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…
State-run PrivatBank (Dnipro) has filed an application seeking to join the primary government domestic loan bond dealer list, PrivatBank Head Oleksandr Shlapak has said. “PrivatBank has not worked on the interbank market for two years. In January we placed funds on the interbank market, we buy and sell government domestic loan bonds. Now we have…
The bilateral economic turnover between Ukraine and France has increased by 36%, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said at a joint briefing with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. “If we look at our bilateral economic turnover, we will see that it has increased by 36%. And this means that our businessmen are working together, and…
Ukrainian Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Ostap Semerak says that the development of renewable energy companies is a way to the full energy independence of Ukraine. “Ukraine, along with traditional energy, is actively working on the development of renewable energy. The introduction of renewable energy production will give an opportunity for our state to receive…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has increased the total estimated cost of construction of the 750 kV Rivne nuclear power plant (NPP)-Kyivska substation power line by 20% or by UAH 970.443 million, to UAH 5.818 billion. The decision is outlined in government resolution No. 132-r dated March 1. According to the document, the estimated cost of…