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Igor Orel
Week's balance: EU allocates EUR 600 mln for Ukraine, Cabinet decides to put country on lockdown in Jan, while inflation goes up
Ukraine received EUR 600 million in macro-financial assistance from the European Union, the Cabinet announced the introduction of lockdown from January 8 to 24, while the State Statistics Service announced the acceleration of inflation – these are the main economic developments of the outgoing week.
18:00, 13 December 2020
Analysis
Pavlo Stepanets
Chance for revival of Ukraine's river transport: New legislation brings new incentives
Ukraine is starting to revive inland water transportation. The Verkhovna Rada has adopted a basic law for inland water transport, which should set the course of strategic development of the industry. However, the depressing state of river navigation makes the revival of the national river economy a real challenge.
15:15, 07 December 2020
Analysis
Hanna Nahorna
Week's balance: Cabinet stops weekend quarantine, Rada adopts water transport law and postpones new cash register rule for businesses
The Cabinet of Ministers refused to extend the weekend quarantine, while the Verkhovna Rada passed a law on water transport, postponed for a year the introduction of cash registers mandate for all entrepreneurs, and adopted a package of presidential laws to aid businesses amid coronacrisis.
13:00, 06 December 2020
Analysis
Kateryna Zhyriy
Week's balance: President vows support to businesses, energy ministry raises electricity tariffs, while industrial output drops
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has promised to support businesses in the face of tougher quarantine bans, the new acting energy chief announced the coming increase in electricity tariffs for households, while the State Statistics Service reported a higher pace of industrial output slide – these are the key economic developments of the outgoing week.
18:00, 28 November 2020
Analysis
Hanna Nahorna
Harvest 2020: Challenge for farmers, rising food prices
There will be no third record crop in a row: in 2020, Ukraine's harvest this year will be 10 million tonnes lower on year. UNIAN learned how this could affect food prices, as well as how farmers survived this year, and whether it is worth hoping for the better in 2021.
18:50, 26 November 2020
Analysis
Hanna Bredihina
Week's balance: Cabinet appoints new customs chief, vows support to businesses amid quarantine, while economy slows further down
The Cabinet of Ministers appointed a new head of the State Customs Service and promised businesses support in the face of tougher quarantine restrictions, while the State Statistics Service announced a slowdown in the GDP fall – these are the main economic developments of the outgoing week.
13:30, 22 November 2020
Analysis
Andriy Vatsyk
Surviving quarantine: Ternopil restaurateur tells of reprofiling business into "church" to escape bans
Ternopil entrepreneur Taras Kovalchuk, who turned his hospitality businesses into a religious organization on the eve of the weekend quarantine, which allowed him not to close down on Saturday and Sunday, told UNIAN about the nuances of such reprofiling.
22:30, 18 November 2020
Interview
Andriy Tsaplienko,
Sergey Shchekochikhin
Cuts through Caucasus: What Ukraine and Russia need to keep in mind when observing Armenian surrender
Armenia has surrendered. What exactly did the winners and the losers agree on and why did Russia so easily give up on its allies, and will Armenians and Azerbaijanis be able to coexist peacefully after the bloody confrontation?
22:30, 16 November 2020
Analysis
Bohdan Slutsky
Week's balance: Cabinet introduces weekend quarantine, State Statistics Service reports accelerating inflation, while hryvnia slides again
The Cabinet of Ministers abandoned the adaptive quarantine model and switched to "weekend quarantine," the State Statistics Service reported a higher pace of inflation, while the national currency continued its slide after a short rebound - these are the key economic developments of the outgoing week.
14:30, 14 November 2020
Analysis
Nana Chornaya
Ukraine's economic cooperation with U.S.: Expectations from Biden
In the United States, presidential elections are not over yet, but many are already calling Joe Biden Donald Trump's successor. He has already addressed the nation, outlining his future first steps as head of state. UNIAN polled experts on potential prospects awaiting Ukraine with the arrival of a new president across the pond.
