In January-March, 20.3 thousand new passenger cars were registered in Ukraine, up by 11% YoY, according to the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, UkrAutoProm. At the same time, the number of new passenger cars registered in March decreased by 15%, to 6,244 units. In March, Renault cars had the largest demand, with 1,222 cars registered.…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal argues that the government is considering options for weakening restrictive measures set up to flatten the curve of coronavirus spread to restart the economy. At the same time, he admitted this would depend on the dynamics of the spread. “We’re very well aware that many people, the majority of…
Lithuania’s wet-lease and charter services provider GetJet Airline has handed lay-off notices to 370 employees, the Employment Service has said. These include 14 technicians, eight flight coordinators, six maintenance control coordinators, five crew coordinators, five auditors and four financial controllers. GetJet Airlines had a total of 392 employees in February, based on data from the…
Georgian gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.2% YoY in February, showed the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In February, the estimated real growth compared to the same period of the previous year occurred in the following sectors: wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, information and…
The lifting of restrictions implemented for the duration of the emergency situation will be based not on economic but rather health-based logic, and as there is currently no certainty regarding how the coronavirus will continue to spread, no strategy exists for exiting the standstill either, said Ministry of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Deputy Secretary General…
Default is possible in Ukraine without external support from international financial institutions, but the government is doing its best to keep the country financially stable, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said. “First of all, we have to spend money on protecting the life and health of our citizens, rather than repaying foreign debt. Therefore,…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects that the economic recovery in Ukraine will begin at the end of the third quarter, First Deputy NBU Governor Kateryna Rozhkova has said. “We expect, based on the forecasts we hear, that from the end of the third quarter, the economy will recover and customers and banks will…