Section: News & Summaries
National Bank of Ukraine cuts official exchange rate to UAH 25.70 to dollar
The National Bank of Ukraine on Thursday evening lowered the official hryvnia exchange rate by one kopiyka, bringing the national currency to UAH 25.70 to the dollar. The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for October 21: $100 costs UAH 2,570.3574 (on October 20, it was UAH...
Ukrainian Parliament adopts joint Declaration of Remembrance and Solidarity, later to be endorsed by Poland`s Sejm
The Joint Declaration of Remembrance and Solidarity of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and The Sejm of the Republic of Poland Sejm with Poland, adopted in Kyiv Thursday, notes the need to boost efforts for carrying out unbiased research on certain historical issues. Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy said that the text was also supported by the committee...
Poroshenko, Stoltenberg discuss strengthening Ukraine-NATO cooperation
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in NATO Headquarters in Brussels discussed the issues of deepening cooperation between Ukraine and NATO, according to an UaPosition correspondent reporting from a joint briefing of the two leaders. The Ukrainian president said he discussed with Mr...
EBU delegation visits Kyiv, host city of Eurovision 2017
The Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, Jon Ola Sand, and the Chair of the Reference Group, Dr. Frank-Dieter Freiling, have visited Kyiv, where they with host broadcaster NTU as well as officials from the Ukrainian government and City of Kyiv to discuss plans for the forthcoming contest, Eurovision.tv reports. With nearly 200...
Dutch Premier`s demands cast new doubt over EU-Ukraine pact
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will press European Union leaders Thursday for a declaration stating that the bloc`s trade and political agreement with Ukraine doesn`t set Kyiv on a pathway to EU membership, according to European officials, raising fresh doubts about the fate of the accord, The Wall Street Journal reports. Mr. Rutte`s push, one...
Vice PM names main factors of Ukraine`s economic growth in 2017
The Ukrainian Government calls the increase of export capacity, which is projected at 8%, as well as attracting foreign direct investment as the factors of economic growth in 2017, according to First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv who spoke at a round-table in Kyiv Thursday. ”The main points of growth are exports and attracting...
Stoltenberg: NATO supports drafting ”road map” of Minsk-2 implementation
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomes the outcome of the Normandy Four negotiations and calls on all sides to implement Minsk agreements, according to an UaPosition correspondent reporting from Stoltenberg`s joint press conference with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Brussels. ”I welcome that you had a meeting yesterday in the...
Ukraine planning to sue Russia in ECHR over Mejlis ban
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine intends to lodge a suit against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights before the end of this year regarding the ban earlier imposed by Russian authorities against the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, according to First Deputy Minister Natalia Sevostyanova who spoke with journalists in Kharkiv, and...
President of the European Parliament: Sanctions against Russia to be maintained until full implementation of Minsk deal
President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said in Brussels Thursday that the sanctions against the Russian Federation would remain in place until Minsk agreements are fully implemented. ”Sanctions will be maintained and they will continue to be applied until Minsk agreements are completely fulfilled,” – said Schulz in his doorstep...
National Bank of Ukraine projects Ukraine GDP growth at 4-5% in 2019-2020
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) projects real GDP growth in Ukraine at 4-5% in 2019-2020, according to a posting on the regulator`s website. The inflation rate in Ukraine is expected at 5% and the NBU discount rate — at 6-7%, according to the report. The projected downward trajectory of inflation reflects a compromise between losses due...