In the third quarter of 2021, businesses improved their expectations for total sales of own production, investment costs for construction and the number of employees at enterprises. This is evidenced by the findings of a survey of company top managers that the NBU conducted in the third quarter. “For the third quarter in a row,…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) provided UAH 50 million in refinancing to one bank, the central bank’s press service reported. “On October 13, a quantitative tender was held for the refinancing of banks for a term of 30 days. The application of one bank for a total sum of UAH 50 million at an…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) purchased $119.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market last week. Following the foreign exchange interventions, the National Bank bought $119.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market between October 11 and October 13. Since the start of 2021, the National Bank has sold $197 million and purchased $2,024.3…
Ukraine has a huge potential for large-scale biogas production that to ensure its energy independence, CEO of the NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Yuriy Vitrenko has said. “This means new jobs, this is independence from gas imports. We have a huge potential for biogas production, which can and should be used, in particular, for heat production,” Vitrenko…
Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom reduced natural gas transit through the Ukrainian gas transmission system three times this year, according to Sergiy Makogon, CEO of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU). “Gazprom reduced transit via Ukraine three times in 2021. On January 1, it was reduced from 186 million cubic meters per day to…
The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Eduard Heger discussed topical issues of bilateral relations. The meeting took place on October 13 as part of a working visit to Malmo, Kingdom of Sweden. Denys Shmyhal noted that Ukraine highly appreciated the support provided by Slovakia in terms…
As part of a working visit to the Kingdom of Sweden, on October 13, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with the Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Lofven. Denys Shmyhal thanked the Swedish side for organizing the International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, as well as for Sweden’s participation in the…