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Energy Firms Rethink Ukraine Investment On Tax Change
January 9th, 2015
An energy company operating in Ukraine has suspended its capital investment program, attributing the decision to sales restrictions and a “punitive” tax regime for gas production. JKX Oil & Gas, which is based in the UK, announced that its ...
Statement of the National Bank of Ukraine on the legal status of Bitcoin
December 19th, 2014
Ukraine’s local chapter of the Bitcoin Foundation has spoken out against a recent statement by the central bank concerning the legal status of bitcoin in the country. In a document issued last month, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) ...
Ukraine energy minister says accident at nuclear plant poses ‘no threat’
December 3rd, 2014
Ukraine’s Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said today that the accident at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (NPP) in southeast Ukraine posed no danger and that the plant would return to running as normal on Dec. 5. “There is no ...
Ukraine to Freeze Payments in Separatist Areas
November 6th, 2014
Ukraine’s prime minister said Wednesday that the government would freeze payments it had been sending to parts of eastern Ukraine even after the areas had fallen under the control of pro-Russian separatists. The move threatens to worsen already dire ...
Ukraine and Russia Reach Deal on Natural Gas Supplies
October 31st, 2014
The agreement, under European Union auspices, ends a standoff over payments for gas Ukraine had already consumed, and terms for future deliveries. Russian and Ukrainian officials reached an agreement on Thursday night to resume Russian deliveries of natural gas ...
Gas Deal Eludes Russia and Ukraine, but talks will continue
October 22nd, 2014
The standoff between the two countries, in which Russian gas deliveries have been halted over Ukraine’s unpaid gas bill, has Europe worried about its winter supplies. Russian and Ukrainian officials meeting on Tuesday failed to reach a deal that ...
CySec: Council regulations over Ukraine
September 18th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs the Cyprus Investment Firms, Management Companies, Administrative Services Companies and Regulated Markets (‘the Regulated Entities’) about the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union the following: 1. Council Regulation (EU) No.959/2014 of ...
European Parliament ratifies EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
September 17th, 2014
The European Parliament gave its consent to the EU-Ukraine Association agreement, which includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), on Tuesday in Strasbourg. “This is an historic moment”, said EP President Martin Schulz in his address to ...
Asian shares hit seven-year high on Ukraine, ECB hopes
September 4th, 2014
Asian shares steadied near seven-year highs on Thursday, underpinned by hopes of a ceasefire in Ukraine, although a cautious mood prevailed for now ahead of a European Central Bank meeting later in the session. Global shares had rallied on ...
IMF: Ukraine May Need Bigger Bailout
September 3rd, 2014
Ukraine may need as much as $19 billion in additional funds from donors if its conflict with pro-Russian separatists continues during 2015, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday. Nevertheless, it said the money planned under the program is ...
