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…
The European Business Association (EBA) says 68% of companies in Ukraine have already fully or partially resumed work in their offices. “Some 68% of surveyed business representatives have already fully or partially returned to the office,” the EBA said on its website. Regarding the staff policy, 60% of the surveyed entrepreneurs plan to keep the…
The bus operator FlixBus (Germany) resumed operations in Ukraine on separate international routes from June 25. According to the company’s press service, tickets are already on sale for trips from Kyiv via Zhytomyr, Rivne, Lviv, Uzhgorod to Krakow, Budapest, Vienna and more than a dozen German cities, and from July 3 green branded buses will…
The Ukrainian banking sector has successfully weathered the first wave of the coronavirus crisis, but banks must be prepared for the negative medium-term consequences, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). “The Ukrainian banking sector faced the coronavirus pandemic crisis in good shape and with sufficient safety margin. The new crisis has not caused…
Belarusian specialists have helped overhaul part of the M05 Kiev-Odessa motorway, representatives of the Belarusian embassy in Ukraine have reported. A major overhaul of a 25 km-long section of the M05 Kiev-Odessa motorway has been completed within the framework of a Ukrainian government program. Part of this section (15 km) was repaired by the Belarusian-Ukrainian…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a resolution according to which, starting from September 1 it will increase wages for health sector workers. “The wage of doctors is one of the lowest in Ukraine, which is unacceptable, especially in the conditions of a worsening epidemic. The draft act proposes, starting from July 1,…
Turkish Airlines intends to resume flights to Ukraine from July 1. In particular, Turkish Airlines plans to operate flights from Istanbul to Kyiv ten times a week, to Odesa – seven times a week and to Lviv – five times a week. Flights to Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are currently not planned. Infrastructure Minister of…