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AllWeek's balance: Coronavirus provoking global financial crisis, Zelensky promises miners to pay off wage arrears, while government submitted plan to support key industries
The large drop in stock market indices caused by the spread of the Chinese coronavirus made many suggest a new financial crisis, President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the government to pay wage arrears to miners and limit coal imports, while the Cabinet announced a plan to support key industries – these are the main economic developments of the past week.
16:30, 29.02.2020
Analysis
NBU Deputy Governor Dmytro Solohub: Most of IMF requirements for a new program have been met. And work on prior actions that have not yet been completed is almost finished
Lending rates in Ukraine are several times higher than those in European countries. NBU Deputy Chairman Dmytro Solohub sat down with UNIAN to tell about the reasons for such pricing by banks, the likelihood of cheaper loans, and the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the national economy.
18:30, 27.02.2020
Interview
Impact of coronavirus on global economy. What awaits Ukraine
Coronavirus continues to spread around the world. It inflicts an insidious blow not only on the population of about four dozen countries, but also affects the global economy unprecedentedly. International auditors predict pessimistic scenarios if it comes to a pandemic. UNIAN learned what awaits Ukraine in such conditions.
17:50, 26.02.2020
Analysis
Zolote residents in Donbas: We're caught in-between warring sides: "Bang!" – a shell is flying over our heads. We constantly wonder which "bang" will eventually hit us
Early last week, someone purposefully dispersed panic in social networks, claiming that amid intensified shelling in Donbas, the Ukrainian Army retreated from its defense positions, and the town of Zolote "surrendered to separatists". To dispel these rumors, UNIAN visited Zolote and talked with the locals.
17:50, 25.02.2020
Analysis
Putin's bloody "peace". Why the Kremlin needs new escalation in Donbas
A major offensive by Russian-controlled forces on Ukrainian positions on the night of February 18 raises questions, whether Moscow really strives for peace in Donbas as much as it claims in the international arena. But why did the Kremlin need a new escalation in Donbas on the same day that Russia convened the UN Security Council?
19:10, 24.02.2020
Analysis
Week's balance: Cabinet vows to pull labor market out of "shadows", allocates UAH 4 bln in farmer support, while energy minister announces record cuts in gas tariff
The Cabinet of Ministers launched a campaign to remove the labor market from the "shadow" and distributed UAH 4 billion in support of farmers, while Minister of Energy and Environment Oleksiy Orzhel announced a record reduction in gas tariffs – these are the key economic developments of the outgoing week.
16:00, 22.02.2020
Analysis
How Yanukovych's economic policies almost finished Ukraine
It's been ten years since the start of the now-disgraced Viktor Yanukovych's presidential term and six years from the day he fled from the country. Let's recall this man's role in Ukraine's most recent dramatic history.
14:00, 18.02.2020
Analysis
Week's balance: Zelensky promises to fight for "every penny invested", inflation continues to decline, while truckers block roads around Kyiv
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at a meeting with CEOs promised to protect "every penny invested," the State Statistics Service reported inflation down, while truckers blocked highways around Kyiv, demanding resignation of the infrastructure minister.
22:00, 15.02.2020
Analysis
Nord Stream 2: will U.S. be able to slam Putin's energy project
The U.S. Congress is drafting a new package of sanctions against participants in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipe project, that's if Russia eventually succeeds in completing it. They will affect European companies, including investors and also future recipients of Russian gas. UNIAN tried to figure out whether the U.S. would be able to sink Putin's project.
10:00, 12.02.2020
Analysis
Week's balance: MPs fight over land bill, president vows "avalanche of investment", while gov't services go online
Amid opposition protests, Parliament started considering at second reading the land market bill, President Zelensky announced an "avalanche of investments" expected to flow into Ukraine, the government launched the Diia mobile application and an affordable loans program, while Ukrzaliznytsia signed a memo with a German railway carrier – these are the key economic developments of the outgoing week.
16:00, 08.02.2020
Analysis
Experts on children's "upbringing" in occupied Donbas: This somehow resembles "Hitler Jügend"
Russian propaganda is raging in schools across the temporarily occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Militarization of young minds in these areas is entering a new round amid preparations for the celebration of February 23 (Russia's Homeland Defender Day) and May 9 (WW2 Victory Day). But it's not only marching in formations that local schoolchildren are taught – it's also planting landmines.
14:00, 05.02.2020
Analysis
Unstable Hryvnia. Who profits from forex speculation?
The hryvnia is back in the turbulence zone. The rate creeps up, but it's not easy to figure out whether it's a good or a bad thing. Experts ring the alarm. After all, in no way does the strong hryvnia as of year-end reflect the real situation in the Ukrainian economy.
13:20, 04.02.2020
Analysis
Week's balance: EU praises Ukraine's reforms, Cabinet sacks Ukrzaliznytsia CEO, National Bank lowers key rate to three-year low
The EU at a meeting of the Ukraine-EU Association Council noted reform progress and allocated assistance for the development of farming, the Cabinet changed leadership at Ukrzaliznytsia and the Social Insurance Fund, while the National Bank lowered the key rate to a three-year low – these are the week's main economic developments.
