The governments of Ukraine and Hungary have agreed on amendments to the agreement on border traffic control that will allow the opening of another checkpoint for passenger vehicles, Velyka Palad – Nagyhódos.
Source: Ukrainian Ministry of Development of…
The Czech railway operator RegioJet’s second line to Ukraine will commence operations on 27 March. It will run through Slovakia to the town of Chop (Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine) and complement the existing line through the city of Przemyśl (Poland).
So…
Editor’s Note: This is issue 120 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering events from Feb. 17-Feb. 23, 2024. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission.Corporate governance of SOEsThe Verkhovna Rada adopts the long-awaited law on…
The Ukrainian government has decided to open a new border crossing with Hungary at Velyka Palad-Nagyhodos, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Feb. 23 during a government meeting.There are currently five road crossings between the two countries: Chop-…
Ukraine’s state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznytsia transported a record 2.1 million passengers to European countries in 2023, the company reported on Jan. 5. The airspace above Ukraine has remained closed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasi…
A Volvo truck and a Ford Focus passenger car with a military license plate collided on the Kyiv-Chop highway in the Smozhe village in the Lviv region on Dec. 16, killing four people. The individuals killed included the driver of the passenger car and t…
Lorry traffic is still being blocked at three checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border and one on the Slovak-Ukrainian border, with over 5,000 trucks queuing at the border.
Source: Colonel Andrii Demchenko, spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Border Gua…
Hungarian border guards have informed their Ukrainian counterparts that the protest planned by Hungarian hauliers will not block the border between the two countries, as is the case with Poland.
Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Stat…
There are almost 3.500 lorries in Poland near the Ukrainian border as of the morning of 10 December, said State Border Service spokesman Andrii Demchenko.
Source: Demchenko live on the national 24/7 newscast
Quote: “The situation is almost unchan…
Hungarian freight carriers starting on Dec. 11 will begin an official demonstration and block the Záhony-Chop checkpoint on the border with Ukraine, local media reported citing the Association of Hungarian Road Carriers.Truckers from Hungary, Poland, a…