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Economy Ministry expects economy reduction by 3% in Q4, 2020.
The Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture expects Ukraine's economy to contract by 3% in October-December 2020 compared to the same period a year earlier, Economy Minister Ihor Petrashko has said.
"We have already begun to see economic stabilization ... The decline in the third quarter remained at 3% of GDP and 3% of GDP is expected in the fourth quarter," he said at a press conference in Kyiv.
According to the State Statistics Service, the decline in Ukraine's GDP in the third quarter of 2020 slowed down to 3.5% from 11.4% in the second quarter. In the first quarter this year it was 1.3%, while in the fourth quarter of 2019 there was an increase of 1.5%, in the third quarter 3.9%, in the second quarter 4.7% and in the first quarter 2.9%.
Petrashko specified that the Ministry of Economy maintains the April forecast for a 4.8% drop in GDP over the year and expects the economy to grow by 4.6% in 2021.
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RegioJet operates its first trip on Prague-Chop route.
The Czech railway operator RegioJet performed its first trip on the Prague-Chop route. The overnight train from Prague with 120 passengers on board arrived at the Chop station on schedule at 10:35 Kyiv time, the railway operator's press service re...
Representatives of ministries, professional associations discuss possibility of unblocking Ukrainian-Polish border during Ukraine-Poland-EU talks.
A team from several Ukrainian ministries and representatives of professional associations discussed the issues of unblocking the border and finding common positions to resolve the crisis during trilateral negotiations between Ukraine, Poland, and ...
URCS volunteers work at scene of destruction in Kharkiv after Russian attack.
Volunteers of the rapid response unit of the Kharkiv regional organization of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) inspected the damaged houses as a result of the Russian air attack on Wednesday.
All power units of DTEK's Burshtynska and Ladyzhynska TPPs completely or partially damaged by Russia's strike – top manager.
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Budanov explains why Russia allowed terrorist attack in Moscow region - intelligence agency.
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Live: Baltimore bridge collapse: 2 people rescued, at least 7 missing.
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We'll be living with this threat for decades, ex-FBI official warns.
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Pakistan-Afghan tensions rise over border attacks - DW News.
Officials in Pakistan are reporting a surge in the number of terror-related incidents. Pakistan says the majority of them are carried out by militants based in Afghanistan. The de-facto Taliban government there denies being involved. Tensions betw...