In 2020, the Government of Ukraine plans to sell more than 300 entities within small-scale privatization and five large enterprises. This is stated in the government’s “Economic Strategy: Growth through Investment”, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine reports. “The next area of private investment attraction is the…
The government has already begun to assess the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the Ukrainian economy, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has said. “Speaking about the coronavirus, I am quite sure that this factor must be assessed, and we are already doing it. The question is different: no one in the world can say how…
The state-run enterprise Energoatom, the operator of Ukraine-based nuclear power plants, generated 7.825 billion kWh of electricity in January, up by 126.6 million kWh, or by 1.6% from the target set for the period. Over the period under review, Energoatom’s power plants sold 7.375 billion kWh of electricity, up by 149.1 million kWh. The plan…
The shortcomings of macroeconomic forecasting, in particular regarding the hryvnia exchange rate, led the state budget falling short of UAH 2.3 billion ($94 million) in January, said head of the Accounts Chamber of Ukraine, Valeriy Patskan. “The actual hryvnia exchange rate in January on average amounted to UAH 24.1 to the dollar, while budget revenue…
Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Riabchyn and Norway’s State Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen have discussed the development of Ukrainian-Norwegian cooperation in the energy sector. They met in Oslo on February 12. The meeting was also attended by Ukraine’s Ambassador to Norway Vyacheslav Yatsiuk and…
Head of Ukravtodor Automobile Road Agency Oleksandr Kubrakov says Ukraine’s main highways network could be upgraded within two or three years. “I think the country has a chance to get good roads and renew their main network in two or three years. But we can show a truly unprecedented result and construction scope as early…
The Serbian national airline Air Serbia announced the launch of regular flights from Lviv to Belgrade (Serbia) from June, the press service of Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport reported. “Starting from June 5, Air Serbia opens a new direction on the Lviv-Belgrade route. Flights will be operated four times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays…