The poverty rate in Ukraine decreased to 12% in 2017, according to the results of the study conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. “And this is one of the few but important achievements of Ukraine over the years. In 2008, after the beginning of the world crisis, the poverty rate increased to 21%,…
Kyiv’s Luch State Design Bureau has developed a brand new 107mm rocket-propelled grenade launcher. The grenade launcher will replace the Soviet-era RPO Rys rocket propelled flamethrower, withdrawn from use in 2014, as the shelf life of its reactive mixture had expired. The new sample of a heavy infantry weapon is designed to engage such targets…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) since July 3, 2017 has issued around 400 electronic personal currency licenses to individuals for investment abroad, Deputy NBU Governor Oleh Churiy has said. “I think that the tool is of good demand. In six months we have issued around 400 licenses. The sum of investment abroad today is…
New quality requirements for products made of cocoa and chocolate, expected to ensure compliance with the European food safety and quality standards, began to operate in Ukraine on January 1, according to the EU Delegation to Ukraine. According to the European standards, only a product that contains at least 35% of the total amount of…
In January-November 2017 Ukraine exported agricultural food products to Japan at the sum of $80.2 million, including grain exports at $18.9 million, the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine for European Integration, Olga Trofimtseva declared. According to the announcement, in the reporting period the imports of agricultural food products from Japan totaled…
The Ukrainian military website has released pictures showing the new Ukrainian-made Hrim-2 also called Grom-2, or Thunder-2, a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, according to Army Recognition, a global defense security technology and military news portal. The new missile will have a range from 50 to 280 km, Army Recognition said. The missile system is mounted…
The national energy company Ukrenergo and the state-owned enterprise Moldelectrica have discussed resumption of the 750 kV Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP (Mykolaiv region) – Isaccea (Romania) power line for 400 kV class voltage, the press service of Ukrenergo has reported, referring to a meeting in Chisinau held at the end of December 2017. “The resumption of the…