Ukraine: money supply up in July 2017

Money supply in Ukraine in July grew by 1%, to UAH 1.115 trillion, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reported. The central bank said that the pace was linked to the increase in off-bank cash by 1.3%, to UAH 311.639 billion, and deposits in the national currency by 0.9%, to UAH 802.786 billion. The…

Ukraine: 33.4 million tons of grain harvested

Ukrainian agrarians harvested 33.4 million tons of grain on 8.8 million hectares (91% of the target) as of August 8, according to the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry’s press service. Early grain crops have already been harvested in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kirovohrad, Mykolayiv, and Kherson regions. The average yield of cereals is estimated at 3.79 tons…

Ukraine: Ryanair not to enter the market in 2017

Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan said that Ryanair, the Irish-based low-cost air carrier, might not launch its operations in Ukraine in 2017. “If the negotiations are deliberately delayed, while they (Ryanair) distribute the routes for their aircraft for the whole year, we will say that Ryanair will come next year,” Omelyan said. “But they will…