Strong Ukraine party will run for local and parliamentary elections by itself, party leader, newly appointed Vice PM for Economy Serhii Tihipko has announced. He emphasized that Strong Ukraine had no intention of going across to opposition. On Mar, the parliament approved staff of the government in which Strong Ukraine party leader Serhii Tihipko took the post of the Vice Prime Minister for Economy. In the first round of the presidential election Tihipko came third. In January, Tihipko said he was expecting his party to receive 16% or 17% of the votes at the elections of chairpersons of village, settlement and town council and at the local elections scheduled for May 30, 2010 . On Feb 16, parliament cancelled its decision on appointing ordinary local elections for May 30, setting no other day for these to be held. |
In 2012, Metro Cash&Carry Ukraine, which is a retail division of the Metro Group (Germany), raised sales by 10.9% y/y to EUR 877mn, the company said. The company opened two new wholesale ... more
The Naftogaz Ukrainy has repaid UAH 2.4bn worth of loans so far in 2013. The company was able to repay this amount of loans because of economy of natural gas in all areas of its operation, ... more
The European Commission recommends Ukraine to focus on meeting its commitments under the association agenda, reads the ENP Country Progress Report 2012 - Ukraine released on Wednesday. In ... more