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Tuesday, April 9

Setting an ambitious goal for air travel, the government wants to nearly quadruple air passengers in the 2020s, to 80 million in 2030 Setting an ambitious goal for air travel, the government wants to nearly quadruple air passengers in the 2020s, to 80 million in 2030. Building on a 25% jump last year, to 20.5 million air travelers, ...

Metinvest, Ukraine’s largest steelmaker, plans $1 billion capital investments this year, a 20% increase over last year, Metinvest, Ukraine’s largest steelmaker, plans $1 billion capital investments this year, a 20% increase over last year, the company tells analysts. Metinvest CEO Yuriy Ryzhenkov, says more than 60% of...

Monday, April 8

Zelenskiy unveiled a corruption-fighting program Sunday: Zelenskiy unveiled a corruption-fighting program Sunday: removing parliamentary immunity from prosecution; using international competitions to staff independent anti-corruption agencies; promote e-gov...

Foreign companies and investment funds now can open accounts in Ukrainian banks, without setting up representative offices Foreign companies and investment funds now can open accounts in Ukrainian banks, without setting up representative offices, the National Bank of Ukraine reports on its website. Part of a wider currenc...

Foreign companies are invited to bid in a project to build a half kilometer long cableway in Lviv Foreign companies are invited to bid in a project to build a half kilometer long cableway in Lviv, taking sightseers from Na Valakh park to Vysoky Zamok, or High Castle Park. Mayor Andriy Sadovy says ...

This spring, the April winds blowing across Ukraine are spinning wind turbines. Currently, $1.3 billion worth of onshore wind projects are underway across Ukraine. This spring, the April winds blowing across Ukraine are spinning wind turbines. Currently, $1.3 billion worth of onshore wind projects are underway across Ukraine. By comparison, $100 billion was spen...

Here are Ukraine’s major projects: Here are Ukraine’s major projects:

With German turbines and Chinese construction, work starts this spring on a €380 million Franco-Norwegian project to build 250 MW of wind capacity on the north shore of Lake Syvash, facing Crimea. With German turbines and Chinese construction, work starts this spring on a €380 million Franco-Norwegian project to build 250 MW of wind capacity on the north shore of Lake Syvash, facing Crimea. Nor...

NBT has signed an agreement with Unit Venture Investment Fund develop a €1 billion 742 MW wind power plant along the northern shore of the Azov NBT has signed an agreement with Unit Venture Investment Fund develop a €1 billion 742 MW wind power plant along the northern shore of the Azov, in Yakymivka district, Zaporizhia. With the working nam...

By June, DTEK plans to complete construction of the first 100 MW phase of Prymorsk, or ‘Seaside,’ By June, DTEK plans to complete construction of the first 100 MW phase of Prymorsk, or ‘Seaside,’ on the north shore of the Azov, in Zaporizhia region. As of Friday, 18 of the 26 planned GE turbines w...

Belgium-based GreenWorx Holding N.V. broke ground two weeks ago on a €188 million, 110 MW wind power plant Belgium-based GreenWorx Holding N.V. broke ground two weeks ago on a €188 million, 110 MW wind power plant on the north shore of Kherson’s windswept Gulf of Dnipro. Located in Oleksandrivka, Bilozerka...

Germany’s eab New Energy Group has opened an office in Lviv and is helping Ferozit Wind Energy build a total of 85MW of wind power Germany’s eab New Energy Group has opened an office in Lviv and is helping Ferozit Wind Energy build a total of 85MW of wind power capacity at three sites in Lviv region, in Pustomyty and Radekhiv dis...

The Ukraine partner of German’s Fuhrländer AG is starting to make 4.5-4.8 MW wind turbines at its Kramatorsk plant, The Ukraine partner of German’s Fuhrländer AG is starting to make 4.5-4.8 MW wind turbines at its Kramatorsk plant, double the size of the first turbines made by Fuhrlaender Windtechnology LLC when it...

About 15 km south of the Belarus border, 189 MW of wind power capacity is to be built in three stages at Pokaliv, Zhytomyr by Wind Solar Energy, of Cyprus. About 15 km south of the Belarus border, 189 MW of wind power capacity is to be built in three stages at Pokaliv, Zhytomyr by Wind Solar Energy, of Cyprus. Called Lisova, or forest, the plant’s first ...

About 15 km east of the Polish border, a 100 MW wind power plant is being planned for the Volyn region village of Myshiv. About 15 km east of the Polish border, a 100 MW wind power plant is being planned for the Volyn region village of Myshiv. The plan is to raise 35 turbine towers on a 150-hectare site. As a first step,...

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Near the Danube, a five-turbine, 19.5 MW wind power station is planned for Kiliya, Odessa region Near the Danube, a five-turbine, 19.5 MW wind power station is planned for Kiliya, Odessa region, Pavel Boichenko, head of the unified territorial community, tells Oblesvesti.com.

