Ukrainian Journal

U KRAINIAN J OURNAL .com

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2018

Make Homepage / Add Bookmark

Front Page

Nation

Business

Subscription

Advertising

About us

Contact

Registration

NATO pledges support for Ukraine’s navy
BRUSSELS, Dec 13 - NATO has pledged support for Ukraine's navy more than two weeks after Russia seized three of Kyiv's naval ships and arrested 24 sailors in the Kerch Strait that links the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov. 22:32 | More

Ukraine secures $500-mln Chinese loan to build Dnistrovska hydropower plant
KYIV, Dec 13 – Ukraine secured $500 million loan from China to build Dnistrovska hydroelectric pumped storage plant, Board Chairman of Ukrgasbank Kyrylo Shevchenko said in an interview with the Delovaya Stolitsa. 22:30 | More

Committee backs bill extending moratorium to sell farmland for one year
KYIV, Dec 13 – Members of Parliament's committee for agricultural policy and land relations have signed a bill extending a moratorium to sell farmland for one year, while the law on farmland turnover could be passed in 2020, Deputy Head of the committee Oleksandr Bakumenko said. 22:28 | More

President Petro Poroshenko called on the western world to strengthen sanctions against Russia and increase the presence of NATO in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. He said this in an interview to Bloomberg. (Photo by the press service of the president.)

USDA revises upwards Ukraine’s corn export forecast to 28-mln mt in 2018-19
KYIV, Dec 13 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in December reviewed upwards the forecast for export of corn from Ukraine in 2018/19 agricultural year (July-June) by 1 million tons compared with the September forecast, to 28 million tons. 22:27 | More

IN FOCUS	Ukraine ends Russia friendship treaty KYIV, Dec 10 - President Petro Poroshenko has signed into law a bill to terminate Ukraine's friendship treaty with Russia, RFE/RL reported Monday. 14:36 \| More
Russia seeks to boost power in Europe WASHINGTON, Dec 11 - Russia is seeking to boost its power in Europe and grip over Ukraine with the proposed Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, the top U.S. energy diplomat said on Monday, in a step-up of Washington's rhetoric against the pipeline, Reuters reported. 09:45 \| More

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS

Threats persist from Chernobyl and Fukusima, Greenpeace reports The forest areas around Ukraine's Chernobyl and Japan's Fukusima remain sources of radiation and carry a potential threat to the health of local residents, Greenpeace said.More	Consumer inflation slowing faster than expected, NBU reports The actual slow of consumer inflation in February in annual terms is quicker than the inflation-slowing trajectory to 12% as of late 2016 projected by the National Bank of Ukraine, the regulator has reported on its website.More
ING analysts forecast 2016 GDP decline, citing political risks Analysts from ING Bank have confirmed the forecast of a decline in real gross domestic product in 2016 by 1%, pointing to a predominance of political risks in the economy.More	NBU: Hryvnia slide caused by temporary and fundamental factors The decrease of the hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market continue being caused by both temporary and fundamental market factors that result in the reduction of supply of foreign currency, Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Governor Oleh Churiy said.More