15:00, 01.02.2020
Analysis
Population count in Ukraine, explained
The government has published an estimate of Ukraine's population. It was not a standard census, but rather an "electronic" one. The count says the population stands at 37 million. It's 15 million down from the previous figure. What do these numbers mean and will the Cabinet of Ministers change economic plans due to population decline?
19:50, 29.01.2020
Analysis
Story of Holocaust on Instagram: How "Eva.stories" was created
Although International Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked in January, a project dedicated to this day generated global debate about the ethics of talking about genocide on the Instagram entertainment platform sparked back in May last year. UNIAN met with the producers of Eva.stories and found out how the resonating project was created.
17:50, 28.01.2020
Interview
Former battalion commander with 72nd Brigade Oleksandr Vdovichenko: My first thought in Avdiyivka was: "I guess I'm going to die here"
Former battalion commander with the 72nd separate mechanized brigade, chief of staff of the 28th Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Vdovichenko (callsign "Slavian") sat down with UNIAN to tell about his troops forcing militants in Donbas to retreat, repelling the attacks of the "elite" DPR troops, preventing an offensive on Avdiyivka with the help of journalists and photos of tanks, surviving and following his "don't die" order.
17:50, 27.01.2020
Interview
Week's balance: Zelensky vows to get investors a "nanny", while Ukraine issues eurobonds and releases population count data
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at the World Economic Forum in Davos jokingly promised to get foreign investors a "nanny" in Ukraine, the finance ministry made a new Eurobond issue worth EUR 1.25 billion at a record low rate, while the government applied new methodology in counting the country's population – these are the main economic developments of the outgoing week.
15:40, 25.01.2020
Analysis
Ukraine's plans to get off energy dependence needle
A five-year gas transit contract signed between Naftogaz of Ukraine and Russian Gazprom, signed at the end of 2019, will bring billions of dollars in revenues and give Ukraine time to boost own gas extraction and cut consumption. If Ukraine succeeds, this will allow the country to confront Russia on an equal footing.
09:00, 22.01.2020
Analysis
Week’s balance: Prime Minister Honcharuk’s failed resignation, NBU delivering relief to entrepreneurs, and productive Rada
Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk filed a resignation letter in the aftermath of audio leaks from his alleged meeting, the National Bank following public outrage eased restrictions on individual entrepreneurs related to the personal use of business accounts, while the Verkhovna Rada adopted a number of important bills – these are the main economic developments of the past week.
09:00, 20.01.2020
Analysis
Foreign trade balance gap: Paradox of Ukraine's national economy
Foreign trade deficit is on the rise in Ukraine, having already exceeded the psychological mark of $9 billion. Future prospects are also disappointing. What threats does this economic "hole" bring and how can it be patched?
14:20, 17.01.2020
Analysis
- 08:00
OpinionWhy Ihor Kolomoisky should be released immediately
- 09 March, Saturday
- 15:11
Interview"Poland has banned imports of Ukrainian grain. So what are Polish farmers protesting against?" - Executive Vice President of European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis
- 29 February, Thursday
- 20:24
Zelensky shared the results of the latest negotiations: new defense agreements and packages
- 04:11
Interpol blocked a search request for People’s Deputy of the 8th convocation Hranovskyi
- 08 February, Thursday
- 18:09
"Щасливий, що 24 лютого був за кордоном": відомий український співак здивував зізнанням
- 07 April, Friday
- 16:49
BGV Fund and Estonia launch a program for free prosthetics for Ukrainians
- 01 February, Wednesday
- 23:26
Hryvnia slightly strengthens to U.S. dollar on Sept 24
- 05 December, Monday
- 16:14
Five Russian-led troops eliminated in Donbas over week – OSINT group
- 14 June, Monday
- 20:15
UNIAN suspends work of its English-language editorial office
- 20:00
Ukraine to become NATO member state with help of Membership Action Plan – Summit communique
- 19:20
Putin says troops build-up near Ukraine borders was part of "exercises"
- 19:00
Volodymyr Zelensky tells Boris Johnson Nord Stream 2 commissioning by Russia "unacceptable"
- 18:20
Zelensky asks U.S. for clarity on NATO MAP – media
- 16:20
U.S. financial institutions prohibited to buy Russian bonds
- 15:40
Education minister: Best lecturers at President's University in Ukraine to be paid at least US$4,000
- 15:00
Kyiv mayor reports 89 new COVID-19 cases, four fatalities
- 14:20
RFE/RL: Arms researchers warn decline in nuclear weapons appears to have stalled
- 13:40
Zelensky thanks G7 leaders for support of Ukraine
- 13:00
Biden suggests 'autocrat' Putin's Russia might be weaker than it seems – media
- 12:20
No new COVID-19 cases reported in armed forces as of June 14
- 11:40
Hryvnia strengthens to U.S. dollar on June 14
- 11:00
Number of COVID-19 cases confirmed worldwide exceeds 175.9 mln
- 10:20
COVID-19 in Ukraine: Some 420 new cases reported as of June 14
- 09:40
Donbas war: Ukraine records two ceasefire violations on June 13
- 09:00
Reuters: Oil holds near multi-year highs amid demand recovery
- 01:30
With two brilliant goals, Ukraine lose to the Netherlands in Euro 2020 Group Stage match (Photos)
- 13 June, Sunday
- 21:59
G7 leaders demand justice for victims of UIA plane downed in Iran
- 20:59
Ukraine may enter talks on compensations for loss over Nord Stream 2
- 19:59
G7 leaders call on Russia to withdraw troops at Ukraine's eastern border, in Crimea
- 17:59
Five Ukrainians patients return home from Belarus since air service suspension
- 15:55
Pending meeting with Biden, Putin wants "direct dialogue" with U.S.
