Ukraine and Georgia have agreed on the development of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Caspian Sea international transport corridor at the meeting of the joint intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation. Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze announced this at the briefing. “We agreed to continue cooperation on the…
The price of natural gas bought by NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy from European suppliers, which is to be delivered in May, is $25-30 per 1,000 cubic meters lower than the price stipulated in the contract with Gazprom, Naftogaz Chief Commercial Officer Yuriy Vitrenko said. “We’ve completed buying planned volumes of imported gas in May. It is…
The board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to reduce the refinancing rate from April 14, to 13% per annum from 14% per annum introduced on October 28, 2016. “The restoration of the mitigation of the monetary policy is in line with the necessity of achieving inflation targets in 2017-2019 and would…
The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Ukraine has highlighted the importance and urgency of the adoption of the electricity market bill debated in the Verkhovna Rada. “This would be a key step towards a competitive and open electricity market in Ukraine, bringing it closer to the way how the electricity markets operate in…
This year the average salary in Ukraine grew by 35% and the actual incomes of citizens – by 20%, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman stated during a meeting of the parliamentary committee on April 12. “This year the average salary grew by 35%, while inflation persisted at moderate rates. The actual incomes grew by…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on April 12, extended the state of emergency in the electricity market for one more month. Emergency measures in the energy sector, stipulated in government resolution No. 103-r dated February 15, came into effect on February 17, because of the blockade by activists with the support of a…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, under a proposal of the Finance Ministry, has approved the attraction of an external advisor who will advise the ministry in upgrade of the strategy for reforming state-owned banks. The decision was made by the government on April 12. “Implementing clause 13 of the memorandum (signed by Ukraine and the International…