Why Poland Wants 5 million Ukrainian workers for the 2020s; Jobless rate at lowest since 1991 puts pressure to raise wages; Tight labor market is key impediment to growth, SocGen says
Survey: Ukraine is to be top destination this year for hedge fund managers; Kiev International Economic Forum attendance to double; Park Inn to open; Regus at near capacity
As Kyiv’s economic conferences start this fall, China, the world’s second largest economy, is missing from agendas. With a $12 trillion economy, eight times Russia’s, China is emerging quietly as Ukraine’s top economic partner of the future.
Fast, crossborder trains to Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. An EU standard highway to Romania. Next challenge: Baltic to Black Sea highway, from Poland to Odesa
Italian carrier to start flights from Lviv to six Italian cities; Despite 65 airstrips, domestic air traffic lags due to high fuel taxes; Metro to Kharkiv airport;
All flights no longer lead to Kyiv Boryspil; regional airports start foreign flights, banking on Ukraine’s growing consumer confidence and visa free access to EU Schengen zone.
Australians Peter Kuhn and Glen Hollings gambled when they invested $250,000 in an Australian meat pie factory near Kyiv, then in the throes of the Maidan revolution.
Ukraine loses millions of dollars in overflight fees as passenger planes fly around Ukraine. Of interest to travelers, takeoffs and landings picked up last year.