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.
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 […]
LDaily 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 a good opportunity to correct it. 1. Epic with e-declarations came to an end, but not for all On October 30, 2016, at 24:00 the stage of the Ukrainian […]
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The Deposit Guarantee Fund of individuals is starting the procedure of withdrawal from the market of Arcade Bank, the press service of the FDG reported. The Fund offered several options for removing the bank from the market: liquidation of the bank of exclusion in the elimination of all or part of its assets and liabilities […]
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The Cabinet of Ministers has made changes to the Affordable Loans program of 5-7-9%. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance. In particular, the maximum level of annual income of enterprises was raised to the equivalent of 10 million euros, and the current requirement for the mandatory business profitability has […]
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During a visit to Washington, the head of Naftogaz Yuri Vitrenko commented on searches of the company in the case of non-payment of VAT for 2.7 billion hryvnias for Russian gas. “On the one hand, the State Fiscal Service constantly checks Naftogaz. That is, there is nothing surprising in the fact that there is another […]
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On the London Stock Exchange ICE oil prices during the evening trading session on July 5 rose by more than 1.3%. In particular, the price of Brent oil rose above $ 77 per barrel for the first time since October 30, 2018. The price of September futures for Brent North Sea crude oil as of […]
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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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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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The National Commission for Energy and Utilities has revoked the license of Donetskoblgaz, Ukrinform reports. “To revoke the license of PJSC Donetskoblgaz for the right to conduct economic activity in the distribution of natural, oil and gas (methane) coal deposits, issued in accordance with the resolution of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine,” the […]
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Another plant of the German carmaker BMW has been suspended. Next week, the company’s plant in Regensburg will be temporarily closed due to a shortage of semiconductor microchips, a BMW representative told the industry publication Automobilwoche. The plant will be shut down completely throughout the week. After that, a summer break will begin at the […]
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This year the company Nestle has established a venture fund package for $ 260 million, but it is just a part of a wider initiative of $ 2.1 billion for abandonment of primary plastic. Two years ago, Nestle that will make all its packaging suitable for recycling or re-use and intends to reduce the use […]
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In the case of vaccination of 10 million people at risk, Ukraine can receive a loan of $ 30 million from the World Bank, and the total assistance will be $ 90 million, according to the Ministry of Finance. This financial assistance can be provided under the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Vaccination in Ukraine project […]
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The Swiss government has signed an agreement with the American biotechnology company Moderna, which will provide the country with early access to the coronavirus vaccine. Under the agreement, Switzerland will receive 4.5 million doses of the vaccine. Following this news, Moderna shares on the market on August 7 increased by 1.68% and reached $ 75. […]
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Traton Group, Volkswagen’s subsidiary for truck production, announced the purchase of its American competitor, Navistar International. Traton, which already owns about 16.7% of Navistar, is buying 83.3% of the company’s shares for the remaining $ 3.7 billion. Thus, the total value of the American company is estimated at $ 4.4 billion. Traton will pay Navistar […]
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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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Lauffer Group will invest 14 million UAH in the expansion and reconstruction program of its own trading network. Lauffer Group continues to implement a program of expansion and renovation of its own sales network in Odessa, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrivsk regions, according to ProAgro. In 2015, Lauffer Group invested about 4.25 million UAH in the opening […]
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Ukrainian banks have already issued UAH 8 billion in available loans under the “5-7-9” program. This was announced by Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko on the talk show “Freedom of Speech of Savik Shuster”. “Today, 80 coins from the hryvnia loans are provided under the program of ” 5-7-9 “. UAH 8 billion and 3,000 loans […]
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