The economic sentiment indicator in Ukraine, calculated by the State Statistics Service, in the first quarter of 2018 was 110.1% compared with 104.3% and 105% in the fourth and third quarters of 2017 respectively, indicating its transition to the stage of recovery. According to the service, three out of the five indicators of business confidence…
The public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia intends to increase prices of passenger transportation by rail by 10% from April 1. The company plans to increase the prices two more times this year. According to a report of the Magistral media center of PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia posted on its website, the management of the company calls this decision…
Revenues of local budgets in Ukraine grew by 31% or by UAH 45.3 billion due to the decentralization reform carried out in 2017, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman wrote on his Facebook page. “665 united territorial communities have already been created in Ukraine. Territorial communities receive millions of hryvnias for infrastructure development: they buy equipment for…
Energoatom in January increased electricity production by 9.3% YoY (by 747.8 million kilowatt-hours), to 7.259 billion kWh, the press service of the company has said. The target was met by 101.6%. Electricity sales on the wholesale market during the reporting period totaled 6.842 billion kWh compared to 7.57 billion kWh. Energoatom’s share of total electricity…
Dart Airline (Kyiv) has suspended servicing its own flights over low occupancy of planes, the airline has reported. “This happened around two or three weeks ago,” the airline said. According to the register of civil planes, as of February 13, Dart airline does not have aircraft. However, Airbus A320-212 plane with UR-CII code, Airbus A321-211…
The public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia has denied information that the company has allegedly been involved in transportation of military cargo from Russia to Transdniestria. “According to the information from the automated systems of PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia, the transportation of military cargoes indicated in the application was not carried out from the Russian Federation to Transdniestria,” the…
The banking system of Ukraine, including both solvent and insolvent financial institutions, saw UAH 25.972 billion in losses in 2017, down 6-fold YoY. According to the data released on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine, solvent banks in 2017 reported a UAH 24.360 billion loss, while insolvent ones saw a loss of UAH…