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Monday, October 11

Ryanair airline to open a direct flight from Odessa to Venice from March 27, 2022. The scheduled flights will be operating twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays. The airline has already started selling tickets for this route, with the cost of one-way flights bei...

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Friday, October 8

Verkhovna Rada recalled Dmytro Razumkov from the position of Chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada. The contender to replace Razumkov is Ruslan Stefanchuk, and Oleksandr Kornienko, chairman of the Servant of the People party, is running for the position of the first vice...

US Deputy Secretary of the US for Eastern Europe arrives in Kyiv. Robin Dunnigan is on her first overseas visit, during which she plans to demonstrate US support for Ukraine’s security issues, reported RBC.ua. At a round table with the participation of experts...

New oligarch law has serious flaws. The main goal of the law on oligarchs is to take away the media from private business, said economist Anders Aslund. “It looks like the main goal of this law is to remove the media from the so-c...

Ukrainian truck drivers have saved UAH 7 mln ($264,000). In July 2021, every truck that wanted to cross the Ukrainian border had to pay UAH 50 ($1.9) for booking a permit for border crossing for international transportation. For what these UAH 50 hryvnias a...

Ukrposhta sells old assets on Prozorro.Sales. “Ukrposhta” put up for the auction “Prozorro.Sales” more than 1.6 thousand non-working cars. The starting price is UAH 10.9 million. Cars will be sold to one buyer, because CEO...

SafeBorder application has identified fake Covid certificates at Ukraine’s border since August. Ukrainian border guards have exposed over 1,100 invalid Covid certificates since August 21 said a representative of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported. “Since the beginning of SafeBord...

Ukraine–Turkey partnership is at peak of its development since it commenced 30 years ago reported uazmi.com. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, discussed the preparation of...

As of today, 12 regions of Ukraine are classified as “orange” zone, reported the Ministry of Health. The regions are: Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, Kyiv, Luhansk, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsky and Chernivtsi.

In September, the number of flights over Ukraine was 76% of the pre-crisis rate reported Ukrainian State Air Traffic Service. The number of flights in the sky over Ukraine in September stabilized at 76% of the pre-crisis rate and amounted to 26,241 flights....

The trade turnover between Ukraine and Georgia increased by 30% in 6 months said Denys Shmyhal on Twitter. This is clear evidence of friendly relations between our countries. I am convinced that our strategic cooperation will only be actively developed in the futu...

Editor’s note: The turnover of government officials continues as their new roles are announced and then the replacement. Our international partners and European neighbors are observing on the sidelines and have voic...

Thursday, October 7

The World Bank has improved its forecast for Ukraine’s GDP growth over the next two years. The forecast for Ukraine’s gross domestic product growth in 2021 is 3.8%. According to the organization’s forecasts, Ukraine’s GDP will grow by 3.5% in 2022,...

Swiss Ambassador Claude Wild participated in the presentation of Tramway by Stadler rail in Kharkiv. The city will be using the new tramway models 853 & 85300М, after a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between Stadler CIS AG, and the Kharkiv City Administration.

Zelensky met with the President of Germany. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, met with German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He thanked Germany for supporting Ukraine at the highest level. “It is very important to see German Pr...

Demand for used cars grew in September 2021. Ukrautoprom has reported that Ukrainians registered 54,300 used cars imported from abroad, which is 1.5 times more than in September 2020. The share of used imported vehicles last month was 85% of all...

Lease facilities in the Chornobyl Zone . The State Property Fund is offering investors the opportunity to lease 35 facilities for investment in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. The Deputy Chairman of the SPFU Konstantin Koshelenko noted that ...

Employers cannot fire an employee who is not vaccinated against COVID-19. Speaking with Interfax, Iryna Shaposhnikova of Asters said the vaccination against COVID-19 is voluntary. At the same time, Shaposhnikova said that the law provides that employees of...

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Wednesday, October 6

Modernization of railway locomotives in Ukraine to be undertaken by the French industrial firm Liebherr and the Mykolaiv Locomotive Repair plant. Liebherr has signed an agreement with the Mykolaiv Repair Plant to produce diesel engines for locomotives operating in ...

Two giants of Ukrainian manufacturing, Motor Sich and Antonov, have signed a contract to the value of UAH 920 mln ($35 mln). This agreement is the second between both groups, and its purpose is to undertake engine modernization to increase the life of aircraft engines on existing and f...

Nova Poshta is launching its own airline. The airline to be named Supernova Airlines, and it will have its own fleet which will be part of Nova Poshta Global. Flights will be operated from Boryspil and Lviv airports, and the carrier will also...

Ukraine presented the country’s investment potential at a forum in Paris, France. The Ukrainian delegation has presented investment opportunities within the framework of Paris InfraWeek, the annual international investment forum dedicated to infrastructure, according to the Ukraini...

Editor’s note: The manipulation of gas prices has resulted in the EU experiencing a shortage in supply. The Russian President behaves like a small child who is playing with a water hose by squeezing it and seeing wh...

