The European Union decided to extend sanctions against the economy of the occupied Russian Crimea. About it reports UKRINFORM. It is expected that on 19 June the formal legal decision on this issue will be taken without discussion, the EU Council on foreign Affairs. Recall that in June 2014 the EU in response to Russian occupation of Crimea has imposed sectoral economic restrictive measures against Russian economic activities on the Peninsula. We are talking about restrictions and limitations for companies […]

If the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Europe will fall below 30 billion cubic meters per year, it will be unprofitable for the state of the company-operator of the gas transportation system “Ukrtransgaz”. This was in Warsaw during the second Polish-Ukrainian gas conference said the Deputy Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Igor Prokopiv, UNIAN reports. At the time Prokopov with scandal was dismissed from the post of head of “Ukrtransgaz”. “In the state which is […]

“Ukrzaliznytsya” plans to launch passenger “train five capitals” in the Baltic States. It will run c Kiev via Minsk (Belarus), Vilnius (Lithuania), Riga (Latvia) to Tallinn (Estonia). In the future the route of the new train may be extended up to Odessa. But when it does launch, is still unknown. On this day, June 6, said the Minister of infrastructure Vladimir Omelian. At the briefing, he talked about the infrastructural readiness of Ukraine to introduce visa-free regime with the EU, […]

Russian “Gazprom” invite to Moscow representatives of “Naftogaz of Ukraine” to discuss the nuances of further cooperation after 2019, the end of the current contract. Because of the conditions written in it, Ukraine and Russia are now suing in the Stockholm arbitration. “We are ready to negotiate. We invite our Ukrainian colleagues to come to us. Since they are services, there is nothing malicious to come to us. The fact that certain volumes can stay for transit through Ukraine, it’s […]

On quality of roads Ukraine ranked 137th place out of 144 countries in the world. The large pits and ditches on the roads – also in Mongolia, Guinea, Romania, Haiti, Mozambique, Mauritania, Paraguay, Congo and Madagascar. And the worst roads in the world – in Moldova, where 40% of local roads in need of repair. This is stated in the rating, which was The World Economic Forum. The best roads in France – 6.5 points out of seven possible. Second […]