Agrarian news
04.09.2014
IMF may allocate next two tranches to Ukraine in December
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may consider the allocation for the next two tranches totaling $2.7-2.8 billion to Ukraine in December this year.
more02.09.2014
Ukraine launches reverse gas shipments from Slovakia
Ukrainian gas pipeline operator Ukrtransgaz has successfully completed test transmission of gas from Slovakia to Ukraine on the Vojany-Uzhgorodroute, NRCU says referring to the Naftogaz Ukrainy CEO Andriy Kobolev report.
more01.09.2014
Russia, Ukraine agree to hold three-sided gas talks
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to hold three-sided gas talks on September 6, but the two are waiting for the European Commission to agree as well, NRCU says referring to the RF Energy Minister Alexandr Novak report.
more29.08.2014
Hedge funds extend bearish positions on ags, again
Hedge funds extended their bearish turn on agricultural commodities, as increasingly negative sentiment on sugar and livestock more than offset a reassessment of downbeat positioning on wheat.
more29.08.2014
Yatseniuk: Finance Ministry to sell into reserves of National Bank US$340 million to stabilize currency exchange rate
In order to stabilize the currency exchange rate of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance is to sell into the reserves of the Ukrainian National Bank US$340 million, Government Portal says referring to the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk report made on Thursday, August 28.
more26.08.2014
Poroshenko dissolves Verkhovna Rada, early elections to be held on October 26
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has terminated the powers of the Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation, reads a statement posted on the Twitter page of the head of state.
more21.08.2014
Yatseniuk: Cabinet introduces institute of Ukrainian Trade Representative
The Ukrainian Government is to adopt a decision on the introduction of the institute of the Trade Representative of Ukraine, Government Portal says quoting the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk as reporting at the Gov’t meeting on Wednesday, August 20.
more21.08.2014
Finance Ministry proposes to IMF to combine tranches
The Finance Ministry approached the International Monetary Fund with a proposal to combine the third and fourth tranches of the stand-by loan and to allocate them as one payment.
more19.08.2014
Ukrainian parliament to ratify agreement with EU in near future
The Verkhovna Rada will ratify the Association Agreement with the European Union in the near future, NRCU reports quoting the Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov as speaking while sharing an interview with Baltic news agency BNS.
more14.08.2014
USDA improves forecast for Ukrainian 2014 grain harvest by 2.5%
The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in August improved its forecast for the grain harvest in Ukraine in 2014 by almost 2.5%, to 58.5 million MT.
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