KYIV, Oct 25 - Ukrainians were voting Sunday in local elections that are considered a test for President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a former comedian who took office last year vowing to bring peace, uproot endemic corruption and shore up a worsening economy, the AP reported.
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KYIV, Oct 23 –Ukraine’s sharp post-quarantine economic recovery, triggered by reopening of the economy in June, is coming to an end, economic and financial data tracked by the Center for Economic Strategy (CES), show.
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KYIV, Oct 23 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has lowered its inflation forecast for 2020 to 4.1% from 4.7% (in the July forecast), but has also increased its inflation forecast to 6.5% in 2021 from 5.5% previously predicted.
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KYIV, Oct 22 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has said that its forecast for Ukraine’s economic contraction in 2020 remains unchanged at 6%, but the economy will grow faster in 2021.
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KYIV, Oct 23 – Ukrgazvydobuvannia, part of the Naftogaz Exploration and Production division, reduced the production of natural gas by 0.5% (by 47.8 million cubic meters) in January-September 2020, as compared to the same period last year, to 10.135 billion cubic meters.
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KYIV, Oct 22 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Dnipro Municipal Energy Service Company have signed a loan agreement on the allocation of EUR25 million in a loan to improve the energy efficiency of 98 public buildings, including 67 kindergartens, 27 schools and four clinics.
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KYIV, Oct 22 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday defended his idea of running a nation-wide poll on Sunday to learn public opinion on five important issues, but added the poll would not have any legal power.
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KYIV, Oct 22 – Dozens of Belarusian IT companies have already moved to Ukraine thanks to the IT Relocate Belarus project, which is being implemented by the team of the Ministry of Digital Transformation with the support of President Volodymyr Zelensky, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Oleksandr Borniakov has said.
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KYIV, Oct 21 - Ukraine and Brussels will discuss the Green Deal at the Association Council, which is to meet in mid-December this year, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Oleksiy Riabchyn has said.
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KYIV, Oct 21 – The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) at a meeting on October 20 made a decision to change the organizational structure of the central bank, including narrowing the vertical of subordination of First Deputy Governor of the NBU Kateryna Rozhkova, a source said Wednesday.
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