09:00, 13 November 2020
Analysis
Dmytro Shvarts
Week's balance: Rada passes 2021 budget at first reading, Cabinet presents country's audit, while GDP decline slows down
The parliament approved at first reading the draft law on the 2021 state budget, the government spoke about a large-scale plan to allow the country to realize its significant potential in 10 years, while the Ministry of Economy announced a slowdown in the economic decline – these are the key economic developments of the first week of November.
17:00, 07 November 2020
Analysis
Andriy Tsaplienko,
Yulia Semenenko,
Valeria Kovalinska
Agonizing choice: When will doctors be forced to prioritize among COVID-19 patients
In Ukraine, the number of new daily COVID-19 cases is on a steady rise. The Ministry of Health says once the daily figure reaches 20,000, the country's hospitals will be overloaded. Doctors will have to choose patients who must be treated first, while the others will have to rely on their own endurance and wait for rescue.
18:40, 02 November 2020
Analysis
Hanna Nahorna
Week's balance: Naftogaz raises gas price for households, Cabinet allocates billions to help unemployed and miners, while budget deficit keeps growing
State-owned energy giant Naftogaz of Ukraine has raised by a third the gas price for households, the Cabinet of Ministers allocated almost UAH 3 billion for salaries to miners and payments to the unemployed, while the State Treasury announced a fourfold increase in the country's budget deficit - these are the main economic developments in the outgoing week.
15:00, 31 October 2020
Analysis
Tetyana Urbanska
Constitutional "anti-constitutional" coup d'etat
Is the new Maidan broiling to erupt in November? This is no rhetorical question. The skirmish that various branches of government entered into following a scandalous ruling by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine "to abolish asset declarations" for officials is not only fraught with street protests, it also poses a threat to statehood.
16:40, 30 October 2020
Analysis
Igor Orel
Week's balance: President defends economic achievements, NBU keeps key rate unchanged, while hryvnia stops its fall
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in his annual address to the Verkhovna Rada said that the Ukrainian economy has withstood the blow of the pandemic and will be able to emerge stronger from crisis, the National Bank has kept the key rate at 6%, and the hryvnia has stopped falling – these are the main economic developments of the outgoing week.
14:00, 24 October 2020
Analysis
Vlad Abramov
Historian Liubov Krupnyk: Among Soviet lawyers were "black sheep" who tried to actually defend dissidents
Public interest in the case of Vasyl Stus hasn't abated, so UNIAN spoke with historian Liubov Krupnyk about whether there were lawyers in Soviet times who really defended their clients, or whether everyone, without exception, danced to the KGB's tune.
23:00, 23 October 2020
Interview
Dmytro Shvarts
Facing another lockdown: What should be done not to finish off economy while fighting corona
President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that reintroducing a strict quarantine is possible due to the increase in the COVID-19 incidence. Businesses and experts fearfully await repetition of the spring scenario, which delivered a heavy blow to the economy. The Cabinet has not yet sent a signal that they have learned the lessons of the past and are now able to lead the country through this test with minimal losses.
19:00, 22 October 2020
Analysis
Мар’яна Бухан
Fear and torture: Story of most terrifying prison in occupied Donbas
Disgust, torture, and death… It's better to die than to further endure abuse… This is how five former prisoners of "Isolation," a former Donetsk art hub that the occupation forces turned into a secret torture chamber, speak of their time they did there. They all count on fair punishment for their offenders. However, will those human monsters from Isolation eventually be prosecuted?
19:00, 19 October 2020
Analysis
Pavlo Stepanets
Week's balance: Cabinet extends quarantine, IMF improves forecast for Ukraine economy development, while Kyiv and Warsaw expand cooperation
The government extended the adaptive quarantine until the end of 2020, the IMF upgraded its forecast for the fall of the Ukrainian economy, while Zelensky and Duda agreed to expand economic bilateral cooperation.
18:30, 18 October 2020
Analysis
Kateryna Zhyriy
Week's balance: New agreements with EU, new digital services, and shrinking foreign reserves
Ukraine has signed a number of agreements with the European Union and UK, and introduced new digital services, while the country's international reserves have decreased by almost 9% – these are the key economic developments of the outgoing week.
13:00, 10 October 2020
Analysis
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