Ukraine boosted electricity exports to European Union countries and Moldova in the first two months of 2018 by 6.1% YoY, to 1.032 billion kWh. In particular, Hungary accounted for 60.6%, or 624.9 million kWh, while the share of Poland was 27.9%, or 288.4 million kWh. Moldova bought 96 million kWh of Ukrainian electricity (9.3%), Slovakia…
Ukrainian state-run railways operator JSC Ukrzaliznytsia has said the cost of tickets may grow by 12% from April. The same increase will take place in October, acting CEO of Ukrzaliznytsia Yevhen Kravtsov declared. The received funds are planned to be spent on the development of passenger infrastructure. “We applied to the Ministry of Infrastructure as…
Ukraine should let gas prices be determined by the market, in line with the reforms that were implemented in 2016, IMF representative to Ukraine, Goesta Ljungman, said this in a commentary to Reuters. “We believe that it is important to let gas prices – including tariffs for households – be determined by the market, in…
Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsya) through its South-West Railway regional branch announced two tenders within the framework of the renewed project to create a rail line between the capital of Ukraine and the Boryspil Airport. The first tender, where the estimated cost of works amounts to UAH 112.67 million, is divided into two lots. The first lot…
Wage arrears in Ukraine amounted to UAH 2.456 billion as of March 1, down by UAH 79.4 million compared to February 1, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. More than a third of this sum are wage arrears in Donetsk and Luhansk regions – UAH 487 million and UAH 511 million respectively. Among…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted the decisions aimed at bringing the national construction code in line with the standards of the European Union, Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Hennadiy Zubko announced, the Ministry’s press service reports. According to him, the adopted changes will enable building…
In 2017 Ukraine exported 533 tons of champignon mushrooms, the press service of the Agrarian Policy Ministry of Ukraine states. “Based on the results of 2017 Ukraine exported 533 tons of champignon mushrooms worth $480,000, up 12.5-fold YoY. In 2016 Ukraine exported 42.6 tons of champignon mushrooms to the foreign markets worth $37,800,” the statement…