Russia’s pipelayer Fortuna has resumed work on laying the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline in Germany’s exclusive economic zone, DPA reported, citing the press service of the Nord Stream 2 AG project operator on May 23.
“Fortune is currently operating in German waters in accordance with existing permits and with statements made by the authorities,” the statement said.
The work began after the Federal Office for Shipping and Hydrography of Germany ordered an immediate permit to build a two-kilometer section. The pipes are laid on the seabed; the installation will be carried out later.
MarineTraffic reports that Fortuna is in Germany’s exclusive economic zone.
According to the agency, now another ship-pipelayer Akademik Chersky continues laying in the waters of Denmark, where Fortuna used to work.
El Salvador was the first in the world to legalize bitcoin as an official means of payment. Such a law was passed by the country’s parliament. 62 parliamentarians supported the bill, 19 voted against, and three abstained. President Nayib Bukele intends to sign the law soon, after which it will take effect “immediately”. Thus, accepting […]
Pfizer will test its COVID vaccine in children under 12 years of age. Radio Svoboda reported this with reference to the company’s statement. The study will involve up to 4,500 children in the United States, Finland, Poland and Spain. The drug is already approved for use in emergencies for adolescents 12 years and older in […]
It takes at least 10 years to reform Ukrainian industry. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this during the Ukraine 30 forum. “Modernization of industry, which has not taken place in Ukraine so far, will take place this time. We are talking about modernization of large industry, any, not just TPP. But do not believe those who […]
In the United States over the past 15 years, 25 billionaires have paid a much lower income tax than they should have. ProPublica based on confidential data from the US IRS published the investigation. In particular, among the 25 billionaires are Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Amazon founder Jeff […]
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday, June 9, signed a decree lifting restrictions against Chinese services TikTok and WeChat, imposed by former President Donald Trump. The press service of the White House reports. This is a decree of August 2020 on restrictions against the Chinese companies ByteDance and Tencent, which own the video service TikTok […]
The company, which was boosted by the coronavirus pandemic, continues to grow customers despite declining video conferencing. From February to April, 497 thousand organizations bought the premium version of Zoom, which is almost 30 thousand more than in the period from November to January. Although these data suggest a slowdown in customer growth, as from […]
Richard Branson’s aerospace company Virgin Galactic has announced a contract for a special research flight by Kelly Gerard, a member of the International Space Institute (IIAS). The astronaut will conduct experiments and test new health technologies while in space. The company’s shares in the premarket rose 7.61% to $ 33.5. “Much of our mission is […]
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a decree banning Washington from investing in 60 Chinese companies that the White House says are undermining U.S. security. “This executive order allows the United States to ban investments in Chinese companies that undermine the security or democratic values of the United States and our allies,” the document […]
German automaker Volkswagen will invest about 73 billion euros over the next five years in electrification, hybrid powertrains and digital technology, the company said in a statement following a meeting of the supervisory board. In particular, about 35 billion euros are planned to be spent on electric cars on battery power, about 11 billion – […]
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The coronavirus pandemic has allowed Ukrainian pharmaceutical companies to enter new world markets – the EU and Asia. The head of the board of Darnitsa Group Dmitry Shymkov in an interview stated this with the executive director of the European Business Association Anna Derevyanko. In particular, the shortage of medicines arose due to the fact […]
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Citizens of Ukraine have begun to declare their income since the onset of the new year. Declaration procedure means that citizens declare their cash flows for the past 2016. Every taxpayer has the right to personally file a declaration at the place of tax addresses, or else to transfer its powers to another individual for […]
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The State Property Fund of Ukraine representative informed that 99,99% of Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (UBRD) had been sold to Bohai Commodity Exchange within the auction second round. The State Institution posted this information on the official web-site. The transaction value consists 82,8 million UAH. The asset’s cost of Ukrainian bank was underestimate […]
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The Bank of England granted the request of the National Bank of Ukraine on the legality of the bail-in operation of four issues of its Eurobonds worth $ 595 million conducted at the end of 2016 during the nationalization of PrivatBank. “In accordance with section 89H, the Bank of England has decided to recognize the […]
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The Swiss construction company Bruenig Mega Safe AG offered the rich to save their money in a storage carved into alpine rocks. It is reported that the company plans to use space in the mountains equivalent to ten football fields to create a storage. The warehouses will have a volume of 100 cubic meters and […]
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One of the largest supermarkets in the USA – Whole Foods was in the midst of a large-scale scandal. As a result, a spot check of stores, which was produced by regulatory agencies in New York, was found mismatch on the price tags of products, a total of 80 items. For various purchases that were […]
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HarvEast Agro, together with the heads of the state district administrations and district councils in the territories of the company will determine the presence of social finance projects for 2016. The parties have agreed this on this year’s first collective meeting, which took place in Mangushevskyi, Volodarskyi and Volnovakhskyi districts, Donetsk region. In the near […]
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American oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips is in talks to acquire rival company Concho Resources, Bloomberg agency reported, citing to the sources that familiar with the matter. “Companies may announce the operation in the next few weeks,” – say the interlocutors of the agency. However, there is no final decision yet, and negotiations may fail. […]
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The “Global Kamianka Vine” company ceased the production of wines under the TM “Massandra” according to the request of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Before holding a competitive tender for procurement of rights for using […]
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The Bloomberg News agency estimated the yield a wide range of assets in 2015, ranging from currencies and stock indexes, to commodities and junk bonds. It is in the segment of junk bonds (junk, high-yield bonds) determined the most profitable asset last year – Eurobonds of Ukrzaliznytsia with maturing in May 2018. Investments in this […]
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“Danone Ukraine” Company has launched a new production facility for the manufacture of milk food for babies of TM “Tema” at the state milk plant in Kremenchug. This was said to AgroPortal.ua by the press-service of the company. Investments amounted to 200 million UAH and the production capacity estimates at 700 tons per month, or […]
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Microsoft announced the plan: to buy the fashionable social application TikTok, that owned by the Chinese company Bytedance Ltd, and confirms the long-standing efforts of the technology giant to occupy a niche in the digital advertising market, along with Facebook and Google. It is known that Microsoft intends to acquire TikTok’s business in the United […]
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Today the commercial real estate market is experiencing not its best times. Expectations of both demand and supply growth, and, indirectly, the expectation of economic growth in general are the overall trends of recent years. Current market situation and perspectives Retail turnover for the last year amounted to 1 trillion 159 billion and 271 million […]
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Facebook in Australia will block the ability to view and share the news. The head of the Australian branch of the company William Easton stated this on Thursday, February 18. This decision is a response to the bill of the Australian government, which will force Google and Facebook to pay the media for the original […]
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PayPal Holdings has fulfilled its promise made last month by making its PayPal Cryptocurrency application available to all registered users in the United States. On October 21, the service was launched in test mode for a limited number of users. Commenting on the November 2 financial report, PayPal CEO Dan Shulman said that only 10% […]
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