The Verkhovna Rada has adopted, taking into account presidential amendments, the law on virtual assets, which refers this market to the regulation of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). Some 272 deputies supported Bill No. 3637 at the regular plenary session on Thursday at the second reading … Read more
Fitch Ratings has revised National Joint Stock Company Naftogaz Ukrainy’s outlook to stable from positive, while affirming company’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B’, the rating agency said on its website. “The outlook revision follows a recent similar action on Ukraine’s sovereign rating (B/Stable) and the application of Fitch’s Government-Related Entities (GRE) Rating … Read more
The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine is launching a program for IT specialists – Diia Challenge, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said. “Today, according to the canons of the best product IT companies in the world, we are launching Diia Challenge. Now developers, designers can take part in challenges … Read more
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine recently bought back approximately 10% of eurobonds maturing in September 2022, as a result of which their volume in circulation decreased to $912 million, the ministry said on Friday. “The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has carried out several operations to repurchase VRIs, as a result … as of … Read more
Ukraine will begin construction of a plant for the production of Bayraktar military drones and equip them with Ukrainian-made engines. Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov stated this at a briefing. “One of the examples of fulfilling this agreement will be the construction of the Bayraktar plant, which manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles. And which will be manufactured … Read more
Ukraine and Turkey have signed an agreement that will significantly expand the production of Bayraktar unmanned combat aerial vehicles in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. He stated this at a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Kyiv on Thursday, February 3. “I am confident that our talks will lead to … Read more
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Turkish Trade Minister Mehmet Mus signed an agreement on a free trade zone between the countries. The agreement was signed in Kyiv on Thursday in the presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following the results of negotiations between the parties. It is … Read more
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) allowed First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB, Kyiv) of Rinat Akhmetov to buy Idea Bank, owned by Polish-based Getin Holding S.A. The relevant decision was made by the state regulator at a meeting on February 3, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine told Interfax-Ukraine. As reported, Getin Holding S.A. on November … Read more
Poland’s PGNiG has purchased a shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States for delivery to the Ukrainian border for ERU Europe, ERU Trading said in a press release on Tuesday. “The ship with American LNG will arrive at the President Lech Kaczyński LNG Terminal in Świnoujście at the end of February this … Read more
Ukraine has started importing physical gas from Hungary for the first time in its history, head of Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) Serhiy Makogon said. “The Hungarian option has become the second after Slovakia guaranteed a route for gas shipments to Ukraine even when there is no transit. The opening of this route … Read more