For the first time in history, the Baltic States have completely given up electricity from Russia during the tests for the exit from the BRELL energy ring (Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – ed.), Scheduled for 2025.
It is noted that Latvia suspended commercial imports from Russia for two days (April 8 and 11) during the test shutdown of the transmission line between Belarus and Lithuania before the Baltic countries left the BRELL energy ring without explanation. The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation reported that the power outage between Belarus and Lithuania did not affect the operation of the Russian power system.
These days in Russia due to the cessation of export supplies fell demand and electricity prices, in the Baltics, on the contrary, rose.
The Ministry of Finance held an auction for the sale of domestic government bonds (IGLBs), which raised UAH 1.89 billion to the state budget. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, August 3. In total, investors were offered five issues of securities in hryvnia. The weighted average yield […]
The Polish oil and gas concern PGNiG wants to take part in the certification procedure of the Russian Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline. “PGNiG and PGNiG Supply & Trading have applied for inclusion in the certification process of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline operator. The outcome of the review determines whether the pipeline owner will receive […]
In the first half of the year, Ukrainian banks received UAH 30.077 billion in net profit (+ 26.4% compared to last year), according to the press service of the National Bank. Thus, banks’ revenues for the six months amounted to 124.134 billion hryvnias against 128.620 billion hryvnias a year earlier. The negative result from revaluation […]
The payment company Square (owned by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey) has acquired the financial firm Afterpay, which provides online installments. The deal, the largest in the history of Australian companies, amounted to 29 billion dollars, according to the website Square. “Square, Inc. and Afterpay Limited have announced that they have entered into an agreement under […]
The Luxembourg National Data Protection Commission has fined Amazon $ 887 million for violating the processing of users’ personal data. The Commission has decided that the processing of Amazon’s personal data does not comply with EU data protection regulations. Claims are related to showing customers relevant advertising. This is a record fine for such violations […]
China’s industrial growth, which began in the country a year ago, has slowed markedly since the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released by the Chinese State Statistics Office on Saturday, July 31, the figure fell to 50.4 points in July. In June, it was 50.9 points. A […]
Ukraine continues to work on prevention the Russian Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline from operating. The methods by which Kyiv hopes to prevent the launch of the gas pipeline were revealed by the head of Naftogaz Yuriy Vitrenko in an interview with Radio Svoboda. “The battle is lost, but the war is not lost. And our” […]
Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrak denied his deputy Anna Yurchenko’s statement about toll roads in Ukraine. The day before, she said that six such roads are planned to be built in Ukraine and called the estimated cost of travel on them. “I will explain why this information is not true, and what is really happening,” Kubrak […]
Harley-Davidson Inc., the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the United States, has announced its plans to cut about 700 jobs worldwide as part of a global business reorganization caused by the economic crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to the company press release, the restructuring plan expected to reduce its global staff by about 13% […]
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In 2017, stops its work another bank in Ukraine. This is the PJSC Bank Trust . The decision on liquidation of the financial institution was taken on December 29th at the meeting of the National Bank of Ukraine. Information about this was also posted on the official resource of Guarantee Fund deposits of natural persons. […]
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In Ukraine it is observed the decline in the production of sauces , namely the manufacture of ketchup, sauces based on mayonnaise and mustard. But, nevertheless, the export of these products was reduced insignificantly by manufacturers and domestic demand continues to be satisfactory. According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, figure of ketchup manufacturing […]
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Shares of Tesla closed on Monday with a fall of 1.44%, continuing to decline on Tuesday, their price is now below $ 2000. This situation was preceded by a Bloomberg publication on reducing the number of registrations of Tesla, electric cars made in China. Tesla did not confirm the information; in its reports the company […]
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As informs investment media of Ukraine InVenture, the European Commission, which is an organ of the executive branch of the European Union and is responsible for the preparation of draft laws, should provide Ukraine € 100 million if the Verkhovna Rada will take on the Energy Efficiency Fund bill. Conditions for EU investment funds in […]
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The Ukranian exchange simplified the access conditions on the market to the new consumers. Oleh Tkachenko, the Chief Executive Officer of Ukrainian exchange said: “NBU made a decision about the exchange derivatives banks deregulation. We provide them with the opportunity to trade the urgent contracts”. The exchange council of exchange platform decided not to levy […]
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World debt will reach $ 200 trillion, which is 265% of world product, but the debt crisis is not yet expected. This was reported by Reuters, citing the forecast of analysts of the international rating agency S&P Global. It is claimed that this year the debt-to-world debt ratio has risen by 14% as a result […]
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According to Interfax-Ukraine, Fozzy Commercial and Industrial Group (CIG) in connection with Trash new retail chain storey creation, has registered LLC Silpo-Food at the beginning of August. According to information in the Single state register of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, PJSC became the founder of PJSC Closed Undiversified Venture Corporate Investment Fund Retail Capital. […]
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Sources say that the air carrier is considering the Ukraine as an addition to its major markets. The largest European low-cost airlines Ryanair sizes up the Ukrainian market of air transportation, in particular, the discussions with Lviv are underway. This was announced in an interview to the forbes.net.ua by the Commercial Director of the airlines, […]
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Deutsche Bank was able to resolve the conflict with the US regulator, agreeing with the charges of tax evasion and taking on the obligation to pay a fine in the amount of $ 95 million. It is reported by financial portal MinFin with reference to the foreign sources. In a statement, the bank’s press secretary […]
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At the end of July 2020, the dollar billionaires owned a record $ 10.2 trillion. This is evidenced by the results of a joint study by consulting and auditing company PwC and UBS Bank, published on Wednesday, October 7. The previous peak of $ 8.9 trillion was recorded in 2017. Now the number of billionaires […]
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Uber has already tried to give drivers more autonomy so that they are considered contractors rather than employees. A California court has issued a preliminary order ordering Uber and Lyft to immediately retrain drivers from contractors to company employees. The order will take effect in 10 days. As independent contractors, Uber and Lyft drivers do […]
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The company PepsiCo announced the best results of its third quarter, which ended on September 5. Shares of the PepsiCo have fully recovered after the falling in February and March due to the coronavirus pandemic and show the increase of 1.4% since the beginning of the year and 17.34% over the past 6 months. Shares […]
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The value of bitcoin for the first time since December 2017 exceeded the mark of $ 18 thousand. The cryptocurrency rate reached $ 18,174. For the first time since December 2017, the bitcoin exchange rate exceeded 18,000. This is evidenced by data from the electronic cryptocurrency exchange Coindesk and the portal CoinMarketCap. So, on the […]
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The streaming service Netflix published quarterly reports, which did not meet analysts’ expectations on a number of indicators. In this regard, the company’s shares fell by 5.7% during electronic trading. For example, Netflix’s earnings per share were $ 1.74, while analysts surveyed by Refinitiv expected $ 2.14. The number of new paid subscribers was 2.2 […]
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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States continues to rise, but disease mortality rate is declining. This was announced on Sunday, July 6, by US President Donald Trump in his Twitter. “New China Virus Cases up (because of massive testing), deaths are down, “low and steady”. The Fake News Media should report […]
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