The mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could in the coming weeks recommend the executive board to hold the third revision of the EFF program, IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice has reported. “I don’t have the exact date of the meeting, but we expect it to be soon, in the coming weeks. And let me…
Gas stock in Ukraine’s underground gas storage facilities (UGS), according to Naftogaz Ukrainy’s estimates, as of the beginning of March will amount to about 8 billion cubic meters, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers has said. According to its report, Naftogaz provided relevant data at a meeting on the issue of providing the…
In 2016 Naftogazvydobuvannya operated by DTEK Naftogaz produced 1,630,800,000 cubic meters of natural gas, up by 25% YoY. The company also extracted 56,100 tons of gas condensate, up by 24% YoY. The increased gas and gas condensate output came from the completed drilling and commissioning of three wells at Semirenkivske gas and condensate field, which…
Early January weather in Ukraine featured alternating warm and cold air masses that in turn led to contrasting temperatures. The average air temperature all over Ukraine was within a range from +0.2 C to -3.1 degrees C. Precipitation rates were within 0-4 mm. Winter crops were covered with 1 to 15 cm of snow. Temperatures…
The assets of Ukraine’s banking system by the end of 2017 will amount to UAH 1.5-1.6 trillion (as of October 1, 2016 some UAH 1.27 trillion), while the number of banks will not exceed 75-80 against 95 currently operating, former deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Vladyslav Rashkovan forecasts. “It remains to…
MP Serhiy Taruta has said that the decision of the board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to put Platinum Bank on the list of insolvent banks could be considered as political bankruptcy of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. “The president could not have been unaware thatNBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva was withdrawing money via Platinum…
Ukraine’s State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Rights Protection in the past several days received confirmation of African swine fever (ASF) diagnosed during the examination of the selected samples of biological material of pigs that died in Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Kirovohrad and Odessa regions. The press service reported that 56 pigs died in Chapayev LLC…