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  Ukroboronprom and the State Agency for Defense Industry of the Republic of Turkey signed Memorandum on mutual bank guarantees. The Memorandum defines the terms of fulfillment of contractual obligations between Ukroboronprom and the State Agency for Defense Industry of the Republic of Turkey. The Agreement will create the legal basis for the establishment of […]

  Illegally convicted Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who is imprisoned in Russia, was awarded the 2018 Sakharov Prize on Thursday, October 25. The finalists for the 2018 Sakharov Prize were: Oleh Sentsov, 11 NGOs saving migrant lives across the Mediterranean Sea and Nasser Zefzafi. This year’s finalists for Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of […]

  German agrotech manufacturer Horsch Maschinen GmbH plans to build a factory in Ukraine. The company’s founder Michael Horsch told about his plans at the Kyiv International Economic Forum on Oct. 19. In 2017, Horsch reported the highest turnover of 356 million euros in its history. In Ukraine, the company has been working since 2009 […]

  New approaches and changes in Ukraine in the economic, medical, infrastructure and other spheres contributes to attracting new foreign investment in the Ukrainian economy. More and more of American, Canadian and other Western companies participate in Ukrainian projects. This issue was discussed in New York on Monday, October 1, at a presentation of the […]

  The installation of electronic control systems for municipal transport is at the final stage. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko says the city authorities will present an electronic ticket for travel in public transport within a month. The mayor also reminded that the city had renewed the public transport fleet by 103 trolleybuses, 100 buses, and […]

  President of the United States of America Donald Trump has signed the bill on the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019, which provides for $250 million in security assistance to Ukraine. The sum is 50 million higher than the allocations of the 2018 budget for relevant financial aid programs for Ukraine. According to the […]

  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko remind in his annual address in parliament that it was the first anniversary on September 1 since the launch of the Association Agreement with the EU. As of today, biometric passports allow Ukrainian citizens to make short trips to 30 EU countries and the Schengen zone (117 countries) without a […]

  Ukraine is ready to cancel the summer/winter time switches following in the European Union’s footsteps. The press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported: “Ukraine has adopted a policy of European integration, which provides for the implementation of European legislation. Ukraine uses the optimal procedure for calculating time, which is harmonized […]

  This year, the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year, is celebrated September 9-11. Tens of thousands of Hasidic pilgrims arrived in Ukraine’s Uman (Cherkasy region) for the celebration of the Jewish New Year. About 28,000 pilgrims have already crossed the border, the agency reports. This year, the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, […]

  Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko has informed that the Cabinet of Ministers will raise minimum wages in the country is expected to reach UAH 4,200 ($149) next year. “I hope that Ukraine’s economy will grow by 2.5-3%, which gives us grounds to say that we will have a resource next year to raise […]