Presidents of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic and Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held the first session of the Strategic Partnership Council and outlined the priorities of the economic bloc – from energy and investment to trade, agriculture and tourism, Serbian Economist reports.
The key practical outcome was the formalization of a package of bilateral documents. Seven agreements and memoranda were exchanged in Belgrade, including agreements on the design, construction and operation of a gas turbine power plant in Serbia, cooperation in the field of food security, a memorandum between the ministries of economy, as well as documents on media and communications, culture (for 2026-2030), sports and interaction of health insurance systems.
The leaders explicitly call energy cooperation the basis for the next step – electricity production based on Azerbaijani gas. Aliyev said Baku has decided to increase natural gas exports to Serbia, linking this to plans for electricity generation and potential future exports.
In the Serbian interpretation, the gas-fired power plant project is already tied to the parameters: Vucic said that Srbijagas and SOCAR are in discussions, and the goal is to reach the launch of the plant with an installed capacity of 500 MW by 2029 (locations are considered in the Niš area).
Against the backdrop of the political increase in the level of relations, the sides are once again returning to the issue of trade turnover. According to the Serbian National Statistics Office, the foreign trade turnover with Azerbaijan in 2024 amounted to $512.6 million (5-fold growth), with the main contribution provided by the purchase of crude oil and oil products.
Baku, for its part, estimates trade turnover in 2025 at $135 million and notes the growth of imports of Serbian goods by 55% – this data was cited by Azerbaijani Finance Minister Sahil Babayev on the eve of the visit.
It was also noted at the Council meeting that direct flights between Baku and Belgrade should start in May 2026, which is expected to strengthen tourism and business contacts.
In the coming months, governments and line ministers should “land” political agreements in the form of concrete projects. Vucic and Aliyev have publicly recorded that they expect quick results before the next visit of the Serbian president to Azerbaijan during this year.
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According to Fixygen, PJSC HC Kyivmiskbud (Kyiv) plans to hold a general meeting of shareholders on February 19, 2026, according to the issuer’s announcement in the information disclosure system.
The meeting is scheduled for 6:00 p.m., the date of compilation of the list of shareholders.
PJSC HC Kyivmiskbud (brand name Kyivmiskbud, EDRPOU 23527052) is one of the largest developers in the capital. The company’s history on official resources dates back to 1955; the holding company was formed on the basis of the assets of the state-owned construction corporation Kyivmiskbud in 1994.
The controlling stake traditionally belonged to the Kyiv territorial community represented by the Kyiv City Council (80%); in 2025, the city began recapitalization through an additional issue, after which the community’s share, according to the Kyiv City State Administration, was to increase to approximately 99.87%. In December 2025, it was reported that the company had received recapitalization of UAH 2.56 billion and had moved on to the next stage of the anti-crisis plan for 2026.
The national postal operator Ukrposhta has completed its second auction on Prozorro.Prozori, selling 716 decommissioned vehicles for UAH 9 million, and is preparing to sell another 250 cars, according to the company’s CEO, Ihor Smelyansky.
“In exchange for this ‘loss’, Ukrposhta received UAH 9 million. It also received thousands of square meters of free space and millions of hryvnias, which it will now save on storage, accounting, and maintenance of these cars,” Smelyansky wrote on Telegram on Monday.
According to him, 716 units of obsolete equipment were sold, ranging from a 1979 GAZ-52 from Poltava to a Volvo FH12 truck. The average mileage of each vehicle put up for auction was about 470,000 km, and the physical wear and tear of the fleet reached 96%.
In addition, it is noted that some of the vehicles were purchased by organizations and will be used for spare parts for the needs of the army and volunteer initiatives.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, Ukrposhta received a net profit of UAH 257.9 million, which exceeded the figure for the same period in 2024 by 69.2% due to additional income from the sale of the company’s property, which amounted to UAH 168 million.
The national postal operator increased its revenue in the fourth quarter by UAH 10.7 million compared to the same period in 2024, to UAH 3 billion 601.6 million.
Travelers in January 2026 paid UAH 28.4 million in tourist tax to local budgets, which exceeds the figure for the same period last year by 14.3%, according to the State Tax Service of Ukraine (STS).
According to a publication on the agency’s website on Monday, the largest amounts of tourist tax were received in the Lviv region — UAH 5.9 million, followed by the city of Kyiv and Ivano-Frankivsk region with the same figures — UAH 5.6 million each. The third position was taken by the Zakarpattia region — UAH 3 million.
The STS reminded that the tourist tax is paid by Ukrainian citizens, foreigners, and stateless persons as an advance payment before temporary accommodation in places of residence (hotels, hostels, guest houses).
Tax agents are business entities that provide temporary accommodation services (hotels, hostels, holiday homes, etc.), and they transfer the collected funds to the local budget. The list of such agents is published on the websites of local councils.
The rates of the tax are set by local councils for each day of stay at up to 0.5% of the minimum wage for Ukrainian citizens and up to 5% for foreigners.
Persons/children with disabilities, persons/children accompanying persons with disabilities of group I, and war veterans are exempt from paying the tourist tax.
In January this year, Ukraine reduced imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 25.7% compared to the same period last year, to 68,696 from 92,501 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Tuesday, 57,848 tons of coke were imported in December 2025.
Coke imports in monetary terms fell by 21% in January 2026 to $23.620 million. Coke was imported from Poland (100% of supplies in monetary terms).
The country did not export coke last month.
As reported, in 2025, Ukraine increased imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 5.9% compared to the previous year, to 700,650 thousand tons, and increased revenues by 1.4%, to $238.656 million. Coke was mainly imported from Poland (93.37% of supplies in monetary terms), Indonesia (4.01%), and the Czech Republic (2.59%).
In 2025, Ukraine exported three tons of coke worth $2,000 to Albania.
It was also reported that in January 2025, Metinvest suspended the operation of the Pokrovsk Coal Group due to changes in the situation on the front line, electricity shortages, and the deterioration of the security situation.
In 2024, Ukraine increased its imports of coke and semi-coke in physical terms by 2.01 times compared to 2023, to 661,487 thousand tons, importing it mainly from Poland (84.76% of supplies in monetary terms), Colombia (7.74%), and Hungary (2.69%). In monetary terms, imports increased by 81.9% to $235.475 million.
In 2024, the country exported 1,601 thousand tons of 84.76% coke worth $368 thousand to Moldova (99.18%) and Latvia (0.82%), while in January, March, October, and November 2024, there were no exports, whereas in 2023, they amounted to 3,383 tons worth $787 thousand.
