Ukraine plans a 12 percent increase in health spending next year to exploit reforms passed last week to raise standards and crack down on corruption in hospitals and surgeries, government ministers told Reuters.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed into force with a relevant decree the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine with proposals to the draft Law of Ukraine "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2018" in part of the costs of the national security and defense, the presidential administration reports.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has expressed concern over possible pressure on the forex market due to large budgetary payments at the end of the year, NBU Deputy Governor Oleh Churii told reporters on September 14.
Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Finance Department, Colonel Serhiy Galimsky says spending on the development and purchase of arms and military equipment has doubled in Ukraine in 2017, according to UNIAN correspondent.
Solvent banks in Ukraine posted UAH 3.744 billion, or $140 million, in net profit January-February 2017, compared to UAH 1.971 billion, or $73.5 million, in losses posted in the same period of 2016, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.