Alain Pilloux, the vice president of EBRD of the largest foreign investor in Ukraine, told the investment conference in Mariupol that mixed signals on PrivatBank must stop, ubn.news reports. “The […]
Month: October 2019
Ukraine is a risky country with big potential – survey
According to the American Chamber of Commerce’s annual Ukraine Business Climate Survey, 82% of 110 top managers of member companies that took part in the survey plan to expand their […]
Kremlin Turns the Orthodox World into a Battlefield
Religion is a major topic for the pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets. Europe has lost its Christian roots. Jews aim at exterminating all non-Jews. NATO is destroying the Orthodox Church. The West is accused of employing […]
Russia is desperately seeking recognition for its Crimea annexation
Crimea is Ukraine. However, the Kremlin and its propaganda machinery will go many extra miles to seek out support of the inaccurate claim that Crimea’s status changed as a result […]
Deconstruction of Russian Propaganda on Ukraine’s History
Internews Ukraine and UkraineWorld published the book “Re-Vision of History: Russian Historical Propaganda and Ukraine.” The book has two main pillars: an analysis of the key narratives of Russian historical propaganda […]
Turkish Airlines sees Ukraine passenger numbers increase by 17%
During the first nine months of the current year, the volume of passengers carried to and from Ukraine increased by 17% compared to the same period in 2018, Business Ukraine […]
The World Bank upgrades its growth forecast for Ukraine
A World Bank report released in mid-October for Ukraine raised the GDP forecast for 2019 from 2.7% to 3.4%, with the growth rate set to accelerate to 3.7% in 2020 […]
NBU reduces the interest rate to 15,5%
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) announced a reduction in the interest rate from 16,5% to 15,5% on 25 October, as inflationary pressures on the Ukrainian economy continued to ease. […]
Glovo plans to double the number of Ukrainian cities where it makes deliveries
Glovo, the Barcelona-based courier service, plans to almost double the number of Ukrainian cities where it makes deliveries by year-end. From 11 cities today, Glovo plans to expand to 18-20 […]
Ukraine Peace Talks Get Help From Putin. Crazy, right?
Russia is letting Zelensky lay out “red lines” to convince voters he can compromise without capitulating, writes Leonid Bershidsky for Bloomberg from Moscow. No, he is not actually living in […]
Ukraine’s food exports jumped 22%
Ukraine’s food exports jumped 22% through September y-o-y, to $15.6 billion, reports UCAB. With this jump, food now accounts for 42% of all of Ukraine’s exports, up 37% from last year. […]
Ernest is setting up a Ukrainian unit for domestic flights
Ernest is setting up a Ukrainian unit to allow it to fly passengers on domestic flights. “Today we are starting work on obtaining a Ukrainian license,’ said Chady El Tannir, […]
NBU plans to cut its interest rate to 9%
Ukraine’s central bank is sticking to its goal to cut the nation’s prime rate from 16.5% today to 9% at the end of next year. “How quickly the key policy […]
Retail sales are up by almost 10%
Retail sales are up by 9.8% through September in real, inflation-adjusted terms, compared to the first nine months of last year. The State Statistics Service lists the hottest regions: Vinnytsia […]