Salt supplies by state-run enterprise Artyomsol (Donetsk region) to Russia in 2016 fell by 29.6% YoY, to 606,800 tons. The company said in a press release that its large consumers last year were Hungary, Poland and Romania. In 2016 supplies to Armenia, Belarus, Germany and Estonia grew. Shipments to consumers in the Czech Republic and…
The development of small and medium-sized businesses would give a serious impetus to the development of the Ukrainian economy, Head of Press of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jurgis Vilcinskas said at a workshop which was held with the help of virtual speaker management on cooperation between Ukroboronprom state concern and small and medium-sized businesses.…
Kyiv authorities plan to introduce the electronic ticket in the city in 2017, director of the transport infrastructure department of the Kyiv City State Administration Serhiy Maizel said. “We plan to introduce the electronic ticket in Kyiv throughout 2017. It has been introduced practically by 50% and is available for high-speed tram, city train, subway,…
Exports of arms and dual- and special-purpose products by state-run Ukroboronprom Concern in 2016 grew by 25% YoY, to $756 million. These figures were announced by Ukroboronprom Deputy Director Denys Hurak at a forum on cooperation between the defense industry and small and medium-sized businesses. The concern’s state-run enterprises concluded contracts on arms exports last…
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food expects that the Ukrainian agrarians in 2016 will collect some 64.2 million tons of grain, up by 4 million tons YoY, with the average yield of 44.8 hundredweight per ha, according to the ministry press service. According to the report, 26.1 million tons of wheat will be harvested,…
Turkish Airlines will add three more flights on the Istanbul-Kherson route to the summer schedule totaling 10 flights per week. From March 26, flights between Kherson (Ukraine) and Istanbul (Turkey) will be operated in the morning and in the evening. Morning flights will be operated on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays with departure…
The government of Japan in 2017 intends to allocate about $290,000 on projects of donor organizations in the sphere of medicine and health education in Ukraine. “We are happy to sign these five project proposals, four of which involve medicine, and one health education. It is very important for Ukraine,” Japan’s ambassador to Ukraine Shigeki…