PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia intends in 2017 to raise tariffs for freight transportation by 22.5%, the company said in a press release, with reference to the draft consolidated financial plan posted on its website. According to the press service, the figures are calculated using international financial reporting standards. “Tariffs for passenger rail transportation will not be raised…
PrivatBank is going to appeal a ruling by Kyiv’s district administrative court, which found it illegal to forcibly swap PrivatBank’s certain obligations for shares of an additional issue by the bank, the so-called bail-in procedure. “The decision of the court of first instance will be appealed by us, and we will prove our position,” PrivatBank…
Board Chairman of PJSC Ukzaliznytsia Wojciech Balczun says that UAH 2.5 billion is planned to be invested in Lviv Railways in 2017. Speaking at a press conference in Lviv, Balczun stated that “a portion of these funds will be spent on infrastructure, another portion – on upgrading the rolling stock”. In particular, he noted that…
In the first fortnight of May, Ukraine’s retail prices for socially important products increased, namely the prices for the so-called “borsch” vegetables and meat, the Economic Discussion Club reports. “Potatoes and “borsch” vegetables showed a record growth in prices again. Over the first twenty days of May, consumer prices for these products have increased as…
In January-April water transport of Ukraine carried 3,000 passengers, down by 3.3% YoY. According to the State Statistics Committee, total passenger turnover in Ukraine climbed by 0.3%, to 1.540.8 million passengers. (Portnews/Business World Magazine)
State-run PrivatBank (Kyiv) has not yet been notified of a lawsuit lodged by eurobond holders with the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) against a forced swap of their securities for shares of an additional issue of the bank (the so-called bail-in procedure), Chairman of the bank’s board Oleksandr Shlapak has said. “We have not…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has deleted two companies – Analitic-Partners and Insider – from the registry of audit firms authorized to conduct audit checks at banks in Ukraine, the NBU reported on its website. The regulator says that the decision was taken on the basis of the companies’ applications. At the moment, there…