Ukraine and China have signed an intergovernmental agreement providing for the expansion of cooperation between the two countries and the promotion of joint projects in the infrastructure construction sector, as well as the raising of Ukrainian funds on concessional terms from the People’s Republic of China.
According to the statement on the website of the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine on Tuesday, June 30, the relevant agreement was signed by Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov and Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China Wang Wentao.
Among the priorities of cooperation are rail transit, airports, ports, communications and municipal engineering.
Under the agreement, Ukraine and China will encourage companies and financial facilities in both countries to cooperate actively in the construction of infrastructure facilities, as well as to promote closer economic ties between the two countries and to provide necessary assistance and accompaniment in the implementation of joint projects.
The agreement also provides for the mobilization of funds on concessional terms from the Government of the People’s Republic of China necessary for the implementation of infrastructure projects.
As a result of the joint consultations, the sides will approve potential cooperation projects, which will be supported by PRC funds.
On July, 6, 10 and 11 in Ancient Kyiv in the Principality of Kyivan Rus («Kyivan Rus Park») the large celebration of Ivan Kupala according to ancient traditions, with a rich show-program, horse-trick performances, the unique reconstruction of ancient rites, shooting fireballs from the Trebuchet, the spectacular burning of a scarecrow and round dances around it will take place. Also horse riding, jumping over the fire, master-classes on weaving wreaths and launching them on water, tasty dishes and drinks, traditional Slavic amusements, the possibility to stay for the night in comfortable rooms and a lot of interesting in a real live medieval city will be waiting for the guests!
Ancient Kyiv opens at 10:00.
The beginning of the program on July, 6 – around 18:00 in a relax-format and from 20:00 in full mode, on July, 10 and 11 – around 14:00.
The end of the program:
– on Kupala night from July, 6 to July, 7 and on July, 10 – at 1:00, from 01:00 till 02:00 – Medieval disco;
– July, 11 – at 19:00.
* The program may be changed.
The entry ticket price:
• A full adult ticket: July, 6 – 200 UAH., July, 10 and 11 – 250 UAH.
• for pensioners and students – 150 UAH.,
• for schoolchildren: July, 6 – 80 UAH., July, 10 and 11 – 100 UAH.
• for preschool children – for free.
Ancient Kyiv in the «Kyivan Rus Park» is located in Kyiv region, Obukhiv district, the vill. Kopachiv.
Details on the website www.parkkyivrus.com
The Interfax subscribers can save money with the “openbusiness-20” promo code for a 20%-discount for a full price adult ticket to the Principality of Kyivan Rus:
– by previous order by tel.: +38 044 461-99-37, +38 050 385-20-35
– or at the cash desk at the entrance to the «Kyivan Rus Park».
The volume of construction work performed in Ukraine in January-May 2021 decreased by 6.1% compared to the same period in 2020.
According to the State Statistics Service, in January-May, the volume of construction work completed amounted to UAH 54.4 billion.
According to the statistics department, in May 2021 the seasonally adjusted index of construction products amounted to 93.1% compared to the previous month, adjusted for the effect of calendar days compared to May 2020 – 91.6%.
The State Statistics Service reported that in May 2021 from May a year earlier, an increase in the volume of construction work was observed only in residential construction – by 30.9%, while in the segment of non-residential construction it decreased by 4.8%, engineering – by 19.7%.
The share of new construction in the total volume of completed construction work was 40.6%, repairs – 31.6%, reconstruction and technical re-equipment – 27.8%.
An increase in the volume of construction work in January-May 2021 compared to January-May 2020 was recorded in Khmelnytsky (by 20.1%, to UAH 1.4 billion), Ternopil (by 50.6%, to UAH 1.1 billion), Rivne (by 20.6%, to UAH 949.5 million), Volyn (by 10.6%, to UAH 713.7 million), Kharkiv (by 10.6%, to UAH 5.9 billion), Donetsk (by 5.9%, to UAH 2.1 billion) and Ivano-Frankivsk (by 9.8%, to UAH 1.1 billion) regions.
In other regions, there was a decrease in construction volumes. The most significant drop was shown by Chernivtsi (by 48%), Kherson (by 32.7%) and Vinnytsia (by 37%) regions.
As reported, the volume of construction work performed in Ukraine in 2020 increased by 4% compared to 2019.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 06/07/21
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of July 06
Source: Central Bank
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food expects the recovery of the export volumes of grain and leguminous crops by Ukraine in the 2021/2022 marketing year (MY, July-June) to the indicators of the 2019/2020 MY, the department predicts their exports in the current MY at the level of 56 million tonnes with a harvest of 75.8 million tonnes, the European Business Association (EBA) said on its website.
According to the report, in the 2021/2022 MY, the export of grains and legumes will grow by a quarter compared to preliminary data for 2020/2021 MY, from 44.63 million tonnes to 56 million tonnes.
As reported, with reference to the preliminary data of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Ukraine’s exports of grain and leguminous crops in the 2020/2021 MY decreased by 21.3% compared to the 2019/2020 MY, to 44.63 million tonnes. Exports of wheat in the 2020/2021 MY decreased by 18.9% compared to the 2019/2020 MY, to 16.44 million tonnes, corn – by 23.9%, to 23.06 million tonnes, barley – by 17.1%, to 4.21 million tonnes, flour export – 2.6 times, to 126,000 tonnes.
Minister of Agrarian Policy Roman Leschenko told Interfax-Ukraine in May 2021 that the harvest of grains and oilseeds in the 2021/2022 MY could exceed 100 million tonnes, the harvest of winter wheat, corn, sunflower, barley and soybeans is expected to grow.
