KYIV. Dec 8 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The National Tourism Organization (NTO) has been created in Ukraine, Director of the tourism and resorts department of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine Ivan Lyptuha has said.
Lyptuha said on his Facebook page that the founding general meeting was held on December 5.
He said that the NTO will be a structure of consolidated business of the tourism sector in Ukraine. It is intended to bring the tourism sector to the most balanced and stable development model.
“NTO’s goal is to create the permanently operating platform uniting regional, town and sector tourism organizations to increase the quality of national tourist product, develop the professional building system and train specialists, as well as the entire marketing complex for the tourist brand of Ukraine on the domestic and global markets,” he said.
According to the report, regional and town tourism associations of Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Ternopil and Kharkiv, companies Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine International Airlines, Amadeus, Google, InterContinental, GST Group, Plaske, Premier Expo, some sector associations and organizations (Kyiv National trade and Economic University and Scientific-Research Institute of Medical Rehabilitation and Balneology) took part in the founding general meeting.
KYIV. Dec 8 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine in January-November 2016 exported electricity worth $137.785 million, in particular in November for $14.497million.
According to the State Fiscal Service, electricity delivered to Hungary amounted to $105.039 million for the 11 months, to Poland to $32.392 million, Moldova to $347,000, other countries to $7,000.
In addition, in January-November 2016 Ukraine imported power worth $3.288 million from Russia, $60,000 from Belarus.
As reported, Ukraine in January-November 2015 exported electricity for $137.367 million ($11.676 million in November), in particular to Hungary for $132.359 million, Poland for $2.722 million, Slovakia for $1.115 million, and other countries for $1.171 million.
KYIV. Dec 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian state-run postal enterprise (Ukrposhta) seeks to invest around $500 million in its development in the period until 2021.
Ukrposhta Director General Ihor Smeliansky said at a meeting with representatives of foreign donors of Ukraine in Kyiv on Tuesday that the sum is included in the five-year strategy for developing Ukrposhta. The strategy will be sent for approval to the Infrastructure Ministry and Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers.
“It depends on the government’s decision what part of the sum will be own funds of the enterprise. Today 75% of our profit is taken by the state,” he said.
He said that the key directions for investment will be modernization of vehicles, IT and sorting centers.
He also said that the enterprise anticipates that this year it would see net profit.
Smeliansky said that along with drawing up the strategy, Ukrposhta has started active fight against corruption and established cooperation with one of the most important creditors of Ukraine – the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
KYIV. Dec 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) – A European Vega light-haul launch vehicle powered by a Ukrainian engine successfully brought the Turkish Defense Ministry’s Gokturk-1 satellite into orbit from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana, South America, the Ukrainian State Space Agency said in a report.
The launch performed at 15:51 Kyiv time on Monday was the eighth mission in the Vega program and the second Vega launch of 2016, the report said.
The Vega was designed by the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for carrying satellites with a weight up to 1,200 kilos to a 1,200-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit and satellites with a weight of 1,500 kilograms to a 700-kilometer polar orbit. The RD-868P cruise engine for the fourth stage of the rocket was developed by the Yuzhnoye (Pivdenne) Design Bureau and built by the Yuzhmash (Pivdenmash) Plant (both situated in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine).
The trial launch of a Vega LV was successfully accomplished in February 2012, and the ESA commenced use of the new rocket in May 2013.
The Ukrainian government and the ESA signed an agreement on cooperation in peaceful uses of outer space in 2008. The ESA unites 17 European countries.
The medium-term plans announced by the Ukrainian State Space Agency in 2015 include Ukraine’s gradual entry into the ESA and integration of the Ukrainian rocket and space industry with the European one.
KYIV. Dec 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) – One of the topics of the economic forum in Davos to be held in January 2017 will be the fourth industrial revolution, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said.
“One of the topics of the Davos Forum to be held in January 2017 is devoted to the fourth industrial revolution – so-called Economy 4.0,” Klimkin wrote in his blog in Novoye Vremia online publication on Tuesday.
The minister also said that on December 8 the Council of Exporters and Investors at Foreign Ministry jointly with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine will hold expert debates entitled “Global digital transformation: chances for Ukraine and prospects of Economy 4.0.”
KYIV. Dec 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Kyiv authorities seeks to find around UAH 23 billion to modernize the overland transport network and infrastructure and similar programs by 2019.
The information is outlined in the updated action plan for 2016-2018 to implement Kyiv development strategy by 2025. The plan was approved by lawmakers of Kyiv City Council on November 15, 2016.
Some UAH 78.5 million will be sent to develop bicycle infrastructure and UAH 82 million in 2018. The streets are to be reconstructed to create bicycle routes, equip bicycle parking areas and other things. The funds will be raised from Kyiv’s budget and other sources.
In addition, it is planned to buy 215 trolleybuses, 235 buses and 63 trams by 2019 to implement the urban transport upgrade scenarios designed by experts from the World Bank. The total cost of the purchase is UAH 6.507 billion using funds of the city budget and other sources.
The city intends to build a dual-mode high-speed Tram-Train system Troyeschyna-Berezniaky-Karavayevy Dachi. Near UAH 2.106 billion will be spent on it by 2019.
The passenger flow for the line could reach 264,500 of persons a day. This equals to the daily passenger flow on the Syretsko-Pecherska subway line or the absolute passenger flow for crossing the Dnipro River. The funds of the city budget and other sources will be used to finance the project.
Some UAH 7.56 billion of budget funds or funds from other sources will be spent on purchase of rolling stock for the Tram-Train line: 80 five-section wagons with low decks.
It is planned to build the high-speed trolleybus line Troyeschyna-Chokolivka with the passenger flow of 141,000 people a day. Around UAH 810 million would be spent in two years. Some 97 long articulated trolleybuses for UAH 719.7 million will be bought.
Near UAH 250 million would be sent to take measures to develop public transport stops during two years.
Kyiv wants to repair the tram line in Dmytriyivska and Hlybochytska streets with the transfer hubs in Lukianivska Street and Kontraktova Square for UAH 515 million.
Among other projects is the completion of the Podilsky Bridge. Some UAH 3.315 billion is envisaged for the project in 2017-2018. The unused funds for the project are estimated at UAH 7.46 billion.
The Nyvky-Telychka-Brovary highway will be built for UAH 2.51 billion and some UAH 936 million will be sent for the project in 2017-2018.
Near UAH 20 million will be sent to introduce the automated parking system in two years and UAH 20 million to introduce intellectual traffic systems in the streets.
