Ukrainian-based SkyUp Airlines has secured foreign air carrier certification, FAR129, enabling it to operate in the U.S. market, the company said in a message on its website on Sept. 25. According to the press release, four of the airline’s Boeing 737-800 aircraft: UR-SQB, UR-SQC, UR-SQF, and UR-SQP have been granted permission to operate within U.S. … Read more
For the first time in its history, Ukraine is set to go through the upcoming winter season using domestically produced natural gas, Oleksiy Chernyshov, CEO of Ukraine’s state-owned oil and gas enterprise Naftogaz, told Ukrainian TV broadcasters on Sept. 25. “We are increasing our own gas production, and those numbers are on the rise,” said … Read more
Polish farmers have almost twice as much revenue as Ukrainian exporters of agricultural products, so the claims that Ukrainian grain has a bad influence on the market in Poland are not true. Source: Oleh Nivievskyi, Vice President for Economic Education and Associate Professor of the Kyiv School of Economics, analysed the difference between comparable prices … Read more
Real gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 19.5% compared to the second quarter of 2022, after falling by 10.5% in the first quarter and 31.4% in the fourth quarter of last year. According to the recent assessment of the State Statistics Service, released on Friday, compared with … Read more
International logistics operator Treeden Group has launched the first stage of a cargo railway terminal in the Polish village of Wola Baranowska, located almost 200 km deep in Poland with access roads and broad gauge from Ukraine, Director of UAB Friendly Avia Support Oleksandr Lanetsky has said. “This allows us to connect the Ukrainian railway … Read more
Ukraine is no longer among the most economically unfree countries. This follows from the updated report “Economic freedom in the world” of the Fraser Institute, whose national partner in Ukraine is the Bendukidze Center. Frazer Institute published that in its report, which can be found at the link. The report annually measures the level of … Read more
Faced with at least another year of fighting – and a budget deficit of more than $40 billion in 2024 – the Ukrainian government is considering selling military bonds to corporations and private individuals abroad to secure funds for escalating defense expenses, U.S. newspaper the Wall Street Journal reported on Sept. 18. “If the government … Read more
Kyiv has lodged lawsuits with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary after the three countries introduced unilateral bans on imports of Ukrainian agricultural produce, Ukraine’s Economy Ministry said on Sept. 18. Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated that it is fundamentally important for Ukraine to prove that individual EU countries cannot ban … Read more
Farmers across Bulgaria began protests against the country’s parliament deciding to resume imports of agricultural products from Ukraine, Forbes Bulgaria reported on Sept. 18. By 10:00 a.m. local time, farmers had brought heavy farming equipment onto major roadways, blocking traffic. They shut down border crossings, major roads, and highways in the country. The protesters are … Read more
Five EU countries bordering Ukraine have signaled their opposition to Kyiv’s proposals on implementing export controls on shipments of Ukrainian grain, Polish news agency PAP reported on Sept. 18, citing an EU source. According to the report, Ukraine has presented its proposals to the European Commission regarding importing grain into EU countries, which would require … Read more