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21 September 2021
The state budget for 2022 is a budget of investment in people, the country, and the future, and its priority is to support doctors, who are at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus, as well as the military and veterans.
The net profit of Ukrainian solvent banks amounted to UAH 45.6 billion in January-August 2021, which is UAH 13 billion more than in the same period last year.
In the first half of 2021, 78 enterprises of Ukroboronprom State Concern received UAH 517.6 million in net profit, which is 2.1 times more than in the same period last year.
The draft state budget for 2022 envisages 21% of expenditures on the security and defense sector.
In August 2021, the Deposit Guarantee Fund paid UAH 10.9 million to depositors of insolvent banks within the guaranteed refund program, according to the Fund’s press service.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has started a virtual mission to Ukraine, according to Bloomberg.
20 September 2021
Ukraine's gross domestic product increased by 5.7% compared in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, the State Statistics Service has reported.
The annual capacity of the Ukrainian gas transit system is 146 billion cubic meters of natural gas, which allows Ukraine to transport almost twice as much gas as the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines combined because they can pump only 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year, according to Sergiy Makogon, General Director of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU).
Ukraine intends to develop health and business tourism with Saudi Arabia and other countries of the Arabian Gulf, seeing the area as promising.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects to start a cycle of key policy rate reduction in the second quarter of 2022.
As of September 20, Ukraine registered 18,771 agreements on the purchase and sale of agricultural land, Ukrinform reports, referring to the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
The Deposit Guarantee Fund of Ukraine has transferred UAH 2.07 billion ahead of schedule under its obligations to the Finance Ministry of Ukraine.
As of September 1, 2021, ten banks provided loans for a total sum of UAH 5.543 billion under state guarantees on a portfolio basis, Ukrinform reports with a reference to the Finance Ministry’s press service.
Ukraine has achieved significant results in fulfilling its obligations under the International Monetary Fund’s Stand-by Program.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) provided a total of UAH 217 million in refinancing to four banks, Ukrinform reports, referring to the central bank’s press service.
Ukrainian farmers have harvested 45.7 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops so far, Ukrinform reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
In the first half of the current year, foreign direct investment in Ukraine increased by $2.7 billion compared to the same period last year, according to Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal.
18 September 2021
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary says that the Irish low-cost carrier plans to significantly expand its presence in the Ukrainian market.
17 September 2021
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Oleksii Reznikov has met with Danish Ambassador to Ukraine Ole Egberg Mikkelsen to discuss the implementation of the Danida Business Finance program in Ukraine, according to a statement posted on the website of the Ministry for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine.
First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk has discussed reforms in Ukraine's economic and financial spheres at a meeting with Acting Under Secretary of International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury Andy Baukol.
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence recommends that Parliament adopt at second reading the bill "On Prevention of Threats to National Security Related to Excessive Influence of Persons Who Have Significant Economic or Political Weight in Public Life (Oligarchs)".
Ukraine and Germany continue the cooperation in implementing modern energy efficiency policy for sustainable development and improving the welfare of society, Valariy Bezus, Head of the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine, has said at the second meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Ukrainian-German Energy Partnership.
The Ukrainian government is planning to draw up a three-year action plan to reduce the shadow economy in the country to 25%.
In January-August 2021, Ukraine’s cast iron production grew by 6.8% compared with the same period last year, Ukrinform reports.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has created a working group to develop proposals to minimize threats from the construction of gas pipelines bypassing Ukraine.
The International Monetary Fund's review mission will start working on the Ukraine issue in a virtual format in the second half of September, set to focus on the National Bank’s independence, reforms, and strengthening of anti-corruption institutions.
16 September 2021
Milk production in Ukraine shrank by 6.2% in January-August 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, to 6.04 million tonnes, the State Statistics Service has reported.
Next year, the Government expects to get UAH 8 billion in revenues from privatization.
In August-September 2021, the volume of wage arrears decreased by 7.5%, or UAH 295 million.
World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde concluded her first official visit to Ukraine on September 15, the World Bank's press service has reported.