Just under a half of Ukrainians (48.4%) said they would vote for Volodymyr Zelensky and 17% for the incumbent, Petro Poroshenko, were the second round of the presidential election held right now, according to the findings of a poll conducted by the Kiyv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on April 9-14. Seventeen point nine per cent were undecided, 1.6% were going to ruin the ballot, 6.3% did not intend to go to the polls and 8.8% refused to answer the question.
KIIS interviewed 2,004 respondents in 129 towns across Ukraine; in Luhansk and Donetsk region, the poll was conducted only in Ukraine-controlled parts of the regions.
The runoff is due to be held on April 21.
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Ukrainian airlines in March 2019 serviced 86.2% of flights of the total number of flights serviced at Ukrainian airports within the 15 minute deviation from the timetable, which is 9.1 percentage points (p.p.) better than the figure for January 2019 (77.1%), according to a posting on the website of the State Aviation Service of Ukraine.
According to the authority, in March, Ukrainian airlines serviced 3,701 flights.
The punctuality of foreign airlines in March compared with January increased to 87.1% from 75.1%, while the number of flights totaled 2,677.
Of the Ukrainian airlines that made more than 50 flights a month in January, Motor Sich remains the most punctual, with 93.4% and the number of flights 229.
Windrose is second with 91.2% and with the number of 342.
Punctuality of Ukraine’s largest airline in the market – Ukraine International Airlines – was 87.5%, while the number of flights serviced was 2,602.
The indicators in March for Bukovyna and SkyUp were 81% each and 84 and 267 flights respectively.
Air Baltic, Jordan Aviation, Alitalia, Czech Airlines, Laudamotion, AZAL, Wizz Air UK and Bulgaria Air were ranked the top of the March punctuality rating among foreign airlines with the 100% punctuality, the number of their flights was from four to 83 per month.
Pegasus Airlines had the best performance among low cost airlines – 92.6% with 95 flights. The figure of Hungarian Wizzair was 91.6% with 486 flights, while Irish Ryanair and the Italian airline Ernest turned out to be next in the rating – 88% with 233 flights and 87% with 100 flights respectively.
The Latvian pharmaceutical concern Olainfarm in January-March 2019 increased sales in Ukraine by 21% compared to the same period in 2018.
According to the concern, the share of its sales in Ukraine for the two months amounted to 8% (EUR2,852 million) of consolidated sales.
However, in March 2019, the consolidated sales of Olainfarm in Ukraine decreased by 24% compared with March 2018, to EUR172,000 and amounted to 2% of the total sales of the concern.
In total, in the first quarter of 2019, the concern increased sales by 14%, to EUR34.7 million, in March the sales of the group rose by 3% compared to March 2018, to EUR10.8 million.
In January-March 2019, Latvia (a share of 28%), Russia (26%), Belarus (16%) and Ukraine (8%) remained the main sales markets of Olainfarm group.
Olainfarm is Latvia largest and one of the largest companies in the Baltic States for production of medicines and chemical-pharmaceutical products. The portfolio of its products includes over 60 finished dosage forms, 25 active pharmaceutical substances and more than 20 chemical intermediate products.
Arricano Real Estate Plc (Cyprus), the managing company and developer of some shopping and entertainment centers in Ukraine, has decided to postponed settlement of liabilities in the amount of $47.1 million to Retail Real Estate OÜ (RRE, Estonia), Barleypark Limited and one of its main constructors for the end of 2019.
According to a company report on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), the company has received written representations from Retail Real Estate OU and its affiliated company Bytenem Co Limited that lead the board to believe that the group will not be required to settle in 2019 outstanding accrued interest and other accounts payable in the amount of $21.360 million plus further interest accruing during the year ending December 31, 2019.
Arricano has received a letter from Barleypark Limited waiving its right to claim early repayment of the loan or any part thereof, including, but not limited to all or any part of the interest accrued, amounting in aggregate to $22.004 million until after 31 December 2019.
The group has also received a comfort letter from one of its main constructors, stating that it will not claim payment of invoices amounting to $3.772 until after December 31, 2019.
