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This year, Boryspil Airport has already served more passengers than for the whole of 2018.

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By the end of October of this year, the passenger flow of Boryspil International Airport has already exceeded the figure for the whole of 2018 and amounted to 12 million 633 thousand passengers. This was informed at the airport, reports Nova Vlada. "The beginning of the week and we have good news! Today Borispol International Airport has served 12.633 million passengers. And this is more than for the whole of 2018," the airport said. As reported, the airports of Ukraine for 8 months of 2019 received and sent 16.077 million passengers, which is 19.4% higher than the result for the same period last year. Recall, the Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krikliy said that the number of Ukrainians using air transport will increase three times. It is also planned to increase the share of air routes that are carried out according to the low cost model, and reduce the tax burden by abolishing 20% ​​VAT on domestic flights. The ministry plans to propose the abolition of such a ta

Kharkov "Electrotyazhmash" made a batch of electric motors for domestic trolleybuses "Barvinok"

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Kharkiv State Plant "Electrotyazhmash" is the largest manufacturer of traction motors for urban electric transport and railways. In addition, the company produces large generators for thermal, nuclear and hydroelectric power plants. As reported at the plant, they have completed the production of a batch of four AD-903 traction motors for the Barvinok trolley, which is produced in Chernihiv. The company has already sent traction motors to the Chernihiv auto plant. From all appearances, these traction engines will be completed with the Barvinok trolleybuses for Cherkasy, where the dealer of the Chernihiv auto plant - the Etalon-leasing company won a tender for the supply of 3 trolleybuses. Transmitted by the National Industrial Portal with reference to Passenger Transport. Note that traction electric motors manufactured by "Electrotyazhmash" are used by almost all Ukrainian manufacturers of electric transport. In particular, the Kharkov plant produced traction mot

Targa Fuels the first two mobile service stations from Ukraine for installing in Mexico City and León

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Through Grupo Enermex’ subsidiary, Targa Fuels , the first two mobile service stations from Ukraine, for installing in Mexico City and León, Guanajuato has arrived, with an investment of 5 million pesos. Targa Fuels and Petróleos Mexicanos Transformación Industrial signed a contract for the purchase, distribution and supply of gasoline and diesel. The agreement includes the distribution of 92 octane premium gasoline, regular 87 octane gasoline and UBA diesel, which are located at the PEMEX Storage and Distribution Terminals. The import company Targa Fuels, an expert in innovation and technology, is responsible for the marketing of fuels through mobile service stations, a new concept in the country that facilitates the distribution and supply of energy in all regions. With this agreement, Targa Fuels contributes to the commitment to modernize and boost the development of Mexico, through logistics that make fuel management more efficient throughout the Mexican territory.

The average speed of mobile Internet in Ukraine has grown to 20.9 Mbps: a rating of operators from Ookla Speedtest

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Ookla published the results of the analysis of speed tests in the Speedtest application, in which it assessed which network had the highest average mobile Internet speed in Ukraine in 2-3 quarters of 2019. To do this, the company analyzed about 1.6 million Internet speed tests that users from Ukraine conducted in the Speedtest application during the specified period. The operators were assigned a Speed ​​Score: this is an indicator that includes information on the speed of downloading and data transfer (in 4G networks, as well as 2 / 3G). According to the study, the average download speed of mobile Internet in Ukraine increased to 20.9 Mbit / s, compared to 16.17 Mbit / s in 2018. The leader in the speed of mobile Internet in the study was Kyivstar (the average download speed is 22.4 Mbit / s). In general, the Speed ​​Score rating looks like this:     Kyivstar - 20.73     lifecell - 18.38     Vodafone Ukraine - 18.28 More detailed estimation of operator speeds: The study also has

Match Ukraine - Portugal - in the top 6 in attendance in the selection for Euro 2020

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The Ukrainian team on October 14 in Kiev at the NSC Olimpiysky beat Portugal 2-1 and won a ticket to Euro 2020. This fight was attended by 65,883 spectators. Interestingly, in only five matches of the selection at the stadiums there were more fans: England - Bulgaria - 82 605 England - Czech Republic - 82 575 France - Albania - 77,655 Spain - Sweden - 72,205 France - Turkey - 72,154 Ukraine - Portugal - 65,883 Note that 50 matches of the qualifying stage will also be held in November.

A startup with a Ukrainian cofounder raised $ 500,000.

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  Localhalo , a London-based startup, raised about $ 500,000 from angel investors. The team is working on a free social network for neighbors, it already has about 5,000 users in two areas of London. Its founders are the British James Rutledge and the Ukrainian Andrey Maryin. Together, they decided to build a social network for neighbors. Here you can get acquainted with those who live in the neighborhood, join in groups.     “So it’s easier for neighbors to achieve common goals, whether they be better served by the local ZhEK or warning neighbors about the theft of parcels or other things. The neighbors immediately send each other pictures of the suspects and watch out together. Such a “distributed electronic granny” at the entrance, ”Andrei explains. Now their product is at the preseed stage, there are first users, programmers in Ukraine, London and Kazakhstan are working on the development, but so far the application does not generate income. The team plans to invest money raise

Yarmolenko at West Ham United campaign against racism

There is #NoRoomforRacism anywhere at West Ham United. pic.twitter.com/0pnZnTudvY — West Ham United (@WestHam) October 18, 2019