In 2019, Ukrainian transport companies increased passenger turnover by 3.3% YoY, according to a report on the implementation of the program of activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. “Passenger traffic continued to grow (3.3% against 5.1% in 2018) due to the stable development of air transport in the context of the liberalization of…
In 2020, the Government of Ukraine plans to sell more than 300 entities within small-scale privatization and five large enterprises. This is stated in the government’s “Economic Strategy: Growth through Investment”, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine reports. “The next area of private investment attraction is the…
In two pharmacies in the Russia-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region medicines, which were produced in Georgia, were confiscated by the de-facto Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tskhinvali region. The sale of Georgia-made products, including medicines, is prohibited by a resolution of the de-facto government in the Russia-occupied Tskhinvali region, adopted in 2006. Local doctors in…
Kazakhstan has prohibited import of poultry goods from Ukraine’s Vinnytsia region due to the bird flu outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture has reported. The temporary measures were introduced based on the official notification of the World Organisation for Animal Health on the outbreak of the highly pathogenic bird flu virus on the territory of Vinnytsia…
When compared to the same period of the previous year, Latvia had a lower GDP than the average in the European Union in Q4 2019, according to data published by Eurostat for 20 of the union’s countries. According to seasonally adjusted data, Latvia’s GDP increased by 1% in Q4 2019. A more rapid economic growth…
The government has already begun to assess the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the Ukrainian economy, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has said. “Speaking about the coronavirus, I am quite sure that this factor must be assessed, and we are already doing it. The question is different: no one in the world can say how…
The state-run enterprise Energoatom, the operator of Ukraine-based nuclear power plants, generated 7.825 billion kWh of electricity in January, up by 126.6 million kWh, or by 1.6% from the target set for the period. Over the period under review, Energoatom’s power plants sold 7.375 billion kWh of electricity, up by 149.1 million kWh. The plan…