Excerpts from the most important news on Ukraine
Ukraine confirms record grain harvest
28.03.2019
Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Volodymyr Topchiy says the State Statistics Service of Ukraine has confirmed the grain harvest in Ukraine in 2018 at 70 million tonnes, writes UNIAN.“The final report of the State Statistics Service on 2018 harvest has confirmed we have beat a historical mark of grain production in terms of its post-processing weight at 70.057 million tonnes with a yield of 4.74 tonnes per hectare (ha). In addition, the figures, highest in history, ...Three thousand Ukrainian soldiers killed during the war with russia
28.03.2019
2,959 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during the russian aggression against Ukraine.“The price paid for an opportunity to build our state is too high! 2,959 soldiers have given their lives so that we have an opportunity to protect and build Ukraine now,” President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said in an interview with the Priamyi TV channel, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.Furthermore, the President reminded that the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred and tens of thousands of civilians, who have died in ...EU urges russia to stop searches in Crimea and release detainees
28.03.2019
Gaspra, Crimea, UkraineThe European Union expects russia to immediately stop searches in the houses of the Crimean Tatars and provide legal protection to all those, who have been detained illegally, writes Ukrinform.“The russian Federation must stop arbitrary searches in the private property of the Crimean Tatars and must ensure respect for the right to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, freedom of belief and religion. These freedoms should be observed in Crimea without discrimination on any grounds,” Maja Kocijančič, Spokesperson for ...Mingarelli: Ukraine makes significant progress in justice reform
26.03.2019
Over the past five years, more reforms in the field of justice have been carried out in Ukraine than in 1992-2014, said Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli at the annual Conference of Regional Councils on Justice Reform on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.“If you look at what has been done over the past five years in Ukraine in the field of justice, the rule of law, the enforcement of the law, the enforcement of judgments, then ...Over 14 million tourists visited Ukraine last year
22.03.2019
Lviv, UkraineIn 2018, 14.2 million tourists visited Ukraine, according to the Economic Development and Trade Ministry, writes Ukrinfom.“In 2018, our country was visited by 14.2 million foreign nationals, but we seek to increase this figure to about 30 million tourists annually. This can be reached through the development of tourism opportunities of the capital and regions,” the ministry wrote on its Facebook page.The ministry also noted that UAH 17 million was allocated for the development of tourism in Ukraine in ...Uber rolls out electric vehicles in Kyiv
22.03.2019
The mobility company Uber has launched its service UberGreen in Kyiv. In the Ukrainian capital, 200 electric cars of different makes are to take to the streets and the company expects 10,000 people using the service by the end of April. Yet in other cities, progress has been slow, electrive.com reports.Kyiv is not the first city in which Uber is trying to encourage the uptake of electric cars. UberGreen is currently available in Bucharest as well as Amsterdam, Paris, London, Lisbon, Porto, ...Cable cars across the Dnipro are coming soon to Kyiv?
21.03.2019
The Kyiv city authorities have developed a range of ambitious and imaginative projects to improve the Ukrainian capital’s transport infrastructure and enhance the city’s tourism appeal, writes Business Ukraine.The standout concept is probably an initiative to create a network of cableway stations straddling the Dnipro River and connecting the ancient heart of Right Bank Kyiv with the residential district of Rusanivka on the Left Bank.The first stage of this project envisages the construction of three cableway stations connecting the Druzhby ...IMF positively assesses Ukraine’s fulfillment of Stand-By conditions
19.03.2019
A technical mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which ended its work in Ukraine last week, has positively assessed the implementation of the conditions of a new cooperation program. The IMF’s assessment mission is expected to arrive in May-June, Ukrinform reports.“In December of last year, a new program was approved. The first revision of this program will be in May-June. Last week, the IMF’s technical mission completed its work; it is not an assessment mission, it ...US State Department: russia’s Crimea “referendum” was a farce
17.03.2019
The United States Department of State has called the “referendum” conducted by russia in Ukraine’s Crimea five years ago “a farce.”“russia’s so-called ‘referendum’ at the barrel of a gun in Crimea five years ago was a farce rightfully condemned by the international community. Crimea is Ukraine,” said Deputy Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State on Twitter.https://twitter.com/StateDeputySPOX/status/1106916861923463169US, Canada, EU impose additional sanctions on russia in response to aggression in Ukraine
17.03.2019
The United States, in coordination with Canada and the European Union, has slapped new sanctions on more than a dozen russian officials and businesses, citing moscow’s “continued aggression in Ukraine”, writes aljazeera.com.Six russian officials, six defence firms and two energy and construction firms were targeted, either over the seizure of Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch Strait, or for their activities in russian-annexed Crimea or separatist eastern Ukraine, the US Treasury said in a statement on Friday.“The United States and our ...Ukraine joins securities depository Clearstream
17.03.2019
Ukraine joins international securities depository Clearstream in boost to government bond market, writes UkraineInvest Chairman Daniel Bilak.International securities depository Clearstream and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) have signed a correspondent relations agreement, paving the way for the foundation of a domestic link between the NBU and Clearstream.This development is expected to simplify foreign investor access to the Ukrainian securities market while increasing its attractiveness and liquidity. “This step will be the cornerstone of our upcoming access model for ...Seven large foreign companies announced about investments in Ukraine
15.03.2019
Seven large foreign companies announced about investments totaling $1.1 billion in the economy of Ukraine in 2018, says the report of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers for 2018, posted on the Government portal.“Seven global companies announced about investments totaling $1.1 billion: Scatec Solar (Norway) – $315 million in solar power plants with a capacity of 251 MW in Cherkasy and Mykolaiv regions, Horizon Capital (USA) – $ 200 million, NBT (Norway ) – $173 million in the first phase ...
