Section: Main news

      Bloomberg: Ukraine to woo shippers from Asia to Baltics by fixing ports
      Jul13

      Bloomberg: Ukraine to woo shippers from Asia to Baltics by fixing ports

      Ukraine, whose trade links with Russia have been severed by a two-year insurgency in its eastern regions, will strive to offset that loss by becoming a transit hub for shipments from the Persian Gulf, Asia, China to the Scandinavian countries and the Baltics, according to Bloomberg.The government wants to create ”comfort and confidence” for...

      Fiscal Service tasked with solving VAT refunds issue
      Jul13

      Fiscal Service tasked with solving VAT refunds issue

      The Ukrainian government has instructed the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine (SFS) to resolve all issues related to value added tax (VAT) refunds within one month.Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman issued the order to SFS Head Roman Nasirov during a meeting in which the authorities met with representatives of the business community,...

      Gazprom completes liquidation of RosUkrEnergo venture company
      Jul13

      Gazprom completes liquidation of RosUkrEnergo venture company

      Russian energy giant Gazprom has completed the liquidation of Swiss gas trader RosUkrEnergo, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported.The process began in 2014, the news agency wrote, referring to the company`s information.RosUkrEnergo has been excluded from the list of affiliated entities of Russia`s Gazprom, which was prepared for June 30,...

      Finance Minister to submit bill on eliminating tax police
      Jul13

      Finance Minister to submit bill on eliminating tax police

      Ukraine`s Finance Ministry will soon submit a draft law on the elimination of the tax police in Ukraine, as well as set out clear criteria to allow tax authorities to transfer documents related to financial investigations to law enforcement agencies on exceptional occasions, according to Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk.”We are agreeing with...

      Reuters: May to take over as British PM today
      Jul13

      Reuters: May to take over as British PM today

      Theresa May will take over the job of British prime minister from David Cameron on Wednesday and form a government with the monumental tasks of extricating Britain from the European Union and uniting a fractured nation, Reuters reported. May, who has been interior minister for six years and is seen by her supporters as a safe pair of hands to...

      One Ukrainian soldier killed, four wounded in Donbas war in last 24 hours
      Jul13

      One Ukrainian soldier killed, four wounded in Donbas war in last 24 hours

      One Ukrainian soldier was killed and four were wounded in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, in the past 24 hours, according to a presidential spokesman for ATO issues.”In the past 24 hours, one Ukrainian serviceman was killed in fighting, another four were wounded,” Presidential Administration speaker for ATO issues...

      Privatization watchdog seeks to ensure efficient sale of Odesa chemical plant
      Jul13

      Privatization watchdog seeks to ensure efficient sale of Odesa chemical plant

      Head of Ukraine`s State Property Fund (SPF) Ihor Bilous has voiced doubts about the ability to conduct a successful competition for the privatization of a 99.6% stake in Odesa Portside Chemical Plant (OPP), which has been scheduled for July 26.Also, Bilous has not ruled out the possibility that the SPF may again call for bids, Bilous wrote on his...

      Ukraine threshes nearly 8 mln tonnes of grain
      Jul13

      Ukraine threshes nearly 8 mln tonnes of grain

      Ukrainian farmers have threshed 7.9 million tonnes of grain from 2.2 million hectares (ha), as of July 12, 2016, which is 24% of their target, according to the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry`s press service.The average yield capacity of grain crops is 34.9 centners per ha.In particular, the wheat harvest was 3.7 million tonnes from 1 million...

      EP to hear report on proposed visa-free travel for Ukraine on Sept 5
      Jul13

      EP to hear report on proposed visa-free travel for Ukraine on Sept 5

      A report in support of the European Commission`s initiative to grant Ukraine visa-free travel will be presented to the European Parliament on September 5, according to a UNIAN correspondent.”I intended to present my report before summer but, unfortunately, due to the outcome of the UK referendum, some committee meetings have been cancelled and...

      Ukraine`s Supreme Court says judges in Maidan rulings broke judicial oaths
      Jul13

      Ukraine`s Supreme Court says judges in Maidan rulings broke judicial oaths

      The Supreme Court of Ukraine has recognized that three judges – Alla Chalaya, Yulia Shvachach and Vitaliy Martsynkevych – violated their judicial oaths when issuing decisions on the detention of activists during the Maidan events in Ukraine, which occurred from late 2013 until 2014, according to a lawyer.”The judges of the Maidan will be held...