Ukraine jointly with Italy starts designing a feasibility study for the introduction of high-speed train movement in Ukraine, the press service of the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine has reported after a meeting Minister Volodymyr Omelyan with President of Italferr Riccardo Maria Monti on Tuesday.
The press service said that Omelyan said that the introduction of high-speed train movement in Ukraine is a mega infrastructure project of national scale.
“This a mega project, the implementation of which would not only change the railway sector, but would influence the economic state of some regions, significantly expand the capacities of existing production spheres and launch new ones. Today, jointly with Italian partners we are making a first step on this way,” the minister said.
He pointed out the importance of the fact that Italferr, part of the Italian State Railways Group, has experience of over 30 years in its sector.
“We are attracting Italferr to the designing of the feasibility study for the Odesa-Kyiv-Lviv European route. The achievements of the company are large infrastructure projects for conventional and high-speed railway sectors both in Italy and other countries. It is important that we start changes in Ukraine with support of the leading European company,” the minister said.
Private joint-stock company Zaporizhtransformator (ZTR) has signed three contracts to supply six transformers to committed partners in Georgia, ZTR has reported on its website.
The contracts, the cost of which is not disclosed, envisage the delivery of two 40 MVA/110 kV transformers for the Vartsikhe cascade of hydroelectric power plants and two similar transformer for Kakhari substation, as well as two 6.3 MVA transformers for a resident district being built in Tbilisi.
The contract to supply transformers for the Vartsikhe cascade was signed with Georgian Manganese. ZTR has been cooperating with the company since 2014. The delivery of the transformers is scheduled for March 2018.
The contract with Sakenergoremonti (Tbilisi), which has been cooperating with ZTR since 2009, foresees the delivery of transformers for the Kakhari substation in May 2018.
Zaporizhtransformator is a large world manufacturer of transformer equipment. It has experience in deliveries to 88 countries. It produces power oil transformers, electric reactors, and controlled shunt reactors.
The top three largest mobile communications operators Kyivstar, Vodafone-Ukraine and lifecell paid UAH 2.456 billion for 80 MHz in the 2,600 MHz frequency rate for the right to develop 4G communications standard.
An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that lifecell bought two lots for 30 MHz for UAH 909.25 million, Kyivstar bought three lots for 30 MHz for UAH 916.3 million and Vodafone-Ukraine – two lots for 20 MHz for UAH 631 million.
The budget would receive UAH 169 million more compared with the starting prices.
President of Kyivstar Peter Chernyshov, lifecell CEO Ismet Yazici and Corporate Governance Director at Vodafone-Ukraine Oleh Prozhyvalsky were authorized to participate in the tender by voice on behalf of the operators.
The winner of the first lot was lifecell, offering UAH 601.6 million with one bid increment.
The winner of the second lot was also lifecell, offering UAH 307.65 million with one bid increment.
The winner of the third lot was Kyivstar, offering UAH 293 million without any bid increment.
The winner of the fourth lot was also Kyivstar, offering UAH 293 million without any bid increment.
The winner of the fifth lot was Kyivstar, offering UAH 330.301 million with two bid increments.
The winner of the sixth lot was Vodafone-Ukraine, offering UAH 345 million with four bid increments.
The winner of the seventh lot was Vodafone-Ukraine, offering UAH 286 million without any bid increment.
Italy has been a good partner for Ukraine, and Kyiv is ready to deepen and comprehensively develop bilateral relations in political and economic areas, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano.
“Italy is our traditional partner, we have much in common, and there is an opportunity to build a good common future,” the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine quoted Groysman as saying.
The Ukrainian prime minister thanked the Italian government for the constant support of Ukraine in protecting its territorial integrity and counteracting Russian aggression. This issue acquires special significance in the context of Italy’s chairmanship of the OSCE in 2018, Groysman said.
Italy keeps an eye on the situation in Ukraine, notes the macroeconomic progress in Ukraine, sees the challenges Ukraine state is facing, and is ready to help in every possible way, Alfano said.
During the meeting, the two officials discussed the results of the reforms in Ukraine and the government’s economic plans for this year, including large-scale privatization under the new legislation. Groysman invited Italian companies to participate in the sale of assets, and also offered to assess the prospects for joint implementation of projects in industry and energy. The energy sector, could be attractive for Italian companies both in terms of general modernization of the Ukrainian gas transportation system, and in terms of the participation of Italian business in gas production projects in Ukraine, the PM said.
“The economy is growing and will grow, and we invite the Italian side to cooperate,” Groysman said.
In turn, Alfano said Italian exports to Ukraine have grown recently by 20%, and those of Ukraine to Italy by 24%. “These are good indicators, and at this rate, our partnership will quickly become strategic,” the minister said, adding that they looked forward to cooperation in infrastructure, energy, and innovation.”
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) estimates the share of PJSC Myronivsky Hliboproduct of the poultry market at 38%, and that of Agromars Complex LLC at 12%, the press service of the agency has reported.
“During the period from 2015 to 2017, more than 100 business entities were engaged in production of chicken meat. According to the preliminary results of research, the share of the largest poultry producers PJSC Myronivsky Hliboproduct was 38%, Agromars some 12%, and Agro-Oven some 6%,” the agency said.
According to the AMC, according to the preliminary results of the study of the poultry market, the agency is considering two possible violations of the legislation on economic competition protection: abuse of a monopolistic dominant position by one of the largest chicken producers or the anticompetitive concerted actions of the largest producers in terms of price policy coordination.
“After receiving information from the market participants, analyzing and clarifying it, the committee will draw conclusions about the presence or absence of signs of violations of the law on protection of economic competition,” the AMC said.
