Business Update: March 31 – Ukraine prepares for long quarantine, EU sends aid, SkyUp evacuates 19,000
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JP Morgan gives Ukraine least negative economic forecast in 2020
A man walks to a grocery shop in Barakhty village in Kyiv Oblast on March 29, 2020. The J.P. Morgan Chase investment bank has radically revised its estimates of Ukraine’s economic growth in 2020
Kyiv authorities elaborate on transport entry, exit rules amid quarantine
Movement of privately-owned motor vehicles has not been restricted so far. REUTERS Kyiv City State Administration has reiterated restrictions enforced on the entry of intercity and suburban commute pending the quarantine period, until April 24. At the same time, the…
Kyiv Mayor Klitschko tells about penalties for quarantine violators
Those who are caught breaking the rules the first time shall be fined at UAH 17,000 (US$606). Photo from UNIAN Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has elaborated on the penalties violators of quarantine rules or mandatory observation are now facing. Read…
Ukraine reports on army casualties in Donbas: One killed, four wounded on March 30
Russia-led forces mounted 14 attacks on Ukrainian positions from 00:00 to 19:00 Kyiv time on March 30. REUTERS Ukraine has reported that its army casualties in Donbas on Monday, March 30, were the following: one member of the Joint Forces…
German, French foreign ministers claim Donbas terrorists make coronavirus pretext for hindering OSCE access
The armed groups have placed the restrictions on the OSCE SMM since March 21. REUTERS German and French foreign ministers have reacted to another obstacle to OSCE SMM observers by illegal armed groups in the occupied Donbas. Foreign Ministers of…
Ukraine reports one KIA, four WIAs amid 18 enemy attacks in Donbas on March 30
The enemy did not attack Ukrainian positions from 00:00 to 07:00 Kyiv time on March 3
Presidential Chief of Staff Yermak puts forth main condition for new Normandy summit
Andriy Yermak / Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak says that the main condition for holding a new summit in the Normandy format for the leaders of Ukraine, France, Germany, and Russia is the…
Ukraine to spend EUR 150 mln from Germany on fight against coronavirus
Zelensky and Merkel discuss issues related to COVID-19, Donbas / Photo from UNIAN The Ukrainian leader has agreed with his German counterpart that EUR 150
Two MPs block signing of Ukrainian farmland market bill
Photo from UNIAN Two Ukrainian legislators have blocked the signing of the law lifting the long-standing ban on farmland sales, which was voted overnight Tuesday in a bid to unblock IMF funding. The MPs have used their procedural rights to…