Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says that Ukraine’s economy has been growing for 11 quarters in a row, but the government still needs external support so that to pay off its foreign debt, the government portal reports. “The economy has been growing for 11 quarters in a row, which means the recovery has begun. In general,…
As of November 14 there were 17 billion cubic meters of gas in Ukrainian underground storage facilities. Thus, Ukraine has consumed 200 million cubic meters of gas since the start of gas extraction, the press service of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine reported. The company noted that current gas stocks were 300 million cubic meters or…
The draft state budget for 2019 provides for UAH 1 billion for the construction of the Mykolaiv-Kropyvnytskyi highway, according to Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan. “In addition, the Road Fund will allocate almost UAH 1 billion for the roads of both regional and state importance in Mykolaiv region,” the minister said during his working visit to…
On November 14 the first train arrived in Mukachevo from Budapest. The train is one of those expected to shortly start running along the new route on a regular basis. So far, this is only a dry run along the newly built standard gauge line, the Center for Transport Strategies reported. The train was operated…
The Ukrainian pharmaceutical manufacturers cannot do customs clearing for medicine to be imported to Uzbekistan, the Association of Employers’ Organizations of the Medical and Microbiological Industry of Ukraine (OORMMPU) said in a statement. “Pharmaceutical products have been at the customs for several weeks now, but the customs service of the Republic of Uzbekistan does not…
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) serviced 2.424 million passengers in January-October, up by 56.3% YoY, the airport’s press service reports. The number of passengers serviced on international flights totaled 2,351.2 thousand, and on domestic flights – 73 thousand. The number of flights in January-October included 25,904 both arrivals and departures, up by 32.9% (of…
The creation of an East European Energy Hub will allow Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania to become energy independent from the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy said at a joint press conference with the speakers of Lithuania and Poland in Vilnius. “We have discussed joint actions in energy security –…