As of early 2014, the Crimean tourism sector was on the rise and was undoubtedly a leading industry in Crimea. Starting from 2010, the tourist flow reached a stable level of 5-6 million visitors per year, […]
08.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
With all due respect to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, menacing statements about our dire response are just yet another idle threat. And such threats make us funny. I want to highlight three very serious dangers caused by […]
01.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
During a special operation of the Security Service of Ukraine, a transnational criminal group was neutralised in Kyiv. The wrongdoers forged the IDs of the OSCE diplomatic monitoring mission. They sold fake documents to their […]
30.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline may be launched before the Federal Network Agency of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesnetzagentur) completes the certification process. Such precedents have already taken place, according to the Handelsblatt […]
28.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The International Monetary Fund has completed the first review of the Stand-By Arrangement and approved the allocation of the second tranche worth $700 million to Ukraine, as well as extended the programme until the end of […]
24.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Seventy percent of adolescents surveyed believe that they will have more opportunities to develop and fulfil their abilities abroad, and more than 50% do not feel talented at all. This is evidenced by the results […]
23.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The remnants of Russian science have suffered a significant loss. On 1 November, Danish authorities detained the Russian research vessel Akademik Ioffe during a raid on the port of Skagen and confiscated court documents. The vessel […]
22.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Coordinated domestic and foreign energy policy and enhanced energy diplomacy will help to meet the current challenges facing Ukraine and the world. "Ukraine's geographical location makes it not only an integral part of the European […]
18.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The number of reservations made by Ukrainians has increased. In particular, compared to last year, tourists have already booked twice as many tours this winter: 24,975 applications for the 2021/22 season against 12,557 applications in […]
17.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Great Britain Liz Trass called on the European Union to study Russia's dependence on gas supplies, strengthen ties with other like-minded countries and unite to block the commissioning of the Nord […]
14.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Vladimir Milov, Russian opposition politician, associate of Alexei Navalny, and former Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia, calls on Europe to start an antitrust investigation against Gazprom which is, according to him, manipulating the market. […]
12.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine acceded to two international agreements adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. In particular, according to the Conference website, official Kyiv supported the agreement to end and reverse […]
03.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine received the second tranche under the fifth EU macro-financial assistance programme with the nominal value of EUR 600 million. The aid is granted as a long-term loan at a 0.250% interest rate due April […]
26.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine signed the Common Aviation Area Agreement with the European Union. It took 15 years. Now, passengers and carriers have new opportunities. When will the agreement on expanding airspace with the EU come into force […]
25.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
At a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC), it was decided to consider gas supplies assistance to Moldova. "We made a decision to instruct the Cabinet of Ministers to consider this […]
23.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Around 40 Members of the European Parliament recently submitted a letter requesting the European Commission open an investigation into possible deliberate market manipulation by Gazprom and potential violation of EU competition rules. In light of […]
20.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainians are deceived online by many methods. Retirees are three times more likely to be swindled than others – via SMS about alleged lottery prizes. Every fourth teenager falls for a scam after clicking on a malicious link. […]
18.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Law on Consumer Protection in the Settlement of Overdue Debts has been in force in Ukraine since 14 July. Now, debt collectors will have to abandon the usual scenarios of forced debt redemption. In particular, […]
18.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
"The King is dead. Long live the King!" This phrase was heard thousands of times in European history. Merkel has been and still is a "democratic monarch." Germans respect her, her values, her authority, and […]
11.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Over the past five years, China's total foreign direct investment in Ukraine has increased fivefold, from $50 million to $260 million. The amount is small in absolute terms (0.5% of total FDI in Ukraine) but the […]
06.10.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
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