Section: Economy

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 25.95 to dollar on interbank market
      Dec02

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 25.95 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Friday fell to UAH 25.88/25.95 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent. Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 27.5531/27.5932, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH 0.4025/0.4035....

      Ukraine posts balance of payments surplus worth US$1.1 bln in 10 months
      Dec02

      Ukraine posts balance of payments surplus worth US$1.1 bln in 10 months

      Ukraine posted US$1.098 billion in the surplus of the balance of payments January through October 2016, which was five times higher than the surplus posted in the same period of 2015 at $227 million, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). The surplus of the balance of payments in October 2016 alone stood at $91 million. The current...

      National Bank of Ukraine: Ukraine`s forex reserves will shrink without IMF loans
      Dec02

      National Bank of Ukraine: Ukraine`s forex reserves will shrink without IMF loans

      Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Valeriya Gontareva says that giving up support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international donors will translate into a reduction in Ukraine`s forex and gold reserves, which threatens the country`s financial stability, according to a posting on the NBU`s website. ”It`s extremely...

      Tusk says Russia sanctions likely to be extended
      Dec02

      Tusk says Russia sanctions likely to be extended

      The head of the European Union`s executive body has said he expects EU sanctions against Russia to be extended next year, but that it will be harder to do that in the future, according to Radio Liberty. Donald Tusk, who is president of the European Council and a former Polish prime minister, made the comments in an interview broadcast on December...

      Oil prices dip after OPEC-Russia output cut deal, focus swings to implementation
      Dec02

      Oil prices dip after OPEC-Russia output cut deal, focus swings to implementation

      Oil prices slipped on Friday as some investors opted to cash out after Brent touched 16-month a high on Thursday, with optimism over this weekэs OPEC-Russia accord on cutting output giving way to questions on the ”sticking point” of implementing the deal, according to Reuters. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading at $53.36 per...

      Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development sold to Chinese investor for almost UAH 83 mln
      Dec02

      Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development sold to Chinese investor for almost UAH 83 mln

      The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) chief Ihor Bilous said Wednesday it had sold at a second-try auction a state-owned Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (UBRD) to China`s Bohai Commodity Exchange Co., Ltd. (BOCE). The bank was sold at a starting price as the bidding had just one participant, Bilous reported on the results of...

      4G in Ukraine: government names deadline for tender, price of licenses
      Dec01

      4G in Ukraine: government names deadline for tender, price of licenses

      The National Commission for Communications and Informatization Regulation (NCCIR) plans to have held a tender for the introduction of 4G communications technology (LTE) by October 2017, Chairman of the NCCIR Alexander Zhyvotovsky wrote on Facebook, with reference to the results of the committee meeting on Tuesday, November 29. ”The prices for...

      Russia cancels economic forum with Croatia holding grudge for Plenkovic Kyiv visit
      Dec01

      Russia cancels economic forum with Croatia holding grudge for Plenkovic Kyiv visit

      Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Croatia Anvar Azimov confirmed on Monday that the Croatian-Russian economic forum had been canceled, according to Total Croatia News citing N1. ”I have a very difficult task. I love Croatia and I deeply respect Croatia, and we will not forget that for more than 50 years Russia and the Soviet Union were one...

      Ukraine`s state debt shrinks by 0.4% in Oct, to $68.35 bln
      Dec01

      Ukraine`s state debt shrinks by 0.4% in Oct, to $68.35 bln

      The total amount of Ukraine`s state and state-guaranteed debt at the end of October 2016 was US$68.35 billion, which was 0.4% less than at the beginning of the month, according to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry`s website. The total sum of the Ukraine`s state and state-guaranteed debt in the hryvnia equivalent at the end of October amounted to UAH...

      Ukraine reports outbreak of bird flu after 8-year break
      Dec01

      Ukraine reports outbreak of bird flu after 8-year break

      Ukraine has reported an outbreak of a highly contagious bird flu virus among backyard birds in households in southern Kherson region for the first time after an eight-year break, according to the Ukrainian government. Samples taken by veterinary services from the dead birds in the village of Novo-Oleksandrivka in Kalanchatsky district after an...