Moody’s Public Sector Europe has upgraded the ratings of two Ukrainian cities – Kyiv and Kharkiv – to Caa1 from Caa2, which reflected Moody’s upgrade of Ukraine’s sovereign bond rating to Caa1, with a stable outlook, from Caa2 (positive outlook) on December 21. The outlook for the two cities was also changed to stable from…
Ukraine’s state and government-guaranteed debt in November grew by 0.6%, or by $0.44 billion, to $74.76 billion. The amount of the debt in the hryvnia equivalent increased by 1.4%, or by UAH 29.4 billion, to UAH 2.122 trillion, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said. Since the beginning of the year, the country’s state debt in the…
A high-speed Stadler train will be launched in the coming days, and this train will run along the Baku-Ganja route, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC reported on December 27. This train will travel at a speed of 159 kilometers per hour. Passengers will be able to use VIP and business class seats. Each railcar will have a…
$38.2 million will be spent on the modernization of Shirak and Zvartnots airports in Gyumri and Yerevan respectively. When approved, the project initiated by the concessionaire of both airports will seek to ensure ICAO safety standards, the airport capacity will be made consistent with the expected increase in passenger traffic and reach the level of…
The volume of freight transported via Belarus rose by 20% in January-November, the State Customs Committee of Belarus reported. “The flow of freight via Belarus increases rapidly every year. For example, more than 62 million tons of goods was transported via the Belarusian border in January-November, up by 10 million tons YoY,” the State Customs…
Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said he expects the construction of toll roads in Ukraine to begin next year. “The last word will be for Ukravtodor. I fully trust Ukravdotor Chief Slawomir Nowak. He has built many toll roads in Poland. I hope that we will be able to start it next year. We…
In January-November, water transport of Ukraine carried 5.3 million tons of cargo, down by 2.1% YoY, says State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. Cargo turnover fell by 20.8%, to 3,155.1 million ton-km. All types of transport carried 517 million tons of cargo (-1.5%). (PortNews/Business World Magazine)