In 2020, the Kyiv metro carried 279.5 million passengers, down by 215.8 million, or by 56% YoY, Deputy Chairman of Kyiv City State Administration Oleksandr Hustieliev announced. “The coronavirus pandemic and quarantine restrictions affected the number of passengers carried in the past year. However, the leading stations in terms of passenger traffic remain unchanged. Thus,…
Ukraine has to pay about $1.6 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2021, including almost $1.36 billion as repayment of the principal amount of the debt and $0.26 billion as payment of interest, Chairman of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Bohdan Danylyshyn has written on his Facebook page. “The…
The cost of fuel in Estonia has risen again after major retailers increased prices on January 12. 95 Gasoline now costs EUR 1.279 per liter at pump (up from EUR 1.259) and diesel is now EUR 1.119 (up from EUR 1.089). 98 Gasoline is now priced at EUR 1.329 per liter, a 20% increase on…
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in 2020 fell by 10% YoY, to 6,603,200 tons, the Port Authority reported. In the reporting period, handling of grain and cereal products declined by 0.5%, to 2,879,700 tons, handling of anthracite fell almost 4-fold, to 272,700 tons, building materials – by 17.7%, to 740,000 tons, while…
The results of the country’s socio-economic development in 2020 and the tasks for this year will be discussed at an expanded meeting of the Government at the end of January. “The meeting will be chaired by President Kassym Jomart Tokayev,” Kazakh PM Askar Mamin said. He noted that despite the significant impact of the pandemic…
In December 2020, consumer prices in Ukraine increased by 0.9% MoM, according to the Ukrainian State Statistics Service. Consumer prices in December 2020 grew by 0.9% MoM and by 5% YoY. In general, consumer prices in 2020 increased by 2.7%. Core inflation in December 2020 was 0.3% compared to November 2020 and 4.2% for the…
Ukraine’s supermarkets are allowed to sell goods required for daily living activities of citizens, with certain exceptions in the trade amid the strict quarantine across the country introduced from January 8 to January 24. During the lockdown, the authorities allowed the operation of only those facilities that provided livelihoods for citizens. Therefore, supermarkets are allowed…