KYIV. Jan 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – PJSC Ukrhydroenergo on December 23 signed an agreement with Germany’s Andritz Hydro for the reconstruction of three units at Dniprovska hydropower plant for EUR53.59 million and UAH 151.451 million (including VAT), the press service of the Ukrainian company has said.
In addition, on December 30 Ukrhydroenergo signed a contract with PJSC Turboatom for the reconstruction of three units at Kyivska hydroelectric power plant (HPP) for UAH 562.431 million (including VAT).
The work under both contracts is to be completed in 2021.
The reconstruction is carried out in the framework of the third phase of the Rehabilitation of HPP joint project with the EBRD and the EIB. Contractors were selected during two-stage international competitive bidding.
The EBRD and the EIB plan to issue EUR 200 million each for the project.
KYIV. Jan 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Real estate investment projects of Kyiv City will be exhibited at the MIPIM, the premier real estate event to be held on March 14 through March 17 in Cannes (France), Kyiv City Administration reported on Thursday.
“This year the city is preparing own stand of 37.64 square meters. The most interesting and promising real estate investment projects of Kyiv and leading developing companies will be presented there,” the administration said. URE Club (Kyiv) is designing the program and providing media support for Kyiv’s participation in MIPIM 2017.
Around 5,000 international investors will be able to study the real estate investment projects of Kyiv. This would help to form the positive investment image of Kyiv and attract additional investment to the real estate sphere of the city.
MIPIM presents all market segments: office, residential, tourist, hotel, commercial, logistics real estate and infrastructure projects.
Kyiv participates in the MIPIM exhibitions since 2005.
KYIV. Jan 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Private joint-stock company Naftogazvydobuvannia, part of DTEK Naftogaz, increased natural gas production by 25.3% or 328.8 million cubic meters (mcm) compared to 2015, to 1.631 billion cubic meters (bcm), the company’s press service has reported.
Gas condensate production in 2016 totaled 56,100 tonnes, and this was 24% up on 2015.
The launch of three wells at the Semyrenkivske gas condensate field contributed to growth of gas and gas condensate production. Workover was carried out at four wells of the field
In addition, measures to intensify production at operating wells were conducted last year.
As reported, Naftogazvydobuvannia in 2015 increased gas production by 1.7 times compared to 2014, to 1.302 bcm and gas condensate – by almost 1.6 times, to 45,000 tonnes.
KYIV. Jan 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Nibulon Shipyard (Mykolaiv) will build a non-self-propelled B2000 vessel and three tugboats by the end of the 2016/2017 marketing year (MY, July-June).
According to a report on the website of the Nibulon agricultural enterprise, after that the company’s fleet will increase to 59 units.
Nibulon is implementing own shipbuilding program in cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB).
In 2017, Nibulon shipyard in cooperation with the EIB will complete the building of a series of non-self-propelled B2000 ships, launch a new Mykolayevets dredger.
“Due to this operation with the EIB, 100% load of the factory is scheduled for two years in advance,” the report reads.
Nibulon was created in 1991. It is one of the largest operators in the grain market of the country. It has elevators with a total capacity of about 2 million tonnes, as well as its own transshipment terminal of 5 million tonnes in Mykolaiv.
KYIV. Jan 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The state budget for 2017 envisages allocation of UAH 141.6 million for the medicines procurement for the public institution Institute of Heart of the Health Ministry of Ukraine.
According to the Health Ministry, the allocation of additional UAH 40 million of state funds is provided for the purchase of equipment.
At the same time the Health Ministry points out that it did not refuse the mentioned state institution in the development of the program of a mechanical heart installation. Thus, a letter with the request to provide financing while forming the state budget for 2018-2019 for the purchase of five mechanical hearts in the amount of UAH 462.75 million was sent to the Cabinet in accordance with the request of the Heart Institute.”
As reported, two surgeries on installation of mechanical hearts were carried out in the Heart Institute of the Health Ministry in 2016.
In early January 2017 Director General of Heart Center of the Health Ministry Borys Todurov criticized effectiveness of procurement conducted using state budget funds. However, some nongovernmental organizations said that this medical institution bought medicines using budget funds at too high prices.
In addition, Todurov accused the ministry of obstructing to the opening of branches of the Health Ministry’s Heart Institutes in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Meanwhile, according to the website of the Heart Institute, on December 26, 2016 its branch was opened in Severodonetsk (Luhansk region).
The Health Ministry believes that the branch was opened in violation of the statute of the state institution the “Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health.”
KYIV. Jan 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is convinced that this year we can expect progress on visa liberalization by Japan for the Ukrainians and the growth of direct Japanese investment in the Ukrainian economy.
As the presidential press service reported on Wednesday, during a meeting with Japanese ambassador to Kyiv Shigeki Sumi, timed to mark the signing of the decree on celebration the Year of Japan in Ukraine by Poroshenko, the president “expressed his belief that this year there will be a progress on visa liberalization to simplify visits to Japan for Ukrainians, as well as activation and increase of direct Japanese investment in the Ukrainian economy.”
Poroshenko gave examples of successful Japanese investment projects in 2016, which are already working in the west of Ukraine and creating thousands of workplaces. “This is a great characteristic of the level of confidence and the level of support that the Japanese business and the Japanese government demonstrate in relation to Ukraine,” the president said.
Ukrainian president extended an invitation to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit Ukraine this year.
