Motor Sich Airlines has announced it cancels flights between Zaporizhzhia and Minsk from July 17 till July 31 due to the difficult epidemiological situation. “Due to the continuing complicated epidemiological situation caused by the spread of acute respiratory disease COVID 19/SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Motor Sich Airlines changed the flights schedule. Flights between Zaporizhzhia and Minsk were…
A total of 69% of Ukrainians have experienced the economic impact of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. “Almost a third of respondents reported losing their jobs, while over half spent their savings and cut their expenses on food. People from rural areas, industrial workers and households with unemployed members suffered the most,” according to a survey…
Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture says the share of the shadow economy in 2019 fell by 3% against 2018, from 31% to 28% of the country’s official GDP. The figures are mentioned in the report titled “General Trends of the Shadow Economy in Ukraine”, which was posted on the ministry’s website. The…
In May, the average nominal salary in Ukraine amounted to UAH 10,542, up by 3% YoY, according to the State Statistics Service. “The average nominal salary of a full-time employee of enterprises, institutions and organizations made up UAH 10,542 in May, up 2.2-fold from the minimum wage (UAH 4,723). The average nominal salary increased by…
JSC Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s state-owned postal operator, paid UAH 202.7 million in dividends for 2019, or 50% of the net profit of the joint-stock company for last year, according to Ukrposhta’s press service. The company stresses that this is the largest amount of contributions paid to the state budget since Ukrposhta’s establishment. “For the first time…
Most of Ukrainians say they do not support Ukraine’s borrowing money from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to findings of a June poll conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS). Pollees were asked to share their opinion whether it was expedient for Ukraine to cooperate with the IMF, KIIS said. Thus, 61% of…
To alleviate the first needs in the areas of southwest of Ukraine struck by the largest flooding in the last 50 years, with several casualties and damage to hundreds of homes, the Ukrainian authorities activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The European Commission is providing mapping services of the affected areas through the EU Copernicus…