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Thursday, June 10

Editor’s Note: Eagle-eyed reader Mattia Nelles notes that a zero was missing from the population of Kryvyi Rih as posted in yesterday’s UBN. Ukraine’s seventh largest city, Kryvyi Rih, hometown of President Zelenski...

Thursday, June 10

Charter passenger traffic doubled at Kyiv Boryspil for the first five months of this year , compared to January-May period last year, reports the Center for Transportation Strategies. The nearly 2.5 million-passenger flow for the period was split nearly evenly between charter and regular t...

Thursday, June 10

Working around the EU’s travel barriers, Ukraine’s SkyUp undertook 1,419 flights in May, a record for the 3-year-old airline. Almost three quarters of the low cost airline’s 209,924 passengers flew on charter flights, largely to Egypt and Turkey, the airline reports. Ukraine will provide almost 20% of the 8 million tourists ...

Thursday, June 10

With new air shipments of vaccines arriving in Kyiv daily, vaccination centers have opened in Kyiv and 13 other cities. Kyiv residents can register online for free vaccinations on weekends at the International Exhibition Center 15A Brovarskyi Avenue using the Diia app and Helsi.me, an online service for booking doctor ...

Thursday, June 10

In advisories to international travelers, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday promoted Ukraine to ‘Level 3’ – the same level as the United States. Ukraine now recognizes English language vaccination certificates as v...

Thursday, June 10

With Ukraine reporting the lowest number of coronavirus cases in nearly a year, all 24 regions are now listed ‘green ,’ the Health Ministry said yesterday. Restrictions have been eased to allow restaurants to serve indoors all night and cinemas and theaters to operate at two thirds capacity.

Thursday, June 10

16 business centers will open in Kyiv, with a total area of 376,000 square meters by the end of next year , Radomyr Tsurkan, managing partner of CBRE Ukraine, predicted last week in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. “The collapse of the offices that scared everyone at the start of the pandemic did not t...

Thursday, June 10

Commissioning of housing increased by 20.5% during the first quarter, compared to January-March 2020, the State Statistics Service reports. Of the 2.3 million square meters, 70% was in urban areas. Kyiv city accounted for 6%, or 145,000 square meters.

Thursday, June 10

Clearing the way for the biggest privatization of this year, Ukraine’s Supreme Court refused to recognize a decision by Stockholm’s Arbitration Institute to award Dmytro Firtash’s Ostchem over $300 million from state-owned Odesa Port Plant. “This is a final dec...

Thursday, June 10

Ukraine’s exports to the EU have increased by more than one third — or $2.7 billion — so far this year , Prime Minister Shmygal announced yesterday at a Cabinet meeting. Growth picked up speed from a 12% increase registered for January-March, compared to the same period last year, In 2020, 41% of Ukrai...

Thursday, June 10

Although down 24% from the February 2020 peak, this current investment accounts for almost 10% of the bonds in circulation. Ministry officials say that foreign investment contributed to the sharp decrease in weighted average yield on hryvnia bonds...

Thursday, June 10

Two years after Ukraine started to cooperate with Clearstream, external investment in government bonds has doubled, the share of public debt in national currency has increased to 39%, and 5-year bonds have won acceptance, the Finance Ministry reports. In a press conference last week with representatives of the Luxe...

Thursday, June 10

International buyers are back in the market, ICU has reported. “Last week foreign investors purchased UAH 2bn [$74 million] of new bills in addition to reinvesting funds they received from redemptions,” the investment group wrote of last week’s ...

Thursday, June 10

The Finance Ministry’s weekly auction raised $700 million in hryvnia and equivalent, 20% more than last week’s auction . Hryvnia rates were virtually unchanged Tuesday: 6 months – 9%; 14 months – 11.2%; 18 months – 11.3%; 2-year – 12.05%; and 3-year – 12.3% per annum. The novelty was a 5-...

Thursday, June 10

With inflation now well above Ukraine’s 7.5% prime rate, the National Bank of Ukraine is expected to increase interest rates at its next board meeting, on June 17. The central bank had forecast inflation this year at 8%.

Thursday, June 10

Inflation in May increased by 9.5% in annual terms, up from 8.4% in April , the State Statistics Service reports. This is almost double last year’s inflation rate of 5%. Last month, the biggest yoy increases were: natural gas +162%; sunflower oil +75%; and sugar +67%. The b...