Chief Executive Officer of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine Andriy Kobolev has expressed fears that the Russian side will do everything to delay negotiations on the extension of the contract for gas transit through Ukraine, expecting possible changes in the country’s top officials and policy. “Most likely, they are waiting for elections in Ukraine and they want to see if there is any change in power and the country’s political course. They will do everything possible to launch the Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction,” Kobolev told the Kyiv-based Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
Kobolev said Russians now express readiness to study the issue of moving to work within the framework of European legislation, but they are stalling and trying to introduce the issue of negotiating settlement agreements in a trilateral format.
“Until recently, Russians’ position was not constructive. Before the agreement on something under the transit contract, they want to talk about amicable deals within the Stockholm litigation, that is, raise questions that are unacceptable not only for us, but for any party , which won in court,” he said.
Kobolev expressed hope the third party of the negotiations represented by the European Commission would have an impact on Russia, since stalling the process is not advantageous to Ukraine and European consumers of Russian gas.
“As our experience shows, a force majeure signing at the end of 2019 would be a very bad story. I hope that the position of Europeans may lead to a change in the tactics of Russians and they will be forced to negotiate before the end of 2019 about a new format of relations from January 2020. We are working actively on this now. The European Commission is in agreement with us in the application of European law. If we agree on this as a basis, then all further actions become much easier and more effective,” Kobolev said.
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Coal Energy S.A. (Luxembourg) with assets in Ukraine in June 2018 increased coal production by 16.2% (by 1,698 tonnes) compared to the same period in 2017, to 12,150 tonnes, the company said on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Compared to the previous month, production increased by 1.4% (by 171 tonnes), the report says.
Coal Energy unites ten coal mines, rock dumps processing facilities and objects for enrichment. The company’s business was significantly affected by hostilities in Donbas.
Atlasjet Ukraine (the AtlasGlobal brand) will begin flights from Odesa International Airport on the route Istanbul-Odesa-Istanbul from November 1, the airport press service has reported.
Such a decision is dictated by operational reasons, the company told Interfax-Ukraine.
“The company continues to work, but in the summer season it will carry out only the charter program,” the source added.
At the first stage, flights will be operated four times a week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. The journey takes one hour and 40 minutes.
All flights will be operated by Airbus 320 aircraft with eight business class seats and 156 economy class seats.
As reported, on April 24 Atlasjet Ukraine suspended the scheduled flights to Istanbul from Ukrainian cities.
Atlasjet Ukraine was registered in Ukraine on September 13, 2013, and on April 2, 2014 it received a license from the State Aviation Service of Ukraine to carry out regular passenger flights.
The company carried out regular flights, in particular, from Lviv, Kharkiv and Zaporizhia to Istanbul from September 2015. It uses the AtlasGlobal trademark for provision of services in Ukraine.
The maximum rental rates in shopping centers in Kyiv in the second quarter of 2018 grew by 12% and exceeded $95 per square meter a month, which is comparable to the rent rates in the pre-crisis period of 2010-2013, the press service of Jones Lang LaSalle consulting company (JLL) in Ukraine has said. “The maximum rental rates have almost reached the pre-crisis level of 2010-2013. The significant increase is due to a limited supply. New brands are trying to open their stores in the most successful facilities, however, it is not easy to find necessary space in such shopping centers,” JLL Retail Space Department Manager Yekateryna Vesna said.
According to JLL, four new international brands (Turkish Koton and DeFacto, Spanish Zara Home, Swedish Livly) entered the Kyiv market during this period, while a number of operators expanded their network (Under Armor, Lush, L’Occitane, Reserved). At the same time, with such an increase in demand, the new supply amounted to only 15,000 square meters (the Smart Plaza Polytech shopping center).
The share of vacant space in the second quarter decreased by 0.3 percentage points in comparison with the first quarter, to 4.2%. According to the forecast of JLL analysts, in the second half of the year the vacancy will continue to decrease and by the end of the year will reach 3.5%. Jones Lang LaSalle provides financial and comprehensive professional services in the field of real estate.
