A trade volume between Ukraine and Slovenia increased by 31% YoY in 2017, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said during a joint press conference with President of Slovenia Borut Pahor in Kyiv. According to him, the growth became possible due to a deep and comprehensive free trade zone. Poroshenko also says that Slovenian business actively…
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is holding talks with five Ukrainian cities about opening new flights, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said. “We are currently negotiating with five other Ukrainian cities. Maybe we will open our flights there next summer. I think that we will develop in Ukraine very aggressively and quickly increase the pace of our…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman says that the introduction of new rules for the privatization of state-owned enterprises will put an end to the shadow component of this process. “The state-owned enterprises of strategic importance will not be sold. Small enterprises will be sold through an electronic auction like ProZorro absolutely openly and transparently,…
Sales of electric cars in Ukraine in January-April grew 1.5-fold YoY, to 1,044 units. The rise was due to imports of used cars accounting for 85% of the total sales in Ukraine, according to the Ukrautoprom Association’s press service. The Nissan Leaf model was the most popular electric car in Ukraine over the period under…
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has attracted to the state budget some UAH 997.897 million at a weekly auction to place domestic bonds. As reported on the ministry’s website, the funds were raised as a result of selling bonds with maturity of 90, 181, 272, 335 and 986 days with an average yield of…
In January-March consumer loans were provided most actively by the state-owned banks and banks with private Ukrainian capital, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported. “Consumer lending remains high – for the first quarter the volume of lending portfolio to individuals increased by 5.6%, to UAH 83.8 billion, or by more…
The state-owned company Ukrspecexport, a part of the State Concern Ukroboronprom and Ukraine’s main exporter of all types of weapons and military equipment, increased its net profit by 69% YoY in January-March, to UAH 64.34 million ($2.4 million) from UAH 38 million ($1.4 million). Net revenue from sales of products in Q1 stood at UAH…