Ukrainians bought 413 new electric cars in February 2023, which is three times more than in February 2022, the Telegram channel Ukravtoprom reported on March 6. Compared to January 2023, the market of new electric cars in Ukraine has grown by 40%, Ukravtoprom reported. The Volkswagen ID.4 was the most popular model on the Ukrainian market. … Read more
Ankara is putting serious effort into extending the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at the UN Conference on Least Developed Countries in Doha, Qatar, on March 5. “We are working hard for the smooth implementation and further extension of the Black Sea grain deal,” Reuters quoted Cavusoglu as saying. The minister added … Read more
More than 5 million hectares, or 50,000 km2, of agricultural land, is currently unusable due to russian landmines, contamination by explosive remnants, or ongoing hostilities. These lands require a survey and may be contaminated, says Oleksandr Haidu, head of the Agrarian and Land Policy Committee. Due to mining or the presence of dangerous objects in … Read more
According to the results of 2022, exports from the countries of the European Union to Ukraine increased again to the level that was before the start of the war in February last year. The data of the EU statistical agency Eurostat evidence this. It is noted that the EU’s trade with Ukraine has been severely … Read more
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) opened an office in Kyiv on March 1, as Ukraine gears up for a bid to join the organization, the governmental portal reported on Feb. 28. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann announced a new office during a joint briefing on Feb. … Read more
The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has included Metro Cash&Carry in the list of international sponsors of the war, the agency’s press service has reported. As noted in the press release, the decision was made due to the position of the company’s management to continue operations in Russia. In addition to the retail business, … Read more
Ukraine has received an agreed form of a quality certificate for the import of Ukrainian fish products from the Turkish competent authority, which opens up new export opportunities for domestic producers of fish products. As reported on the website of the State Agency for Land Reclamation and Fisheries of Ukraine, on Tuesday, the agency opened … Read more
Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko called on European colleagues to support Ukraine’s candidacy to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). As the Ministry of Energy said on the Telegram channel on Monday, Haluschenko made such a proposal during an informal meeting of EU energy and transport ministers in Stockholm on February … Read more
On Monday, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) decided to convert 88.890583% of the shares of the First Investment Bank (PINbank, Kyiv) owned by Russian citizen Yevgeny Giner into state income. “On February 27, a HACC panel of judges satisfied a claim of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine against a Russian citizen … By a … Read more
PepsiCo’s subsidiary Sandora has reopened its plant in Mykolaiv Oblast, with another major prouder of tomatoes resuming work in the region as well, regional governor Vitalii Kim told Ukrainian TV channel Ternopil 1 on Feb. 27. “Two large enterprises have already begun work,” said Kim. “One of them is PepsiCo, which is fixing its plant, … Read more