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…
In the current season Ukraine demonstrated record rates of imports of Belarusian rye flour. In July-January of 2016/2017 MY the import volumes of Belarusian rye flour to Ukraine totaled 23.6 thousand tons against 252 tons only in the same period last season. At the same time, in the current season Ukraine significantly decreased the domestic…
Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeriya Gontareva discussed with Director of the World Bank for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Satu Kahkonen and Director of the World Bank for Finance and Markets Global Practice Alfonso Garcia Mora the current stage of the reform of the banking sector. This has been reported by the press…
Ukraine since the beginning of the 2016/2017 marketing year (July-June) and as of March 7, exported 29.91 million tons of grain. According to the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food, the country exported about 13.69 million tons of wheat, 4.67 million tons of barley and 11.37 million tons of corn. In addition, 265,100 tons of…