Pharmacy sales in Ukraine in January-May increased by 18% in monetary terms compared to the same period in 2016, to UAH 26.573 billion. Pharmacy sales in physical terms grew by 11%, to 620.2 million packages, the Business Credit company reported. In particular, retail sales of medicines increased by 17% in monetary terms, to UAH 21.659…
Stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities totaled 11 billion cubic meters of natural gas, the press service of PJSC Ukrtransgaz reports. “According to the operational information, natural gas reserves in Ukraine’s gas storage facilities reached 11 billion cubic meters, up by 15% YoY,” reads the report. Since the beginning of this year, Ukraine has pumped…
Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Ministry of Ukraine has signed the agreement of cooperation with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank group, the press service of the ministry reported. According to the report, the key directions of cooperation between the ministry and the IFC will be the improvement of…
Amendments to Infrastructure Ministry order No. 337 cutting the base aviation fee from $17 to $13 have been adopted, Director General of Boryspil International Airport Pavlo Riabikin has said. “What does it mean? All airlines flying from the Boryspil airport would receive a decreased fee for passenger servicing from June 20. Ryanair airline will receive…
Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion says that the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to allocate UAH 800 million for the construction of Lviv – Odesa – Mykolaiv highway. Kistion noted that the government approved amendments to the 2017 national budget under which additional UAH 800 million would be allocated for major repairs of roads. According…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has given six months to PrivatBank to settle relations with Football Club Dynamo (FC, both based in Kyiv) in line with regulatory requirements. According to the response of the central bank to PrivatBank, lending to persons connected with the previous owners of PrivatBank (including FC Dynamo) violates the restrictions…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved an agreement on cooperation in the railway sphere signed by the Cabinet and the government of Serbia in Belgrade in June 2013. According to an explanatory note to the document, its endorsement would create a reliable international legal tool for implementing and stepping up bilateral intergovernmental relations, the conditions…