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