- 12:40
Ukraine's Health Ministry forecasts fourth COVID-2019 wave
- 10:00
Number of new COVID-19 cases in Ukraine goes below 900
- 12 June, Saturday
- 23:59
Zelensky enacts strategy for development of justice system
- 21:25
Euro 2020 match suspended after Denmark midfielder collapses (Photos, video)
- 18:31
U.S. approves US$150 million in military aid for Ukraine
- 18:00
Bill tabled in Rada to help reduce cost of organ transplant surgeries
- 16:00
AnalysisWeek's balance: Quarantine easing, hryvnia strengthening, and inflation rising
- 13:00
AnalysisWhat Ukraine should do not to burn its fingers on compensation for Nord Stream 2
- 11:40
Donbas warzone update: One KIA amid nine truce violations on June 11
- 10:20
COVID-19 in Ukraine: Over 1,200 new cases reported as of June 12
- 09:00
Zelensky, Biden to meet in Washington in late July – FM Kuleba
- 11 June, Friday
- 23:30
Denmark ready to deliver 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Ukraine
- 22:50
Hryvnia strengthens to U.S. dollar on June 14
- 22:10
Ex-Putin's aide Surkov: "Ukraine may be regained only by force"
- 21:05
Israel lifts ban on travel to Ukraine
- 19:35
Resumption of water supplies to Crimea "theoretically possible," parliament speaker says
- 18:40
Non-residents expand Ukrainian gov't bonds portfolio by another 8.5%, to US$3.9 bln
- 17:50
EU countries clear plan to ease cross-border tourism over summer – media
- 16:30
Analysis"Brother" at the gate. Will Putin move for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine?
- 15:45
Slogan "Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes!" becomes official motto in Ukrainian football
- 15:00
"Problematic" enterprises in occupied Donbas to be handed over to Russian businessman
- 14:15
Hryvnia weakens to U.S. dollar on June 11
- 13:30
Bundestag rejects motion against Nord Stream 2
- 12:45
Ukraine's GTS operates at less than 20% of design capacity – expert
- 12:00
MP talks of gruesome sexual violence against Ukrainian POWs held in Donbas warzone
- 11:15
COVID-19 in Ukraine: Over 1,600 new cases reported as of June 11
- 10:30
Enemy intensifying attacks in Donbas, soldier wounded – JFO HQ
- 09:45
U.S. to keep taking action against those involved in Nord Stream 2 construction
- 09:00
Journalists reveal details of upcoming EU sanctions on Belarus: Over 70 persons targeted
- 10 June, Thursday
- 23:00
IMF expects more progress from Ukraine to unlock aid
- 22:30
MFA Ukraine delivers tough response to Putin's criticism of indigenous peoples bill
- 22:00
InterviewSniper Serhiy Varakin: I don't need peace, I need victory. I can't imagine myself walking around Donetsk, saying hi to those who were shooting at me yesterday
- 21:00
European Parliament calling to toughen sanctions against Belarus
- 20:00
First EU country to greenlight Ukraine's vaccination certificates
- 19:00
"It was we who downed the plane": Intercepts of Russian proxies' comms revealed in MH17 trial
- 18:00
Six judges blocking Constitutional Court's work, MP says
- 16:55
Ukraine to monitor land transactions with new system
- 16:30
FM Kuleba urges Italy to re-open borders for Ukrainian tourists
- 16:00
OSCE envoy: Use of heavy weapons in Donbas undermines confidence between the sides
- 15:30
Over 55,500 Ukrainians vaccinated against COVID-19 in past day
- 15:00
PM Shmyhal: Ukraine boosts exports to record highs to EU in five months
- 14:50
Ukraine reports four new COVID-19 cases in armed forces as of June 10
- 14:30
Euro 2020: UEFA asks Ukraine to remove 'political' slogan from new soccer kit
- 14:00
Kravchuk calls on Donbas terrorists to free four seriously ill Ukrainians