Anatoliy Grytsenko, the former defense minister and winner of 7% in the first round presidential vote, endorses frontrunner Volodymyr Zelenskiy – conditional on Zelenskiy announcing his nominees for five key government offices. Anatoliy Grytsenko, the former defense minister and winner of 7% in the first round presidential vote, endorses frontrunner Volodymyr Zelenskiy – conditional on Zelenskiy announcing his nominees for f...

Building on the Dniester estuary, Turkey’s Güriş Construction plans to inaugurate this month Ovid 1, a 34.4 MW wind farm powered by GE turbines. Building on the Dniester estuary, Turkey’s Güriş Construction plans to inaugurate this month Ovid 1, a 34.4 MW wind farm powered by GE turbines. Güriş is obtaining permits for the second phase of 50.4...

After passing drug and alcohol tests on Friday, President Poroshenko and Zelenskiy are to face each other in a single debate, in the Olimpiyskiy Stadium, After passing drug and alcohol tests on Friday, President Poroshenko and Zelenskiy are to face each other in a single debate, in the Olimpiyskiy Stadium, tentatively on Friday night April 19, just 36 ...

Friday, April 5

Starting tonight, customs and passport controls for Kyiv-Warsaw trains will be conducted on the train, at Kyiv’s Central Station. Starting tonight, customs and passport controls for Kyiv-Warsaw trains will be conducted on the train, at Kyiv’s Central Station. Eliminating the border stop at Yagodyn Station, Volyn, is the latest s...

Poland and Ukraine plan to launch a Lviv-Lublin train this summer. Poland and Ukraine plan to launch a Lviv-Lublin train this summer. Initially, passengers will ride in a Ukrzaliznytsia train to the Lviv border town of Rava-Ruska, and then change to a European gauge ...

On June 30, Wizz Air starts twice a week, Kyiv Sikorsky-Lublin flight On June 30, Wizz Air starts twice a week, Kyiv Sikorsky-Lublin flight. Today, Wizz Air starts a Kyiv-Kraków flight. With these two new routes, Wizz Air will fly from Kyiv to seven Polish cities.

Ukrzaliznytsya is launching a weekly, 1,400 km, east-west container train from Dniproetrovsk to Sławków, Poland. Ukrzaliznytsya is launching a weekly, 1,400 km, east-west container train from Dniproetrovsk to Sławków, Poland. The freight train takes advantage of Poland’s longest broad gauge track, a 1970s-era li...

Dedicated container trains cut train travel times by 70% Dedicated container trains cut train travel times by 70%, Igor Tkachuk, Odesa port chief, tells the Center for Transportation Strategies. From Odesa, port of entry of two-thirds of containers handled ...

“Ukraine ports eye larger share of Asia cargo” “Ukraine ports eye larger share of Asia cargo” headlines The Journal of Commerce, the New York-based shipping and logistics news site. Focusing on competition between Ukraine’s Black Sea ports and Rus...

Starting April 16, Euro Marine Logistics NV plans to start a twice a month roll on roll off cargo service between Piraeus, Greece and Chornomorsk. Starting April 16, Euro Marine Logistics NV plans to start a twice a month roll on roll off cargo service between Piraeus, Greece and Chornomorsk. Served by an EML vessel, the City of Amsterdam, the r...

Cross-Danube ferry service is to start this summer, linking Isaccea, Romania and Orlivka, Ukraine. Cross-Danube ferry service is to start this summer, linking Isaccea, Romania and Orlivka, Ukraine. It will create Odesa region’s first border checkpoint with the EU. The 500-meter ferry crossing will ...

Reni, Ukraine’s northernmost port on the Danube, is planning to build an LNG terminal and floating berth for bunkering, or fueling, river ships Reni, Ukraine’s northernmost port on the Danube, is planning to build an LNG terminal and floating berth for bunkering, or fueling, river ships, reports the local branch of the Sea Ports Authority. To...

Ukraine’s Danube River cruise season opened this week with the docking of the Victoria on Monday in Ust-Dinaisk, Vylkove, a Danube delta city of canals sometimes called ‘Ukraine’s Venice.’ Ukraine’s Danube River cruise season opened this week with the docking of the Victoria on Monday in Ust-Dinaisk, Vylkove, a Danube delta city of canals sometimes called ‘Ukraine’s Venice.’ The local p...

Floating through the Chornobyl exclusion zone on the Pripyat river would be the lure of a Mazyr, Belarus-Kyiv boat trip Floating through the Chornobyl exclusion zone on the Pripyat river would be the lure of a Mazyr, Belarus-Kyiv boat trip now being negotiated by Belarusian Shipping Company OJSC and Ukraine’s River Por...

After dropping to zero last year, two European cruise ships return to Odesa this summer After dropping to zero last year, two European cruise ships return to Odesa this summer. On May 10, the Maltese-flag Aegean Odyssey is to call at Odesa, bringing 380 passengers. This fall, on Oct. 30,...

