Transit shipments of natural gas via the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) in January-May grew by 7.8% YoY, to 37.6 billion cubic meters. In particular, gas transit supplies from Russia via Ukraine in May alone stood at 8.37 billion cubic meters, up by 16.4% YoY, the state-run gas transmission system operator Ukrtransgaz said. (UNIAN/Business World…
Wizz Air from July 18 will increase the frequency of flights between Kyiv and Tallinn, Estonia, from four to five flights a week. This information is included in the airlines’ booking system. Additional flights will be operated on Thursdays until October 24 inclusively, after which the frequency will return to the current four flights a…
Central bank is likely to leave its main interest rate unchanged on June 6, following a delay to the disbursement of International Monetary Fund aid worth $1.3 billion, a monthly analyst poll showed. Most of the analysts – 11 out of 17 polled by Reuters – expect the rate to remain at its current 17.5%.…
The Norwegian company Scatec Solar has started construction of a 148 MW solar power plant in Ukraine. The 148 MW Prohresivka solar station will be located in Mykolaiv region, according to the company’s press release. The project will be implemented in collaboration with PowerChina Guizhou Engineering Co. Ltd. that will provide construction financing and engineering…
In May Ukraine increased gas reserves in underground gas storage facilities by almost 2 billion cubic meters. As of June 1, they reached 11.46 billion cubic meters, the press service of the NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy reported. “Ukraine continues to accumulate gas in underground gas storage facilities to go through the next heating season. The gas…
Ukraine’s national budget fell short of UAH 8.545 billion, or $319 million, in revenue from January to May. In the first five months, budget revenue totaled UAH 426.684 billion, or $15.95 billion, down by 2% from the planned indicator. At the same time, budget revenue was 15%, or UAH 56.954 billion ($2.12 billion) up on…
Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan announced that the number of flights on domestic air routes increased. “Finally, we see an increase in flights not only on international but on domestic air routes also. Starting from today, SkyUp Airlines launches cheap regular flights Kyiv-Odesa and Kharkiv-Odesa. And starting from tomorrow, the Motor-Sich airline launches Kyiv-Uzhgorod flights…