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Tuesday, September 29

Faced with economic uncertainty, Ukrainians invested 42% more in repairing major appliances last summer

Faced with economic uncertainty, Ukrainians invested 42% more in repairing major appliances last summer Faced with economic uncertainty, Ukrainians invested 42% more in repairing major appliances last summer compared to the summer of 2019, reports Kabanchik, an online platform for ordering services. One...

TV watching increased by 35% during the coronavirus lockdown

TV watching increased by 35% during the coronavirus lockdown TV watching increased by 35% during the coronavirus lockdown, according to a market summary provided recently at Kyiv Media Week. Despite the jump in viewership, ad spending fell and only started to r...

Ukraine’s book publishing industry, slow to move to online sales, saw the number of published titles fall during the first half of this year by 55%, to 4,608

Ukraine’s book publishing industry, slow to move to online sales, saw the number of published titles fall during the first half of this year by 55%, to 4,608 Ukraine’s book publishing industry, slow to move to online sales, saw the number of published titles fall during the first half of this year by 55%, to 4,608, reports Publishing Perspectives news site...

Chinese container trains are to roll across Ukraine weekly in October,

Chinese container trains are to roll across Ukraine weekly in October, Chinese container trains are to roll across Ukraine weekly in October, carrying cargo from Xian to the Soviet/EU gauge break at Dobrá, on Slovakia’s border with Chop, Zakarpattia. In September, two Ch...

A Czech company, Interport, wants to develop a container terminal on the second stretch of Soviet gauge track that stretches from Ukraine into Slovakia,

A Czech company, Interport, wants to develop a container terminal on the second stretch of Soviet gauge track that stretches from Ukraine into Slovakia, A Czech company, Interport, wants to develop a container terminal on the second stretch of Soviet gauge track that stretches from Ukraine into Slovakia, reports Poland’s InterModal News. Measuring 100...

Former Finance Minister Oleksandr Danilyuk has been elected chairman of the supervisory board of the

Former Finance Minister Oleksandr Danilyuk has been elected chairman of the supervisory board of the Former Finance Minister Oleksandr Danilyuk has been elected chairman of the supervisory board of the National Depository of Ukraine. The State Securities and Stock Market Commission licenses that the ...

Ukrainian-born Canadian businessman James Temerty and his wife Louise have given Can$250 million to the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine

Ukrainian-born Canadian businessman James Temerty and his wife Louise have given Can$250 million to the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine Ukrainian-born Canadian businessman James Temerty and his wife Louise have given Can$250 million to the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine, a contribution described by the university the “sin...

With Ukraine now open to foreign visitors again, arriving foreigners are subject to the same restrictions as Ukrainians who come from abroad.

With Ukraine now open to foreign visitors again, arriving foreigners are subject to the same restrictions as Ukrainians who come from abroad. With Ukraine now open to foreign visitors again, arriving foreigners are subject to the same restrictions as Ukrainians who come from abroad. Ukraine’s Health Ministry divides the world into ‘red’ and...

In the month since the one-month ban on the arrival of most foreigners, Ukraine’s infection rate has increased by about 50%

In the month since the one-month ban on the arrival of most foreigners, Ukraine’s infection rate has increased by about 50% In the month since the one-month ban on the arrival of most foreigners, Ukraine’s infection rate has increased by about 50%, to an average of 3,000 new cases a day. On Saturday morning authorities ann...

Ukraine’s re-opening comes too late to save the Chornobyl tourism season

Ukraine’s re-opening comes too late to save the Chornobyl tourism season Ukraine’s re-opening comes too late to save the Chornobyl tourism season. With the season nearing an end, 24,000 tourists have visited the exclusion zone — 70% below this time last year, Maksym ...

While many foreigners could not come to Ukraine this summer, many Ukrainians had a hard time vacationing abroad.

While many foreigners could not come to Ukraine this summer, many Ukrainians had a hard time vacationing abroad. While many foreigners could not come to Ukraine this summer, many Ukrainians had a hard time vacationing abroad. The volume of credit card purchases by Ukrainians outside the country plummeted by 63% ...

Inside Ukraine, transport companies carried 41% fewer passengers through August

Inside Ukraine, transport companies carried 41% fewer passengers through August Inside Ukraine, transport companies carried 41% fewer passengers through August, compared to the first eight months of 2019, reports the State Statistics Service. The drops were across the board: buse...

If rising corona infections prompt the need for more social distancing this fall, working at home is popular,

If rising corona infections prompt the need for more social distancing this fall, working at home is popular, If rising corona infections prompt the need for more social distancing this fall, working at home is popular, according to an online survey by Ukraine’s OLX Jobs, the personnel site. Of workers who ha...

For big industrial companies, the top problem created by the spring lockdown was the lack of transportation to bring employees to work,

For big industrial companies, the top problem created by the spring lockdown was the lack of transportation to bring employees to work, For big industrial companies, the top problem created by the spring lockdown was the lack of transportation to bring employees to work, according to a survey of 82 companies largely in machine buildin...