Discussions about the past should remain the historians’ prerogative, Ukrainian experts believe.
Current high levels of corruption and periodic rounds of unrest linked to poor governance and diminishing support for the local authorities highlight Ukraine's persistent structural issues. The ongoing conflict in the east will also continue to generate political tensions that may hinder Kyiv's reform efforts, according to analyst James Celer whose article was published on Global Risks Insights (GRI) on January 18, 2018.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) notes an increased risk that Ukraine's real GDP in 2017 may be slightly lower than 2.2% projected in October, according to the updated data of the State Statistics Service on the growth of the country's real GDP.
CEO of Ukraine's largest state-owned international airport Boryspil Pavlo Ryabikin says that signing contract with Europe's largest low-cost carrier Ryanair will inflict UAH 2 billion, or US$77 million, annual losses.
Ukraine's banking sector reliability has been restored after a two-year purging of the banking sector, while the share of financial institutions' assets in the risk zone due to non-compliance with the requirements of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) does not exceed 1.5%, according to the NBU website referring to the banking sector review for Q1 2017.