A turnaround is coming with nine cruise ships booked for 2020 A turnaround is coming with nine cruise ships booked for 2020, Igor Tkachuk, Odesa port director, tells the Center for Transportation Strategies. His boss, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan te...

Thursday, April 4

Zelenskiy advisor Oleksandr Danylyuk calls for abolishing the State Prosecutors Office and “completely” destroying and rebuilding key judicial institutions. Zelenskiy advisor Oleksandr Danylyuk calls for abolishing the State Prosecutors Office and “completely” destroying and rebuilding key judicial institutions. “The prosecution service is a failure, cour...

Zelenskiy or Poroshenko, the next President is not expected to tinker with the hard-won independence of the National Bank of Ukraine Zelenskiy or Poroshenko, the next President is not expected to tinker with the hard-won independence of the National Bank of Ukraine, Dmytro Sologub, a deputy governor, predicts in an interview with C...

Boosting foreign direct investment from the current level of 2% of GDP should be a core task for Ukraine’s next president, Boosting foreign direct investment from the current level of 2% of GDP should be a core task for Ukraine’s next president, Andy Hunder, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, writes...

In a reversal, Ukraine’s mobile phone operators now earn more money from the Internet than from voice. In a reversal, Ukraine’s mobile phone operators now earn more money from the Internet than from voice. Last year, the nation’s cell phone companies earned 46% of their revenue from the Internet –...

The government is banning business jet flights between Ukraine and Russia. The government is banning business jet flights between Ukraine and Russia. Commercial flights were banned in Nov. 2015. On Wednesday, Cabinet of Ministers extended the ban to private planes in respons...

In response, Rosaviatsiya, In response, Rosaviatsiya, Russia’s federal air transport agency, told Interfax: “We propose to conduct negotiations and resume air traffic on a regular and charter basis between Russia and Ukraine in...

Today in Washington, NATO foreign ministers debate naval measures designed “to assure that there is safe passage for Ukrainian vessels through the Kerch Strait,” Today in Washington, NATO foreign ministers debate naval measures designed “to assure that there is safe passage for Ukrainian vessels through the Kerch Strait,” US ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutch...

Ending Russian harassment of freighters going to Mariupol would boost cargo volumes by 15%, or 800,000 tons Ending Russian harassment of freighters going to Mariupol would boost cargo volumes by 15%, or 800,000 tons, Oleksander Oleniky, the port director, tells the Center for Transportation Strategies. Last...

Since 2014, Ukraine’s berry exports have increased five-fold, to 23,500 tons, Since 2014, Ukraine’s berry exports have increased five-fold, to 23,500 tons, Olga Trofimtseva, acting agriculture minister, said Wednesday at an industry conference in Kyiv organized by Berries of Uk...

Reflecting growing European interest in Ukraine’s berries, Fruitnet is leading a “Ukrainian Berry Tour” to Kyiv and Zhytomyr May 20-24. Reflecting growing European interest in Ukraine’s berries, Fruitnet is leading a “Ukrainian Berry Tour” to Kyiv and Zhytomyr May 20-24. “Ukraine is one of the most exciting new sources for fresh berri...

Almost $1 billion was invested last year in food processing Almost $1 billion was invested last year in food processing in Ukraine, Prime Minister Groysman said at a recent agricultural fair, Agroport West Lviv. Noting that this accounted for about 28% of the ...

Consolidating its role as Western Ukraine’s air hub, Lviv airport saw its passenger flow jump by 53.5% Consolidating its role as Western Ukraine’s air hub, Lviv airport saw its passenger flow jump by 53.5% during the first quarter of this year compared to last year. Growing faster than last year’s rate...

Wednesday, April 3

Timothy Ash, Timothy Ash, the senior sovereign analyst for Blue Bay Asset Management in London, writes: “Given a poll on second-round preferences from losing candidates, voters from all the above seem to favor Zel...

Dragon Capital writes: “ Dragon Capital writes: “Zelenskiy won in 19 out Ukraine’s 24 provinces and in the capital Kyiv, erasing the east-west divide that marked prior presidential polls and emerging, somewhat surprisingly, a...

“Zelenskiy is not saying that he’s an expert in all matters “Zelenskiy is not saying that he’s an expert in all matters,” Zelenskiy advisor and former Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk said Monday night on a national TV political talk show. “But he’s saying ...

Yulia Tymoshenko conceded defeat Yulia Tymoshenko conceded defeat Tuesday. She accused President Poroshenko of using dirty tricks to push her into third place but said she would not file legal complaints. Tymoshenko said she would no...

In a big switch, China’s state export credit agency is extending $1 billion of insurance cover to allow Naftogaz to get low-cost credit to buy high tech Chinese equipment. In a big switch, China’s state export credit agency is extending $1 billion of insurance cover to allow Naftogaz to get low-cost credit to buy high tech Chinese equipment. Known as Sinosure, the Beijn...