The German Federal Office of Shipping and Hydrography has allowed the laying of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline on a 2-kilometer stretch in the German exclusive economic zone. This is stated in a statement by the regulator on Monday, May 17.
The decision concerns works with the help of vessels with an anchor positioning system.
The agency notes that aspects of nature protection do not prevent the implementation of this decision, as the peripheral location of this short area will not have any significant adverse effects on protected bird species.
The regulator reminds that due to lawsuits by environmentalists, it is now forbidden to lay the pipeline in the economic zone of Germany until the end of May.
From the end of May to the end of September, the usual permit, which was issued in 2018, is valid.
SoftServe is expanding its presence and opening new office spaces in four cities — Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Uzhhorod, and Odesa. They are available for 250 people working in these regions as well as other employees. The coworking in Vinnytsia where SoftServe has around 50 employees is already fully operating. Odesa is the next — office space […]
COMBINE ROAD AND COMFORT Shell is launching a new coffee brand Shell Café all over Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (to replace […]
Radisson Hotel Group is proud to be the world’s first hotel group to make all meetings and events across 400+ hotels in its EMEA portfolio carbon negative. For every event taking place at its participating hotels, Radisson Hotel Group will offset double the carbon footprint, to ensure that every meeting has a positive impact on […]
During trading on Monday, October 11, the price of a barrel of Brent oil rose by 2% to $ 84.01. She reached this mark for the first time since October 2018. US WTI oil rose by $ 1.62 to $ 81.3 – the highest price since 2014, according to Reuters. It is noted that Brent […]
The agreement on a single corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent was signed by 136 states, which account for more than 90 percent of world GDP. The agreement is aimed at combating tax evasion by international corporations. The initiative was also signed by countries that were initially opposed to tax reform, such as […]
The savings of Ukrainian citizens outside the banking system are estimated at $ 30-35 billion. This estimate was given by the chairman of the National Bank Kyrylo Shevchenko during the Kyiv Economic Forum. There are different estimates of the “gray” economy. We in the National Bank believe that this is up to 30% of GDP. […]
During the week, the National Bank of Ukraine bought $ 228 million on the interbank foreign exchange market. At the same time, the central bank did not sell currency on the interbank market. So the NBU continued to buy currency on the interbank market, the bank increased it compared to last week ($ 15 million) […]
The new Tesla factory in Berlin may release the first electric cars next month. CEO Elon Musk stated this. Speaking at the plant, Musk said he hoped to get the green light to begin production in the coming weeks. The last consultation on public concern about the plant ends on October 14, after which the […]
In the world last week, coronavirus was found in another 2.4 million people – a record high since the beginning of the pandemic. This was reported by the WHO on Tuesday, October 20. “The number of new COVID-19 cases continues to grow rapidly, while the number of new deaths remains relatively stable … As of […]
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Recently, it was reported that the largest Romanian company Antibiotice is going to expand the scope of activities, and to develop a pharmaceutical market in Ukraine. According to the informed sources, the first office of the Romanian pharmaceutical company Antibiotice will be opened in the Vinnitsa region. This was agreed between the Antibiotice CEO and […]
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European standards for the mobile communication in Ukraine will take effect by the end of 2021. According to the standards, the Cabinet of Ministers at the meeting on September 30 approved the plan to improve the quality of mobile communications. It involves the transition to the European approaches for informing users about the level of […]
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In 2020, the state gas company Ukrgazvydobuvannya reduced its net profit by 3.8 times, or 14.1 billion hryvnias to 4.95 billion hryvnias compared to 2019, according to the company’s website. “Although last year due to the situation on the gas market, economic crisis and pandemic, our capital investments decreased almost one and a half times […]
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Ukrainian media notified again about the arrest of accounts of the shopping center Gulliver. The repeat arrest . It was publicized en masse, invoking the statement by the press service of the prosecutor’s office of Kyiv. According to the media, in a statement of the Metropolitan Prosecutor’s it is talking about the fact that “in […]
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During the first phase of the implementation of technical specifications for the development of the transport infrastructure in the Yuzhnyi port, the Allseeds company packed 6 points and 900 m of the electrified tracks, established 3 shunting winches, performing works totaling for more than 25 mln. UAH, – says the press -service of the company. […]
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The net loss of the American oil service company Halliburton Inc., attributable to the main company, in January-September amounted to 2.71 billion dollars against the profit of 522 million a year earlier, according to the company reports. Halliburton’s diluted loss per share in the reporting period was $ 3.08 against earnings of $ 0.6 a […]
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PIMCO and other investors appealed to the court with the case against Citigroup, due to the fact that the bank is not able to control the mortgage loans, resulting in $2.3 billion of losses. Citigroup will respond in a New York´s state court in Manhattan for actions that not justified the confidence of investors. Now […]
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The American company Pfizer and the German BioNTech announced that their vaccine against COVID-19 is 91.3% effective for at least six months after the second dose of the drug. “Pfizer and BioNTech today announced updated results of an analysis of 927 confirmed symptoms of COVID-19, which were monitored in a key third phase of the […]
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The Stockholm arbitration prohibited the “Odessa Portside Plant”, PJSC to alienate non-current assets, according to the press-service of Group DF. “March 31, 2016 the Stockholm arbitration satisfied the request of the Ostchem Holding Ltd (included in Group DF) and ordered the OPP till August 31, 2016 to refrain from alienation or encumbrance in any way […]
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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 […]
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The Supervisory Board of the state-owned PrivatBank has elected Gerhard Bösch as the new Chairman of the Board. This was announced on Thursday, May 27, the press service of the bank. It is noted that Bösch will take office after the approval of his candidacy by the National Bank of Ukraine. According to the press […]
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Shares of Starbucks have lost more than 15% since the beginning of the year, rose 5.7% after the publication of the results of the 3rd quarter, which ended on June 28, and forecasts for the 4th quarter and the whole of 2020. For Starbucks, as for the entire global restaurant market, the three months from […]
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Facebook reported that the data of 530 million users of the social network were made public after receiving data from the platform through the function of importing contacts, and not as a result of a hacker attack. This is stated in the Facebook report on the incident. It is noted that the attackers stole data […]
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Ukraine has made great efforts to create a new development strategy of its agri-food sector. Norway helps to bring this strategy to life by funding a project of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It is reported by the press service of the FAO. Norway’s contribution of $ 362 thousand will enable FAO to provide […]
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Mail.ru stops to deliver a traffic in points of a traffic exchange in Ukraine. “Liga.net” published this information on its web-site. Mikhail Polovinka, UA-IX director on Ukrainian point of exchange of a traffic reported that Mail.ru had sent them the notification according to which the group of companies stopped delivery of a traffic to Ukraine […]
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