reports. “On November 12, the National Bank of Ukraine approved the candidacy of Andrii Kravets for the position of chairman of the Management Board of Ukrgasbank and the…
Turkestan’s International Airport is to receive its first flight en route Nur-Sultan-Turkestan-Nur-Sultan taking off on December 1, the press service of the Turkestan region’s administration reports. Airlines such as Fly Arystan, SCAT and Qazaq Air are said to run flights from the airport. The new international airport located 20 km away from the city of…
The information technology and communications sector was the least hit by the first wave of the coronavirus in spring, while accommodation providers, caterers and travel agents found themselves in the most difficult situation. This means Estonia is entering the second wave in a vulnerable position, a report by the Riigikogu Foresight Center concludes. The center’s…
In January-October, the Freeport of Riga handled 19,816,300 tons of cargo, down by 27.5% YoY. According to the port’s statistics, handing of grain increased by 25.9%, to 2.13 million tons, coal handling fell by 70.7%, to 2.5 million tons, chemicals – by 16.7%, to 1.2 million tons, ore increased by 5.8%, to 507,700 tons, wood…
Regular flights between Ukraine and Montenegro on the Kyiv-Podgorica route will be launched on December 1. This was officially confirmed during a meeting of Ukraine’s Charge d’Affaires in Montenegro Nataliia Fiialka and Ukrainian Consul in Montenegro Mykhailo Shmatov with CEO at JSC Airports of Montenegro Danilo Orlandic. Flights will be operated by Windrose Airlines. Tickets…
The Ukrainian IT industry lost $199 million in revenue in the second and third quarters of 2020 as it had been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine-related curbs. This is seen from findings of a study conducted by the Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO). The main factors include: reduced demand for services due to…