Board Chairman of PJSC Ukzaliznytsia Wojciech Balczun says that UAH 2.5 billion is planned to be invested in Lviv Railways in 2017. Speaking at a press conference in Lviv, Balczun stated that “a portion of these funds will be spent on infrastructure, another portion – on upgrading the rolling stock”. In particular, he noted that…
In the first fortnight of May, Ukraine’s retail prices for socially important products increased, namely the prices for the so-called “borsch” vegetables and meat, the Economic Discussion Club reports. “Potatoes and “borsch” vegetables showed a record growth in prices again. Over the first twenty days of May, consumer prices for these products have increased as…
In January-April water transport of Ukraine carried 3,000 passengers, down by 3.3% YoY. According to the State Statistics Committee, total passenger turnover in Ukraine climbed by 0.3%, to 1.540.8 million passengers. (Portnews/Business World Magazine)
State-run PrivatBank (Kyiv) has not yet been notified of a lawsuit lodged by eurobond holders with the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) against a forced swap of their securities for shares of an additional issue of the bank (the so-called bail-in procedure), Chairman of the bank’s board Oleksandr Shlapak has said. “We have not…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has deleted two companies – Analitic-Partners and Insider – from the registry of audit firms authorized to conduct audit checks at banks in Ukraine, the NBU reported on its website. The regulator says that the decision was taken on the basis of the companies’ applications. At the moment, there…
PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia has introduced a ban on transportation of all types of cargo and empty wagons, including transit through the territory of Ukraine, for a number of owner companies from the Russian Federation. According to company decree Ts-2/101 dated May 18, transportation is prohibited in the wagons of Sberbank Leasing, SG Trans, NefteTransService, Freight One,…
Retail trade in Ukraine rose by 5.8% YoY in January-April in comparable prices, to UAH 226.749 billion, or $8.6 billion, according to the State Statistics Service’s website. Retail turnover increased the most in Kirovohrad region (by 9.3%, to UAH 4.37 billion), Lviv region (by 9.2%, to UAH 13.1 billion), Poltava region (by 8.4%, to UAH…