In 2020, corruption caused JSC Ukrzaliznytsia 8 billion hryvnias in losses. The head of the Temporary Investigation Commission of the Verkhovna Rada on UZ Yulia Hryshyna with reference to NABU data announced this.
“NABU has carried out significant analytical work on Ukrzaliznytsia’s procurement. Detectives estimated Ukrzaliznytsia’s losses from corruption in procurement at UAH 8 billion only for the last year. UAH 8 billion a year is UAH 666 million a month. That’s 21 million UAH per day and almost 1 million UAH per hour, “Grishina wrote.
The MP added that corruption on the railway “goes online”, although corruption schemes have remained unchanged for many years.
The Fund for Economic Stability (WSF), created by the German government, saved the largest German airline from bankruptcy after the collapse of air traffic in March 2020 with billions of infusions, but now there is a way out of the crisis, the concern said. Lufthansa intends to return to the state by the end of […]
The German concern Lufthansa plans to remove the state from its co-owners by increasing its capital by 2.14 billion euros and returning the state anti-crisis aid received during the COVID-19 pandemic. These measures will begin before the elections to the Bundestag on September 26, the airline said on Sunday evening, September 19. From September 22 […]
In 2021, Russia’s Gazprom supplied 20.3 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey, which is the maximum figure in less than nine months. This was reported by the company’s press service following a meeting of its chairman Alexei Miller with Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez on Monday, September 20. At the […]
According to the updated data of the State Statistics Service, Ukraine’s GDP growth in the second quarter of 2021 was 5.7% in annual terms, which is 0.3% higher than the previous estimate. In particular, for six months the nominal GDP was UAH 1 trillion 169.4 billion, and per capita – UAH 28.19 thousand. Compared to […]
Exports of goods accounts for a third of Ukraine’s GDP.But we sell primarily raw materials abroad. It is a marker of underdeveloped countries and a path that does not contribute to economic development. Our state’s strategic task is to increase the exports of high-tech goods with high added value: that is, not just to grow […]
Next year, Ukraine may face a number of macroeconomic risks that will greatly affect economic growth. The Ministry of Finance listed these risks. In particular, Ukraine may lose 0.6-0.8 percentage points of GDP growth due to too low grain yields, due to which the budget will not receive UAH 8.5 billion. At the same time, […]
The low-cost airline Ryanair plans to expand in Ukraine if the open skies agreement with the EU is approved in the coming months. CEO Michael O’Leary stated this. O’Leary predicts the signing of an agreement between Ukraine and the EU by the end of 2021. “One of the markets I would single out is Ukraine. […]
Ukraine plans to privatize 737 state-owned enterprises during 2021-2023. The Ministry of Economy published the list of objects for sale. Although some companies will be able to sell only after the amendments to the legislation. In particular, such large enterprises as Centerenergo, the United Mining and Chemical Company, Turboatom, the Zaporizhia Titanium and Magnesium Plant, […]
ByteDance’s valuation exceeded $ 250 billion, based on the value of shares in the secondary market, according to Bloomberg. The Chinese company’s share price has risen sharply in recent weeks as investors show more interest in ByteDance’s business, and its founder Zhang Ying is considering an IPO, the agency said. According to the analytical company […]
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) provides a revolving credit facility for $ 20 million for working capital of the “Ukrainian Agrarian Investments” company, that has more than 70 farms in northern and western Ukraine. This loan replaces the previous funding of $ 13 million, which was granted to “Ukrainian Agrarian Investments” in 2014. […]
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The company plans to raise $ 2.1 billion of investments in a new round of funding. All the necessary documents have been drawn up and passed in Delaware. The world’s largest taxi service Uber, which head office is based in San Francisco, plans to spend the funds on its expansion, service development in Asia and […]
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On 29 December last year, it took the deal on acquiring by Radekhiv sugar factory, which is one of the largest producers of sugar beet in the Ukrainian space, of four sugar factories belonging to agro-holding Mriia. It is reported by InVenture. According to Stepan Barna – The Chairman of Ternopil regional state administration , […]
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On June 4, Smile-Expo will hold annual AI Conference Kyiv in the capital of Ukraine. This year, the conference is focused on business automation using artificial intelligence. Speakers include leading experts from Microsoft, Vodafone, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, METRO Cash & Carry, and other well-known companies. Keynote Speakers of AI Conference Kyiv The conference primarily aims […]
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In the north of England, in the shire of Durham closed the last commercial coal mine Bradley Mine, which operated for almost 200 years. It is noted that the open coal sump, which produced 150 thousand tons of coal per year, decided to close after failed plans to expand production areas. Environmentalists have fought against […]
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According to Interfax-Ukraine, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has won the tender for carrying out USEP Ukrposhta financial and economic activities audit for 2015-2016 in the amount of 5, 79 million UAH. The press-service of USEP Ukrposhta admitted: “Within corporatisation process in USEP Ukrposhta, it is necessary evaluating a property and own property rights for forming of the […]
NextLDaily prepared the short overview of latest news in the sphere of business and finance for last week for the readers. If you missed something, it would be a good opportunity to correct it. 1. The NBU will start a new system for carrying out the currency transactions Within the last press conferences representatives of the […]
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The LetterOne Holding (L1), one of whose shareholder is the billionaire Mikhail Fridman (who was born in Lviv, and who is one of the shareholders of Alfa-Bank Ukraine), invested $ 200 million in Uber taxi service. This is stated in the message of LetterOne. “I am very pleased with our strategic partnership with Uber. As […]
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The judicial panel on criminal cases of the Kiev Court of Appeal March 16, 2016 considered and settled the appeal, canceling the seizure of property of the GREENSTONE group of companies: “Petroprodukt-Ukraine”, “Yagotynske HPP”, “Protein-Production” and “League “. This was said in the press release. At the request of the investigator of the National Police – […]
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HOW IT ALL BEGAN Sweden, the homeland of the Lantmannen concern, has rich traditions of farmers unions. Those unions were established on the principles of democratic governance, quality control, fair profit distribution. The Lantmannen company was set up on the basis of one of those principles in 1880. Over 100 years, the company has been […]
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American carmaker Ford is recalling more than 661,000 Ford Explorer crossovers in North America due to problems with disconnecting the roof rails. Reuters reported this the day before. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requested a recall. If necessary, the dealer will install special pins and replace the damage. Since the beginning of 2020, […]
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Citizens who have debts to the Ukrainian Platinum Bank, should be warned of financial scams that require them to repay the loans by some extraneous financial enterprise. About this fact notify the authorized financial institution faces in PJSC Platinum Bank official website. Offenders are spreading among the borrowers of the Platinum Bank messages with a […]
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The next week, on June 4, Smile-Expo will host large-scale AI Conference Kyiv. The event will focus on the use of artificial intelligence in business and will bring together leading industry experts. Who and why should attend the conference – further in the article. Four Reasons to Attend AI Conference Kyiv 1. Seven hours of […]
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As a result of a recent cyber-attack on the servers of the American mobile operator T-Mobile US, hackers stole the personal data of millions of users, said a subsidiary of the German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom on Wednesday, August 18. The stolen information included names and surnames, social security numbers, birth information, driver’s license data, […]
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Shares of BlackBerry jumped sharply on auction on December 1 after the news of a partnership with Amazon Web Service. TechCrunch writes that together they will develop and sell a service for connected cars – IVY platform. Stock quotes at the beginning of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rose by 35%. The […]
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