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Friday, December 18

Concorde Capital’s

Concorde Capital’s Concorde Capital’s Alexander Paraschiy writes: “It will be extremely hard to prove wrongdoing in the Rotterdam Plus approach implementation, and even harder to claim repayment for any damages from it&...

Today, the foreign ministers and defense ministers of Turkey and Ukraine meet in Kyiv for the first of what are to be regular ‘2+2’ meetings.

Today, the foreign ministers and defense ministers of Turkey and Ukraine meet in Kyiv for the first of what are to be regular ‘2+2’ meetings. Today, the foreign ministers and defense ministers of Turkey and Ukraine meet in Kyiv for the first of what are to be regular ‘2+2’ meetings. Today’s meeting comes as both Black Sea nations step a mil...

“Ukraine’s Leader Is Being Broken by the System He Vowed to Crush,”

“Ukraine’s Leader Is Being Broken by the System He Vowed to Crush,” “Ukraine’s Leader Is Being Broken by the System He Vowed to Crush,” headlines a Bloomberg report from Kyiv. “Volodymyr Zelenskiy is flailing as hard-won reforms since the 2014 ouster of the country’s ...

Bloomberg offered hope that President-elect Biden will work to restore the free market reform momentum in Ukraine

Bloomberg offered hope that President-elect Biden will work to restore the free market reform momentum in Ukraine Bloomberg offered hope that President-elect Biden will work to restore the free market reform momentum in Ukraine. The article cites a recent Razumkov Center survey where 42% of respondents ranked Zel...

Today an agreement is to be signed allowing construction of Lviv’s Northern Bypass

Today an agreement is to be signed allowing construction of Lviv’s Northern Bypass Today an agreement is to be signed allowing construction of Lviv’s Northern Bypass, says Oleksandr Kubrakov, head of Ukravtodor. Completing the missing link on Lviv’s ring road, the new highway will c...

Ukraine’s air passenger traffic should return next year to 50% the level of 2019,

Ukraine’s air passenger traffic should return next year to 50% the level of 2019, Ukraine’s air passenger traffic should return next year to 50% the level of 2019, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krikliy predicted yesterday at a press conference in Kyiv. This year, he said, air p...

Following a strategy of modernizing five regional airports a year, the government has budgeted $85 million to renovate in 2021 the airports of Dnipro, Kherson, Rivne, Vinnytsia and Odesa

Following a strategy of modernizing five regional airports a year, the government has budgeted $85 million to renovate in 2021 the airports of Dnipro, Kherson, Rivne, Vinnytsia and Odesa Following a strategy of modernizing five regional airports a year, the government has budgeted $85 million to renovate in 2021 the airports of Dnipro, Kherson, Rivne, Vinnytsia and Odesa. Almost 60% o...

Ukraine’s version of Mary Poppins – the ‘investment nannies’ – were voted into existence by the Rada yesterday

Ukraine’s version of Mary Poppins – the ‘investment nannies’ – were voted into existence by the Rada yesterday Ukraine’s version of Mary Poppins – the ‘investment nannies’ – were voted into existence by the Rada yesterday as part of a wider package of incentives for foreign and domestic investors. The investme...

Signaling that Ukraine is open for business, the new law covers a wide range of sectors,

Signaling that Ukraine is open for business, the new law covers a wide range of sectors, Signaling that Ukraine is open for business, the new law covers a wide range of sectors, including: processing of food and minerals; waste management, transport, logistics, warehouses, package deliver...

With the government planning to recreate an agriculture ministry next month,

With the government planning to recreate an agriculture ministry next month, With the government planning to recreate an agriculture ministry next month, the Rada approved yesterday Roman Leshchenko as the new minister of Agrarian Policy and Food. Most recently head of the Sta...

Leshchenko, aged 32, pledged to make the national farm land registry more transparent

Leshchenko, aged 32, pledged to make the national farm land registry more transparent Leshchenko, aged 32, pledged to make the national farm land registry more transparent, brining millions of hectares ‘out of the shadows’ into the taxable economy. “Everyone knows that in the Chornobyl...

The Rada also appointed Serhiy Shkarlet as Minister of Education and Science

The Rada also appointed Serhiy Shkarlet as Minister of Education and Science The Rada also appointed Serhiy Shkarlet as Minister of Education and Science. The ruling party failed to muster enough votes appoint Yuriy Vitrenko, former executive director of Naftogaz, as Energy Mi...

Six months ago, it was called the Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining.

Six months ago, it was called the Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining. Six months ago, it was called the Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining. But yesterday, Olha Buslavets, first deputy Ministry of Energy, briefed British officials that Ukraine “soon will join the Coalles...

DTEK rejects as “a politically motivated provocation”

DTEK rejects as “a politically motivated provocation” DTEK rejects as “a politically motivated provocation” a report by the National Anticorruption Bureau (NABU) that the power company sought have Buslavets installed last spring as Minister to derail an ...

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