European shipowners welcomed earlier this year the adoption of the integrated European Union policy for the Arctic region, ECSA said in its press release. “We believe that the three priority areas identified cover all topical Arctic matters. Climate change and environment, sustainable development and international cooperation all deserve equal attention”, said ECSA Secretary General Patrick…
Ukraine’s real gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2016 increased by 2% YoY, which is 0.2% higher than the previously made assessment, according to the website of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. “GDP in the third quarter of 2016 compared with the previous quarter (seasonally adjusted) increased by 0.5%, while compared…
The season of 2016/2017 was marked by another rich total harvest of wheat in many of major wheat exporting countries (the harvest even hit a record high in some of them). The exception is the EU, which harvested 16 MMT less wheat (144 MMT) than last year’s bumper crop, according to the USDA. The USDA…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had a telephone conversation with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde, the press service of the Ukrainian president has said. “Petro Poroshenko and Christine Lagarde coordinated steps within the development of further cooperation between Ukraine and the IMF under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program”, a…
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko reckons upon further development of economic cooperation between Ukraine and Saudi Arabia, in particular in the aircraft industry. “Another feature of the creation of the AN-132D aircraft is that it is truly an international project, and I sincerely thank our partners and customers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for…
Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelian expects to sign an agreement on the joint Air Space with the European Union in 2017. “I decided to personally conduct consultations with Madrid and London in order to clearly make the message on the part of Ukraine, that this treaty has technically outgrown its format and turned into…
The National Commission for State Regulation of Energy, Housing and Utilities Services (NCER) will reduce the average tariff of Ukrenergo for 2017 by 4.1% compared with the current rate, to 6.054 kopecks per kWh from 6.316 kopecks/kWh (excluding VAT). According to the NCER decision, the Ukrenergo tariff in the first quarter of 2017 will amount…