Ukraine: trade agreement with US to be effective tool of geoeconomics

The conclusion of a bilateral preferential trade agreement between Ukraine and the United States can become an effective tool of geoeconomics, providing increased global competition in trade, Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Ihor Petrashko said during a conversation with United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai. “Strategic partnership with the United States…

Ukraine: 401,000 people unemployed

Some 401,000 people in Ukraine have the status of unemployed, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said. “I get data from the State Employment Service every day. As of May 6, 401,000 people had the status of unemployed. In total, during this quarantine year, according to official figures, 1 million people received the status of unemployed.…

Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivsk region gets UAH 3.8 million in tourist tax revenues in January-April 2021

In January-April, local budgets of Ivano-Frankivsk region received UAH 3.8 million in revenues from tourist tax, which was almost 70% of the figure recorded in the entire 2020, according to the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration. “The winter season in Polianytsia territorial community was surprisingly successful,” Vitaliy Perederko, the head of the tourism department at the…