Domestic business prefers European consumers. About a third of all small and medium businesses in Ukraine have already expanded their activities to foreign consumers. At the same time, they prefer European markets. This is evidenced by the data of the Mastercard SME Index study. According to the study, among the main needs, entrepreneurs note the…
Category: economy
The NBU has doubled the limit on the purchase of non-cash currency for citizens
True, it can be bought only for placement on a deposit. The National Bank of Ukraine increased from UAH 50,000 up to UAH 100,000 monthly limit for the purchase of non-cash foreign currency by citizens with subsequent placement on an irrevocable deposit of three months. after all, operations for the sale of non-cash currency by…
McDonald's has resumed full operation in 10 establishments in Kyiv
Halls and “McDrive” are open. In Kyiv, in particular, restaurant halls are open and the McDrive service is available. This was announced by the head of the communications department of Ukrainian McDonald's, Alesya Mudzhiri, on Facebook. “The establishments are open from today in Kyiv: McDrive, halls, express windows. The first 10, from which you could…
The Pentagon commented on the version about the involvement of the US in the gas leaks in the “Nordic Streams”
The American official believes that it is too early to draw conclusions. The United States is in no way involved in the gas leaks that happened on the “Nord Streams” in Europe. This is reported by Reuters with reference to an American military official. “We are absolutely not involved,” he said. He also added that…
Currency transfers to Ukraine will become cheaper — National Bank
Signed the relevant document with money transfer service providers. A joint statement of service providers was signed the other day in Brussels from the transfer of funds to Ukraine initiated by the European Commission. This should reduce the cost of transferring funds to Ukraine, which, among other things, will expand opportunities for supporting Ukrainians and…
The court questioned the level of moral values and intellectual abilities of the employees of the Pension Fund
The judge lost patience. Relations between the employees of the Pension Fund and the elderly reach the level of bullying, questioning the level of moral values, professionalism and intellectual abilities of persons authorized to represent the state. This is stated in the decision of the District Administrative Court of the city of Kyiv dated September…
The US Congress presented a resolution on allocating $12.35 billion in financial aid to Ukraine
This is $600 million more than the White House's request. The USA continues to actively support the Ukrainian economy, which is suffering from significant losses as a result of the war. On September 27, Congress presented a draft of a short-term budget resolution, which provides for an aid package for Ukraine in the amount of…
Gazprom threatens Naftogaz with sanctions
Since May, the monopolist has not fulfilled the terms of the contract and is offended by attempts to force him to pay. Russian gas monopolist Gazprom threatens Ukrainian “Naftogaz” with sanctions due to the arbitration initiated by the latter and declares that it will stop paying for gas transit through Ukraine. The corresponding statement was…
The deputy told how much the budgets of the regions of Ukraine have decreased since the beginning of the year
On average, budgets were reduced by 12%. From the beginning of the year to August, the month inclusive the budgets of Ukraine's regions decreased by 12% compared to the same period in 2021. People's deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported this in his Telegram with reference to Openbudget. He noted that the budgets for the income of…
Which countries will suffer the most economically as a result of the war in Ukraine – OECD report
The growth of the world economy will slow down in 2023. Russian aggression against Ukraine hit the world economy, write the authors of the published report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) “Payment for War”. According to forecasts published in the report, the growth of the global economy will decrease from 3…