Economy

In 2017, #Ukraine’s #consumer #prices rose above #expectations of the Ukrainian #Government and the #National Bank. At the end of December 2017, the #inflation rate was at 13.7%. Originally, it was assumed that the prices […]

In January 2018, Governor General of Canada Julie Payette met with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during her official visit to Ukraine. The parties discussed bilateral relations between Ukraine and Canada and noted that the […]

The U.S. government has imposed new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine conflict. In particular, Russia was sanctioned over the gas turbines produced by Siemens that had been delivered to Crimea. Siemens claimed that the delivery […]

In order to meet the #labor #shortage in the #Polish #economy due to #workforce #aging and #emigration of youth to #Western #Europe, Poland is seeking immigrants from Ukraine. The study of the Polish National Bank […]

The #Ukrainian #airline #company #Antonov #Airlines – an air #transport #branch of the #state-owned company Antonov headquartered in #Kyiv – has recently opened an office in the United States. The airline company has already #transported […]

In recent years, #Ukraine has been #increasing the #renewable #energy use. The political will for renewable energy is #stronger than ever: in 2017 alone, the total installed capacity of renewable energy in Ukraine increased to […]

In 2018, #Ukraine #launches its first #low-cost carrier – #SkyUp. The new Ukrainian #airline has announced #connections between Ukrainian cities and 16 international destinations as well as a new flight from Kyiv to Odessa. The […]

In 2018, #Ukrzaliznytsia wants to cover more #destinations abroad with its #trains. #Ukrainian #Railways has recently announced new #rail #links to Europe. This year, new #routes to #Chełm and #have been opened. Thus, Ukraine now […]

More and more #German #companies show their #interest for #Ukrainian #agricultural #products and #foodstuffs. To promote #bilateral #cooperation in #agricultural trade, the fourth #German-Ukrainian #Food #Forum has been recently held in Kyiv as part of […]

The countries of the Persian Gulf are becoming increasingly attractive to Ukrainian travellers. In August 2017, Qatar has waived visa requirements for Ukrainians. Thus, they now can stay in the emirate for up to 30 […]