Since April of this year, Japanese companies and organizations involved in the development of the vaccines that protect against coronavirus infection, periodically experience cyber-attacks. This was announced on Monday, October 19, by Kyodo news agency, with the reference to the experts of the American company CrowdStrike, engaged in the cybersecurity.
According to experts of the organization, hackers tried to use e-mail viruses to access the files which containing information on the progress of vaccine development from COVID-19.
“CrowdStrike believes that hackers from China may be behind these attacks- reports Kyodo.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of the end of September, there were about 190 projects in the world related to the development of vaccines that protecting against the new type of coronavirus infection. Such developments are also being actively pursued in Japan – in particular, at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the University of Tokyo, etc. Some vaccines are currently undergoing the clinical trials.
Latvian airline AirBaltic will resume flights to Ukraine on December 1 and will start a new flight Vilnius-Kiev to Boryspil airport. The schedule includes departures twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays on Airbus A220-300. Flights from Vilnius will depart at 09:00, from Kiev – at 11:15. “Vilnius Airport can be used for transit to […]
Last week, from November 16 to 22, more than 4 million people in the world became infected with the new type of coronavirus, which is a record number since the beginning of the pandemic. This was announced on Tuesday, November 24, the press service of the World Health Organization. According to the WHO, in these […]
If coronavirus vaccines become widely available and help restore international trade and economic growth, the dollar is likely to fall by 20% in 2021. Bloomberg reports that this forecast was made by Citigroup Bank. If the forecast comes true, it will be a record drop since 1985, when the DXY index fell by 18.5% over […]
During the first weekend of weekend quarantine, catering establishments lost 27% of turnover. This is as of Monday, November 16, according to the platform Opendatabot, citing data from Poster, a restaurant automation company. It is noted that during the week the turnover of cafes and restaurants fell by 10% compared to the previous week. In […]
Reuters reported, In Switzerland, the procedure of accelerated testing of Moderna vaccine has started. This will allow to approve the drug if it passes all clinical trials. “Swissmedic can get an initial idea of the benefits and risks of vaccine candidates before the study is completed. This speeds up the review process and at the […]
The World Health Organization expects that by the spring of 2021, the situation in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic could change significantly. The main hope is the invention of vaccine against the disease. This was stated by Adviser to the Director-General of the WHO Bruce Aylward. He noted that by March the situation could […]
The net loss of the second largest American oil and gas company Chevron, which accounts for the parent company, in the first nine months of 2020 amounted to 4.878 billion dollars against a profit of 9.534 billion dollars a year earlier, the company said. The diluted loss per share was $ 2.63 against earnings of […]
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 […]
Shares of Tesla rose nearly 8%, or about $ 50 billion, during OTC trading on April 5. The jump in value occurred after the release of data on record deliveries of the company’s products. In particular, in the first quarter of 2021, Tesla delivered 184,800 cars worldwide, exceeding the forecast of 177,822 cars. In turn, […]
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Internet service Preply, that was designed for searching of local and online tutors, announced the release to the Brazilian market. For this purpose, the company made a localization to Portuguese, implemented the accepting of payments in reais, and hired a Brazilian student Lucia in Kiev office. Her responsibilities will include support for tutors in the […]
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The Belarusian oil company will reduce the supply of A-95 gasoline to Ukraine in June by more than five times – up to 10 thousand tons. This was reported by enkorr citing a source. It is noted that the decision was made after the news of the BNC’s intention to reset the supply of this […]
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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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The Chinese company POWERCHINA and the Ukrainian company WindFarm have signed a contract for the joint construction of a wind farm in the Donetsk region. This was reported by the press service of WindFarm. “The cost of the project is at least $ 1 billion, which makes it the largest wind energy project in Ukraine,” […]
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Найближчим часом очікується зменшення коливань на готівковому валютному ринку України. Про це сказав заступник голови НБУ Юрій Гелетій. За його словами, готівковий валютний ринок очікувано відреагував на рішення щодо фіксації офіційного курсу гривні до долара США на новому рівні 36,56 гривень з 21 липня, “як і власне на будь-які вагомі рішення у валютній сфері з боку […]
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On Wednesday, March 17, the Antimonopoly Committee decided to fine the distributor of tobacco products Tedis Ukraine 274.2 million hryvnias, the press service of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine reports. The reason for this decision was the company’s failure to fully implement the decision of the committee from 2016 (paragraph 4 of Article 50 of […]
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Kharkiv plant Electrovazhmash will soon receive a certificate and will participate in tenders of Ukrzaliznytsia for the renewal of rolling stock. This was announced on Thursday, March 25, the State Property Fund. Representatives of the companies discussed further cooperation within the framework of the previously signed road map. The Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krykliy and […]
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For the first time, the National Bank fined a collection company for violating the requirements of ethical conduct in settling overdue debts. This was reported by the NBU. “The National Bank, as a body that regulates and supervises the activities of non-banking financial institutions, has revealed a violation of the requirements of the legislation on […]
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The British financial regulator has banned one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges Binance from trading cryptocurrencies in the country. The UK has struck a blow by forcing the exchange on its website and social media pages to indicate a lack of the right to work in the country. “Binance shall not engage in any […]
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Верховна Рада на засіданні у середу, 28 липня, 233 голосами ухвалила законопроект про спрощення приватизації, повідомляє нардеп Ярослав Железняк. Ухвалений законопроект №7451 дозволяє відновити приватизацію, яка була зупинена через воєнне вторгнення Росії. Законопроект пропонує зробити приватизацію швидшою. Так, приватизація з моменту оголошення аукціону до підписання договору триватиме не більше двох місяців, а вся інформація про об’єкти приватизації […]
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Ukraine begins 2018 with a fairly stable economic and political platform. In comparison with the catastrophic economic downturn in 2014 and the subsequent recession that lasted until the end of 2015, the economic growth of 2.2% in 2017 looks encouraging. The first step towards the exit from the permanent crisis is made, but the main […]
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Ukrzaliznytsia has signed a memorandum on cooperation and localization in Ukraine of passenger rolling stock production by the Swiss company Stadler CIS AG. The press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure reports. According to the document, the parties will work together to develop passenger rail transport in Ukraine and attract funding. In addition, if Stadler […]
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The “Milkiland” dairy group with assets in Ukraine, Russia and Poland completed the registration of one Polish and two Panamanian subsidiary trading companies in the first quarter 2016. According to the report of the group on the site of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, in Poland was registered UA TRADE Sp.zo.o., in Panama – Newholm Systems […]
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Representatives of Yanair Ukrainian airlines are seriously thinking about creating their own flight school on the basis of the Zhytomyr airport. It came to be known to the journalists from CEO Volodymyr Sobolev. According to him, the last time Yanair received an impressive number of offers from foreign pilots who are willing to pay for […]
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Turkey has discovered a new large natural gas field in the Black Sea with reserves of more than 135 billion cubic meters. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced this on Friday, June 4. “Our drilling vessel Fatih has discovered a new 135 billion cubic meter natural gas field at the Amasra-1 well in the Sakarya section […]
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