Excerpts from the most important news on Ukraine
Poland overtakes russia as Ukraine’s biggest trade partner
15.05.2019
Poland displaced russia as the top buyer of Ukrainian goods in February according to the latest data available from Ukrstat, reports intellinews.com.russia has long been Ukraine’s main trade partner as the two economies remain intimately intertwined. However, relations have crumbled since the annexation of the Crimea in 2014 and trade has fallen thanks to numerous embargoes as the two countries are fighting an undeclared war.Ukraine’s trade with russia dropped 11% q/q in the first three months of this year to ...Ukrainians design floating waste recycling plant
15.05.2019
The NiceCube creative group from Mykolayiv city, Ukraine, designed a unique project of a floating waste recycling plant at the request of the Ocean Polymers British environmental company, Ukrinform reports.A unique innovative project of a waste recycling plant on board of a boat was created at the request of the Ocean Polymers company.As noted, an old boat can be equipped with a plasma system for pyrolysis (thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures) of organic and inorganic substances for the ...Ryanair and Wizz Air launch new flights from Ukraine to Polish and German cities
12.05.2019
In an aggressive bid for Ukraine’s migrant worker market, Ryanair unveils a fall Ukraine schedule with flights to five new German cities and eight new Polish cities, writes ubn.news. From Odesa, Ryanair launches flights to five Polish cities: Krakow in July, then Gdansk, Katowice, Poznan and Wroclaw on Oct. 29-30. From Kharkiv, Ryanair starts flights to Krakow and Poznan, and Vilinius Lithuania. From Kyiv Boryspil, Ryanair starts a flight in the fall to Katowice and doubles its frequencies to Warsaw to ...Ukraine boosts agri-exports to EU by over 24%
12.05.2019
Acting Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Olga Trofimtseva says Ukraine in January-March 2019 (Q1) boosted exports of agricultural products to the European Union states by 24.4%, while imports grew by 9.9%.“Over the period under review, shipments of Ukrainian agricultural products to the EU countries have risen by 24.4% year-over-year (y-o-y), to US$1.88 billion,” she wrote on Facebook on May 10. Meanwhile, farm produce imports in Q1 totaled $734.6 million, having increased by 9.9% y-o-y.russians in Donbas force troops of army corps to obtain russian passports
12.05.2019
The russian occupation forces’ command in Donbas has ordered personnel of formations and units of russia’s army corps No.1 (Donetsk) and No. 2 (Luhansk) to obtain russian passports, UNIAN reports.At the same time, russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is introducing additional restrictions on crossing the section of the russian-Ukrainian border uncontrolled by Ukraine.The restrictions primarily concern persons related to the occupation administrations or those who are serving in russia’s occupation forces and in the security forces of the so-called ...“russian style propaganda” and “retired opinion leaders”: How Zelensky and Poroshenko fought in social networks
07.05.2019
According to the report of The Center for Content Analysis, Ukrainian consulting company, before the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections in May, 21st, 2019 there was the great spike of the social network users discussion about Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelensky.Analyzing content and profiles of this discussion, analysts found:– Behavior peculiarities of the Poroshenko’s and Zelensky’s supporters depending on their social network, region, gender and outlook.– Discussion topology peculiarities, particularly, contacts between the Poroshenko`s and Zelensky’s supporters.In ...Kyiv’s Chоrnobyl tourism industry gets big boost with worldwide release of miniseries
06.05.2019
Kyiv’s Chоrnobyl* tourism industry gets big boost this week with world wide release of Chernobyl five-part miniseries, writes ubn.news. “The drama revolves around the brave men and women who sacrificed everything to save Europe from unimaginable disaster, all the while battling a culture of disinformation,” reads a review in the Straits Times of Singapore, where the series starts tomorrow. The Los Times writes of the series, which launches tonight in the US: “Note to viewer: Wear your mouth guard if you’re ...IMF stands ready to continue to support Ukraine
06.05.2019
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde held a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. “I thanked President Petro Poroshenko for the close cooperation during his presidency, during which Ukraine successfully returned to macro-stability and growth, following the deep economic crisis of 2014–2015,” Lagarde said in a statement following the call on Friday, writes Ukrinform.“We agreed that it is crucial to safeguard the important progress made during the President’s tenure in advancing key reforms, and especially to ensure the independence ...Hague-based International Court of Justice to hold public hearings in Ukraine vs russia case early in June
03.05.2019
The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will hold public hearings in the case concerning the Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ukraine vs the russian Federation), writes UNIAN.The hearings will be held at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court from Monday, June 3, to Friday, ...Ukraine at OSCE: Issuance of russian passports in Ukraine is aimed at legitimizing open invasion of Donbas
03.05.2019
*The kremlin’s decision to simplify the procedure for granting russian citizenship to Ukrainians living in Donbas is aimed at legitimizing russia’s military presence and creating a legal basis for the open use of the russian armed forces against Ukraine, writes Ukrinform.Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Ihor Prokopchuk said this at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.“This decree is a gross violation of the principles of sovereignty, ...Naftogaz CEO: russia’s goal is to create a new gas crisis for Ukraine
03.05.2019
CEO of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine Andriy Kobolyev says russia will try to create an artificial gas crisis in Ukraine in January 2020, writes UNIAN. “Their goal is to create an artificial crisis after 2019, starting January 1, as it was in 2009, that is, 10 years ago, and to try to foment a crisis that will allow them promoting their own interest,” Kobolyev said in an interview with the Voice of America Ukrainian Service.Kobolyev notes high likelihood of ...Ukraine is becoming more interesting for French business
03.05.2019
As head of the economic service for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova at the French Embassy in Kyiv, Vincent Pringault is a busy man. The past year has seen a landmark EUR 550 million purchase of Airbus helicopters by the Ukrainian state along with a flurry of French investment activity in Ukraine encompassing everything from retail and logistics to agriculture and renewable energy, writes Business Ukraine.In the past few months alone, there have been a number of eye-catching headlines highlighting ...
