Partners news Monday, July 19 Editor’s Note: Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu has ordered that President Putin’s new article “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians” be mandatory study for military-political traini...
Partners news Monday, July 19 The night of Thursday to Friday was the hottest night recorded in Kyiv city since recorded keeping started in 1881 . On the night of July 15-16, the temperature did not fall below 24.4 °С (76F). This was 2.4 °С hotter than the previous record, set in 2001. #Hottemperature2021 #HotTemperatureKyiv
Energy Monday, July 19 Nathan’s Famous, the New York hot dog brand, has arrived in Ukraine. From this week, the all-beef, smoked sausages – with secret seasonings – are on sale at six of the SOCAR gas stations in Kyiv. SOCAR, officially the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, has bough... #GasStationsSocar #SocarUkraine
Partners news Monday, July 19 In the first week in August, SkyUp airlines will commence flying between Kyiv Boryspil and three cities in Saudi Arabia – Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh. At the same time, Ukraine’s low cost airline will start a weekly flight between Lviv and Dammam. #KyivtoSaudiArabia #SaudiArabiaFlights
Partners news Monday, July 19 In a first step, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will launch Abu Dhabi-Odesa flights in September. “There are several airlines that were waiting for a new runway to recommence flights,” Semenchenko told reporters. Replacing a runway built in 1961, the new runway can handle medium and long-range air... #FlightstoAbuDhabi #WizzAirtoAbuDhabi
Economy Monday, July 19 Culminating three years of work, Odesa Airport’s new 2.8 km cement runway opened on Friday. With Ukraine’s first new runway in a decade and a new, 30,000 square meter international air terminal, the director of Odesa airport, Volodomyr Semenchenko, believes that the terminal can double passe... #OdesaAirportnewrunway #OdesaAirportUpgrade #OdessaAirportUkraine
Partners news Monday, July 19 Up to 40% of Ukrainians are now immune to Covid-19, said Oleksiy Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, on Friday. He referred to a national survey indicating that one third of Ukrainians have had Covid. As of Friday, 4 mi... #covid19ukraine #VaccinationUkraine
Partners news Monday, July 19 Yesterday, Ukraine received 2 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the US government. Due to be distributed to all regions by Wednesday, the US-made vaccines are to be distributed to companies with more than 50 workers and to essential personnel including teachers and police officers. ... #ModernaComestoUkraine #ModernainUkraine #ModernaVaccineinUkraine
Finance Monday, July 19 With the summer slipping away, the realistic scenario for Ukraine’s relationship with the IMF might be to convert Ukraine’s frozen Stand-By Arrangement into an Extended Fund Facility , wrote Timothy Ash, a veteran observer of Ukraine’s IMF deals. The IMF may “look to roll the monies into a new EFF to be negotiated towards year end – maybe that should now be the focus,” Ash w... #imf #IMFaidforUkraine #IMFdeal
Energy Monday, July 19 Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation says Kostyantin Zhevago, controlling shareholder of London-listed iron pellet producer Ferrexpo, had been put on an international wanted list . Zhevago, a former lawmaker and former beneficiary owner of Finance & Credit Bank, is wanted on suspicion of embezzlement and money-laundering in connection with the disappearance of $113 million... #FerrexpoOwnerWanted #KostyantinZhevagowanted
Energy Monday, July 19 Rare earth: “Europe imports 98%-99% of rare earths from China. Some demand could be covered by supplies from Ukraine. We need rare earths for batteries, for magnets used in wind turbines, etc.” #Rareearthminerals
Energy Monday, July 19 Cobalt: “Currently, Europe imports close to 70% of cobalt from Congo and other far away places. And again Ukraine has deposits of cobalt.” #CobaltMininginUkraine #CobaltUkraine
Energy Monday, July 19 Lithium: EU’s battery industry will need 18 times more supply of lithium by 2030 and 60 times more by 2050. “With this huge demand comes a huge opportunity for Ukraine not only for extracting lithium but also ... #Lithiumdemand #LithiumfromUkraine #Lithiummining
EnergyTech Monday, July 19 By 2025, the EU plans to make batteries for 6 to 8 million electric cars per year. To build this industry, “investments in the sector reached more than €120 billion in 2019 and 2020 alone – that is three times more than in China,” Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission’s Vice-Presi... #DemandForElectricCars #ElectricCarsinEU #ElectricCarsProduction
Finance Monday, July 19 In another sign of economic recovery, the government received 6% more tax revenues in the first half of the year than targeted, Prime Minister Shmygal announced to the Rada on Friday. The government received an extra $1.3 billion in tax revenue. #UkrainegetsmoreinTaxes #UkraineGovernmentgetsmoreTaxrevenue
Energy Monday, July 19 Concorde Capital’s Evgeniya Akhtyrko wrote: “A surge in exports of ferrous metals and mineral products is a result of an incredibly favorable price situation on global markets. A surge in imports of vehicles is likely caused by a new wave in th... #exportsofferrousmetals #ferrousmetalsexport #UsedCarimportintoUkraine
Finance Monday, July 19 With Ukraine’s imports and exports of goods up by 26%, the trade deficit has dwindled to $1.1 billion for the first five months of this year. May 2021 saw a trade surplus of $261 million, the State Statistics Service reported Friday. At the start of 2021, some economists forecast a goods trade deficit... #TradeDeficitGoesDown #TradeDeficitUkraine2021 #Ukrainetrade2021
Partners news Tuesday, July 20 Editor’s Note : “The last one out at the airport, turn out the lights!” we used to joke in Rio in the 1990s, a time when inflation was often several thousand percent a year. Today, in the US, the Brazilian-American c...
Energy Tuesday, July 20 President Zelenskiy’s White House visit now is to be in August, before Ukraine’s 30th Independence Day celebrations, on Aug. 24. Concorde Capital’s James Hydzik writes: “The delay stems from Washington’s ongoing concerns over the replacement of the head of Naftoga... #ZelenskiyTriptoUS #ZelesnkiytriptoWashington
Energy Tuesday, July 20 Solar and wind energy producers are pursuing 130 legal actions totaling $66 million against Ukrenergo’s Guaranteed Buyer for non-payment of the green tariff, reports expro.com.ua. The Guaranteed Buyer says it is trying to reach a compromise on the claims. Last month, this state company said the overdue debt amounts to $630 million. The President’s office i... #ChargesAgainstUkrenergo #UkrenergoDoesntpaymoney #WindEnergyUkraine #windpowerukraine