Tuesday, October 5

The Georgian government has ruled out the option of extradition of the former President, Mikheil Saakashvili, to Ukraine. Speaking about the recent arrest, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tea Tsulukiani, said that the trial in his case will take place in Georgia. “Speaking about the extr...

“if not Ukrainian workers, the sector would go bankrupt”. concluded the Prime Minister of Poland. A few days after the announcement of the first lockdown, Polish farmers demanded that their employees from Ukraine be allowed to stay as soon as possible. In a ...

From the Editor: Poland is taking all the necessary steps to attract Ukrainian workers. This includes the issuing of long-term visas, permanent residency, EU standard working conditions, and providing vaccinations for...

Monday, October 4

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed the law on the reform of the military-industrial firm, Ukroboronprom. This included the completion of the long and difficult process of drafting a new legislative framework for the development of the Ukrainian defense industry, announced its General Director, Yuriy Husy...

Ukraine will support Mikhail Saakashvili who was recently detained in Georgia. The Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, said that Saakashvili had been detained by law enforcement officers and had already been taken to a penitentiary. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of U...

Ukrzaliznytsia will update its fleet of freight cars. The start of a program to upgrade the fleet of Ukrzaliznytsia freight cars. Where UZ plans to build and upgrade more than 30,000 gondola cars and almost 15,000-grain cars. The investment will lead to ...

Netflix has announced the launch of the Ukrainian version of the service. The company has updated the cover with the inscription “Tudum, Ukraine!”. The Ukrainian-language start page of the service has also become available. In addition, movies and TV series of the service w...

Two new airports will be built in the controlled Donbas territories, announced the Minister of Infrastructure. According to the Minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, the construction sites will be approved next week. One airport is planned to be built between Mariupol and Berd...

Ukraine International Airlines has renewed direct flights to the Turkish Cappadocia region. UIA has once again launched direct flights to Nevshekhi from which tourists travel to Cappadocia. Flights from Kyiv to Cappadocia started on September 30, twice a week every Thursday and Sunday report...

Editor’s note: Ukraine actively promotes itself as a destination for investment and tourism. Recent examples include its participation in World Expo 2020 Dubai and WebbSummit in Lisbon. Every year more and more Ukra...

Friday, October 1

Discussion about building trust between business and Ukrainian law enforcement Andy Hunder, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine spoke about a recent meeting that he had with the Minister of Internal Affairs, Denys Monastyrsky, to discuss the challenges that ...

Ukrzaliznytsia resumes international railway routes with Poland. On October 10, UZ will resume rail services after an agreement was signed between the Ukrainian and Polish sides and the cooperation of the Polish Railway Administration. Tickets for the Kyiv – ...

More than 3 million tourists visited Odessa in 2021 The Mayor, Gennady Trukhanov, said that the growth was boosted by the renovation of the local airport, along with improvements to local infrastructure. Including the creation of a pedestrian zone in t...

Ukrainian Designers in the DC Fashion week Ukraine House hosted its first cultural event this week “WITH LOVE & FASHION FROM UKRAINE”. The event presented the collections of two leading Ukrainian designers – FOBERINI and Roksolana Bo...

Editor’s note: Effective waste management in Ukraine is not the norm for the local administrations who run our cities and regional centers. The country has thousands of tonnes of waste which blight the landscape and...

Thursday, September 30

The President of Israel will visit Ukraine. Isaac Herzog will make his first state visit to Ukraine on October 5-7 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy. He plans to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Deny...

Prozorro Auction for the lease and sale of the land. The online auction site began accepting bids for the lease of state and communal agricultural land, and the sale and lease of non-agricultural land. The function of https://prozorro.sale/ was to ensur...

State-owned enterprises amassed losses of UAH 50 bln ($1.9 bln) This announcement was made by Vasyl Khmelnytsky on LinkedIn. Citing the main problem of state enterprises in Ukraine is the lack of incentives for development. “Compared to private businesses, state e...

The Ukrainian Space Program for 2021-2025 has been approved. The program which is known as the National Targeted Scientific and Technical Space Program of Ukraine will be financed from the funds provided in the state budget, as well as other sources not prohibi...

Government measures to prevent money laundering in offshore zones. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a plan of measures to prevent tax evasion by business entities and prevent money laundering in offshore areas. The plan directly provides for ensuring the updatin...

Opinion polls confirm that most Ukrainians support accession to the EU and NATO. According to a recent polling asking, if a referendum on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union was to be held in the near future, 61.4% of Ukrainians would vote for it, while 26.4% – a...

Despite having the largest underground metro network in Ukraine, Kyiv Metro losses hit a record high of UAH 1.2 billion According to the results of the first half of 2021, the losses were UAH 1.18 billion. The main reason for the financial freefall is the COVID pandemic. The number of passengers taking the Kyiv Metro h...

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Wednesday, September 29

The President of Ukraine endorsed an agreement with Spain on cooperation and assistance in customs affairs. The agreement between Ukraine and Spain on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs affairs, will boost trade relations with increased customs co-operation and create safe conditions for internati...

Visa-free travel for Ukrainian visiting Peru. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved an agreement with the Government of the Republic of Peru to abolish visa requirements for short stays, reported open4business.com. The reciprocal agree...