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Meanwhile, Danylyuk believes that it would be better to place new Eurobond only after receiving "a positive signal" from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the new tranche under a $17.5bn support programme agreed with Kyiv in 2015.
"Until we receive a positive signal from the IMF, we can not enter the markets," Interfax quoted Danylyuk as saying in an interview with Radio NV.
Groysman: Small privatization starting via ProZorro system. Ukraine will start the privatization of small assets that do not represent strategic importance for the economy via the ProZorro system in June, the prime minister announced. Large, strategically important assets, will be retained as state property, the governmental portal reports. ProZorro is a fully online public procurement platform and a collaborative environment that ensures open access to public procurement (tenders) in Ukraine.
The European Parliament votes on extending EUR 1bn in macro-financial aid to Ukraine . This would be the third package of aid since the Maidan revolution. In 2014, the EU sent EUR 1.6bn, and in 2015 – EUR 1.8bn. Disbursement of this third package is contingent on the IMF resuming its aid program.
After many delays, 22 large state companies – each valued over $10mn – are to be privatized under orders signed by Vitaliy Trubarov, acting head of the State Property Fund. He wrote on Facebook: “There is no way back...This is the first large list of enterprises for sale for the last 10 years.” Last month, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the “big” privatizations for 2018. This list includes five regional energy companies, Centrenergo, Odesa Port-Side Chemical Plant, Turboatom, Zaporizhia Titanium and Magnesium Combine, United Mining and Chemical Company, and Sumykhimprom. The government
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