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28 December 2021
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna signed the agreement on financing the Annual Action Program for 2020 on Nuclear Safety Cooperation between the Government of Ukraine and the European Commission.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba that Hungary could pump 700 million cubic meters of gas to Ukraine in the first three months of 2022, according to Hungary Today.
The Russian-controlled “head” of the temporarily occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, announced the transfer of Kerch and Feodosia seaports to the “federal ownership” of Russia.
The National Bank of Ukraine has provided refinancing to five banks in the amount of UAH 2.03 billion.
As of December 23, 72,367 agricultural land purchase and sale agreements were registered in Ukraine with the total area of sold plots reaching almost 185,000 ha.
27 December 2021
A spokesman for Russia's energy monopoly Gazprom, Alexei Kupriyanov, said the latest natural gas shortage in Western Europe was a result of the lack of bids, rather than Gazprom's fault.
24 December 2021
Every third citizen of Ukraine considers the construction and renovation of roads one of the most important achievements of the state in 2021.
A total of 650,000 tonnes of coal will be delivered in Ukraine by sea to ensure a stable heating season of 2021-2022.
In 2021, the expenditures on road works in Ukraine totaled UAH 106 billion, showing a five-fold increase compared to projections in 2019.
The pace of construction of roads and bridges within the Great Construction project will not slow down as it is planned to spend 140 billion UAH next year.
In January-November 2021, PJSC Ukrnafta paid UAH 13.18 billion (almost US$484 million) in taxes to the budgets of all levels.
Forty percent of Ukraine’s main road network have been renovated for two years of the Great Construction project implementation.
Revenues to the state budget from the lease of state assets since the beginning of the year reached UAH 1.6 billion (US$58.7 million), which is 23% more than in 2020.
In 2022, within the framework of the Big Construction Program, modernization will begin of international checkpoints on the Ukrainian borders.
23 December 2021
At the meeting on December 23, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a series of documents to bring Ukraine closer to integration into European markets and implementation of EU’s best practices of the European Union.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has extended the trade embargo on Russian goods for one year, until January 1, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claims that gas prices on the European spot market are rising including due to the reverse supply to Ukraine – from Germany through Poland.
This year, Ukraine has saved UAH 45 billion thanks to transparent auctions on the ProZorro public procurement system.
Gas TSO of Ukraine and FGSZ, Hungary’s gas transmission system operator, have concluded an agreement for the supply of a guaranteed volume of natural gas from Hungary to Ukraine starting January 1, 2022.
22 December 2021
An increase in gas supply and distribution tariffs at the level of inflation and an increase in electricity tariffs for regional power companies will not affect the prices of these energy resources for the population.
National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine has appealed to the European Commission over the abuse of a dominant position in the European gas market by Russia’s Gazprom.
The Government continues making efforts to attract investors to the implementation of public-private partnership projects.
The Government’s priorities in the area of economic diplomacy remain constant: assisting Ukrainian exporters and attracting foreign investment to Ukraine.
The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence has approved for the Ministry of Defense a three-year procurement plan, for 2022-2024, which includes almost 500 items.
Ukraine will complete the 2021 harvest of cereals, legumes, and oilseeds with a record of more than 106 million tonnes.
21 December 2021
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented a new online platform NAZOVNI for diplomats to consult business and support Ukrainian exporters.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky points out the need to expand free trade agreements with the European Union, Canada, and Israel, and expects to sign FTA with Turkey early next year.
The prime minister has named the top six tasks toward economic growth
The State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection addressed the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety with a proposal to consider the possibility of launching Ukrainian potato exports to the European Union.