Ukraine: new cargo route from Xinjiang developed

A new China-Europe freight train route was launched on October 29 in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The first train, carrying oil drilling equipment is bound for Poltava via Kazakhstan and Russia. This is the first cargo train linking Xinjiang with Ukraine. The new route will cut the transportation time from…

Ukraine: NBU sells $86 million at auction

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) at the foreign exchange auction on October 27 sold $86.1 million to Ukrainian banks, according to the press service of the central bank. The minimum exchange rate of hryvnia during the auction was UAH 26.86 per U.S. dollar, the maximum – UAH 26.87 per U.S. dollar. Earlier, the NBU…

Turkmenistan and Ukraine discussing infrastructure projects

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met with Ukrainian businessmen, Chairman of the Board at Interbudmontazh Construction Association Vladimir Petruk and Director General of Altcom Financial Industrial Group Alexander Tislenko, the Turkmen government said in a message. President Berdimuhamedov noted that Turkmenistan aimed at mutually beneficial cooperation with foreign partners, including with the business circles of…