Farmers of seven southern Ukrainian regions have started spring grain sowing, seeding 31,000 hectares, the agriculture ministry said on March 13. Farmers have sown 18,000 hectares of spring barley, 11,000 hectares of peas and 2,000 hectares of oats, the ministry said in a statement. Farmers plan to sow a total of 7.2 million hectares of…
On March 4-10, Ukraine exported 520.9 thousand tons of grains from the seaports, against 611.1 thousand tons in the previous week. In particular, wheat shipments reached 66.6 thousand tons, corn – 439 thousand tons, and barley – 15.3 thousand tons. Company TIS (107.9 thousand tons) and grain terminal Borivage (68 thousand tons) became the leaders…
One of the largest European low-cost airlines – Hungary’s Wizz Air – has announced the launch of four new flights from Kyiv and Lviv airports. The press service of the company reported that from June 18, Wizz would start flying from Lviv airport to the capital of Germany, Berlin (Schoenefeld) and from August the airline…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has increased the authorized capital of the PJSC State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine by UAH 4.7 billion. This has been stipulated in a government’s resolution dated March 6, No.123, the government’s official website reports. “To increase the authorized capital of the PJSC State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine by UAH…
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited has acquired 9.99% shares in Astarta agroindustrial holding or 2.498 million shares from Aluxes Holding Ltd. belonging to one of the founders of Astarta Valeriy Korotkov. According to a report of the holding on the website of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), the company received the information on March 9. The…
Ukrainian airlines, according to data from the State Aviation Service, transported 1.235 million passengers in January-February, up by 51.9% YoY. According to a report on the agency’s website, international traffic grew by 55.2%, to 1.106 million people. Passenger flows through the airports of Ukraine increased by 37.4% and amounted to 1.949 million people, in particular…
The Economic Development and Trade Ministry has developed a set of documents aimed at the abolition of some regulations that create legal obstacles for business activities in Ukraine, Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Maksym Nefyodov has said at a government meeting on March 10. “We’ve development a large set of documents aimed at the…