Ukraine
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Crimea Without Electricity After Pylons Destroyed
Crimea Without Electricity After Pylons Destroyed
November 22, 2015Pylons carrying power to Crimea were blown up on Saturday night, plunging the entire region into darkness. Two [...]
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Russia Agrees Debt Restructure With Ukraine
Russia Agrees Debt Restructure With Ukraine
November 19, 2015Russia has agreed to restructure a portion of Ukraine’s foreign debt, making them the last of Ukraine’s [...]
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Ambitious Plans for Newly Profitable Boryspil Airport
Ambitious Plans for Newly Profitable Boryspil Airport
November 17, 2015Kiev’s Boryspil airport this year returned to profit with an increase in passenger numbers by 5% over the [...]
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Ukrainian GDP Fell 7% in the Third Quarter
Ukrainian GDP Fell 7% in the Third Quarter
November 16, 2015In the third quarter of the year, Ukrainian GDP fell by 7% compared to the third quarter of 2014 according to the [...]
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Denmark to Create Ukraine Investment Fund
Denmark to Create Ukraine Investment Fund
November 16, 2015Last week Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Pavlo Klimkin paid a visit to Denmark where he had high level [...]
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UniCredit Announces Sweeping Job Cuts
UniCredit Announces Sweeping Job Cuts
November 16, 2015Italy’s largest bank, UniCredit, has announced large cuts to its workforce on the back of a decrease in [...]
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Radical Bank Axed in Ukraine
Radical Bank Axed in Ukraine
November 12, 2015The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), has ordered another bank’s license to be revoked and liquidated. The [...]
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Ukrainian Gas Consumption Cut By One Fifth
Ukrainian Gas Consumption Cut By One Fifth
November 12, 2015Gas consumption in Ukraine between January and October this year was 19.4% lower compared to the same period last [...]
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Ukraine PM Stresses Need for Common European Energy Policy
Ukraine PM Stresses Need for Common European Energy Policy
November 09, 2015Speaking at the 10th Riga conference in Latvia, Ukrainian Prime Minister, Arseniy Yetsenyuk said there was a need [...]
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Ukraine to Receive €136 Loan from Germany
Ukraine to Receive €136 Loan from Germany
November 08, 2015Next year, Germany will loan Ukraine €136 million according to the Minister for Economic Development and Trade, [...]
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Drought to Hit Ukraine Grain Exports
Drought to Hit Ukraine Grain Exports
November 06, 2015A severe drought in certain parts of Ukraine’s grain exporting regions could hit exports heavily next year. [...]
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Duda Opposes Nord Stream Expansion
Duda Opposes Nord Stream Expansion
November 05, 2015In a visit to Bucharest this week, Polish President Andrzej Duda has said that his country opposes Russia’s [...]
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World Bank to Put Money into Ukrainian Road Network
World Bank to Put Money into Ukrainian Road Network
November 04, 2015The World Bank has granted the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a loan of $560 million [...]
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Ukraine Importing 67% Less Gas from Gazprom
Ukraine Importing 67% Less Gas from Gazprom
November 03, 2015Gazprom CEO, Alexei Miller has told journalists that the export model of Gazprom has changed significantly over the [...]
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Ukrainian Dairy Companies to Sell to European Markets
Ukrainian Dairy Companies to Sell to European Markets
November 02, 2015Five Ukrainian dairy companies will be given licenses to sell into European markets by the end of the year. The [...]
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Ukraine Has ‘No Intention’ of Paying Russian Loan
Ukraine Has ‘No Intention’ of Paying Russian Loan
October 27, 2015In an interview with a German newspaper, Handelsblatt, Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Arseny Yatsenyuk has stated [...]
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Ukraine Elections Highlight East-West Divide
Ukraine Elections Highlight East-West Divide
October 26, 2015With local elections being held in Ukraine, the ruling government of Petro Poroshenko appear to have retained its [...]
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Direct Russia Ukraine Flights Cancelled
Direct Russia Ukraine Flights Cancelled
October 26, 2015The bad relations between Russia and Ukraine have taken a new turn, with direct flight between the two countries [...]
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Ukraine Central Bank Lift Some Currency Restrictions
Ukraine Central Bank Lift Some Currency Restrictions
October 24, 2015The Ukraine Central Bank (NBU) has begun to lift some restrictions on the country’s currency, the hryvnia. [...]
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EBRD Loan Ukraine $300 Million for Gas
EBRD Loan Ukraine $300 Million for Gas
October 23, 2015The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed a loan agreement with Ukraine for $300 [...]
