Ukraine has topped the list of honey exporters to the European Union, a Food and Agriculture Organization consultant reports. “The volume of honey supplies from Ukraine to the EU in January-August increased by 16% YoY, while from China – decreased by 19%. Thus, Ukraine has become the No. 1 supplier of honey to the European…
The consolidated state budget for 2021 projects about UAH 27 billion to finance culture development. “The sphere of culture development is a priority of the state as evidenced by the funds laid down in the country’s budget,” Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko said. “Let’s compare the expenditures on culture in 2020 and 2016.…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed the government to develop a comprehensive program of measures to support small and medium-sized businesses during a lockdown. The head of state said this in a vlog posted on his Facebook page. “I instructed the government to develop a very important program of measures in the coming days, which…
Ukroboronprom, Ukraine’s state-owned defense concern, has released a public appeal to the President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Denysh Shmyhal, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov, and Rada Defense Committee Chair Oleksandr Zavitnevych, voicing “concern regarding the curtailment of Ukraine’s defense industry reform and interference into its economic activities by the Ministry of Strategic…
The draft resolution on approving new regulations on railway safety management system has been published on the website of the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine. The project envisages the introduction of a European-style railway traffic management system; approval of methodological recommendations for building a traffic safety management system at the enterprise; introduction of obligatory procedures for…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine hosted negotiations between Uzbek Republican Commodity Exchange (UzEX) delegation and Ukrainian agricultural producers of sugar, sunflower oil, flour, grain, meat and other goods in order to discuss supplies to the Republic of Uzbekistan. Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Senik took part in the meeting organized within the…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has advised banks to close on non-working days their branches located in large shopping centers and buildings that are closed during a weekend lockdown, NBU Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko has said on Facebook. He stressed that the central bank had not imposed any restrictions on the work of financial institutions…