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SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2021

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IMF worried about Ukraine’s gas price cut
KYIV, Jan 14 – The International Monetary Fund has expressed concerns over Ukraine’s plans to cut natural gas prices for households and has already contacted senior government officials about that, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said Thursday. 10:53 | More

EBA complains State Tax Service transformation wasn’t transparent enough
KYIV, Jan 14 - The State Tax Service from 2021, due to the transformation into a single legal entity, has radically changed the work with big business, but did not inform companies about this, the European Business Association (EBA) has reported. 10:52 | More

GUAM countries work on free trade area treaty
KYIV, Jan 13 – Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova, known as GUAM bloc, are working on launching free trade area (FTA) agreement in order to further boost cooperation in the region, Yuriy Hrynevetsky, representative of the Department of Economic Diplomacy of the Foreign Ministry, said. 10:51 | More

During the talks in Kyiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of Moldova Maia Sandu called energy, infrastructure and transit priority areas for a common economic impetus.

Lekhim plans to register Chinese COVID-19 vaccine in Ukraine
KYIV, Jan 13 – The Lekhim group of pharmaceutical companies (Kyiv) plans to register in Ukraine a vaccine against coronavirus (COVID-19) disease produced by the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech until February 5, after the vaccine is registered in Brazil, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Lekhim group of pharmaceutical companies Valeriy Pechayev said Wednesday. 10:49 | More

IN FOCUS	Ukraine, Moldova to resume ‘friendship’ KYIV, Jan 12 - The leaders of Moldova and Ukraine have called for rebooting ties as the two neighbors pursue a pro-EU agenda and fend off territorial disputes with Russia-backed forces. 20:29 \| More
Ukraine cuts gas prices, reverses reforms KYIV, Jan 13 – Ukraine will cut 30% natural gas prices for households, introducing state regulation in the sector for the first time in five years, due to coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Wednesday. 10:35 \| More

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS

Threats persist from Chernobyl and Fukusima, Greenpeace reports The forest areas around Ukraine's Chernobyl and Japan's Fukusima remain sources of radiation and carry a potential threat to the health of local residents, Greenpeace said.More	Consumer inflation slowing faster than expected, NBU reports The actual slow of consumer inflation in February in annual terms is quicker than the inflation-slowing trajectory to 12% as of late 2016 projected by the National Bank of Ukraine, the regulator has reported on its website.More
ING analysts forecast 2016 GDP decline, citing political risks Analysts from ING Bank have confirmed the forecast of a decline in real gross domestic product in 2016 by 1%, pointing to a predominance of political risks in the economy.More	NBU: Hryvnia slide caused by temporary and fundamental factors The decrease of the hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market continue being caused by both temporary and fundamental market factors that result in the reduction of supply of foreign currency, Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Governor Oleh Churiy said.More