SolarGaps has become the first start-up in Ukraine to receive a EUR 1-million grant in equity free funding under the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 2. SolarGaps became the first Ukrainian start-up, which received SME Instrument Horizon 2020 Phase 2 grant since the interview stage in Brussels was introduced. The start-up secured EUR 1 million…
In 2018, the proceeds from the tourism industry into the state budget of Ukraine increased by 250%, to UAH 4.2 billion. “The local authorities have significantly increased spending on tourism development owing to the decentralization reform. Kyiv had only UAH 300,000 in 2014, and today it has more than UAH 12 million; Odesa had 0,…
The Finance Ministry aims to reduce the national debt to 50.5% of GDP by the end of 2019, and to 41.4% of GDP within the next three years, according to Finance Minister Oksana Markarova. “In the updated medium term state debt management strategy for three years, which Finance Ministry presented at the previous meeting of…
Investments from 32 countries were attracted in the economy of Volyn region in 2018, the press service of the Volyn Regional State Administration reported. “32 countries invested in the economy of Volyn region in 2018. The main ones were Poland, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Slovakia and Cyprus, with direct investments totaling 92.1% of the overall amount,”…
In the first quarter of 2019 Ukraine International Airlines carried more than 1.5 million passengers, up by 8% YoY. During this period, UIA operated 13,600 flights with the load factor of 75%, which corresponded to the figures of 2018. At the same time, the punctuality rate of UIA during the first quarter increased and reached…
Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service (SFS) reimbursed UAH 45.4 billion worth of value added tax (VAT) in January-March, the SFS press service reported. “Compared to the relevant period of last year, the amount of compensation grew by 34.8%, or by UAH 11.7 billion. UAH 38 billion worth of VAT was returned to taxpayers in January-March 2018,”…
Ukraine-Turkey trade turnover increased by 28% YoY in January-February. Last year, Turkey was 6th largest importer of Ukrainian agri-food products. “In 2018, the trade turnover between the countries decreased by 3.9% YoY. However, in the first two months of this year, it totaled $356.6 million and grew by 28% due to an increase in exports…