Political and economic independence of a country, its ability to defend its geopolitical interests, the role that its government plays in influential
international organizations – all of these issues are directly related to how much energy resources it possesses.
Anatoliy BLIZNIUK, chairman of the Donetsk Region Council
From September 17, 2009, to September 19, 2009, the ²² International Investment Summit «Mobilization of Investments for the Implementation of Resource and Energy Saving Technologies» was held in Donetsk. The summit became a logical continuation of the large-scale project connected with the mobilization of investments in the Donetsk regio...
Vladimir LOGVINENKO, chairman of the Donetsk Regional State Administration
In 2009, the socio-economic situation in the region was characterized by continuation of negative trends of late 2008, which were formed under the influence of the cumulative effect of the global financial crisis.
Particularly severe was the impact of the global financial crisis on metallurgy, since almost 80% of stee...
Alexandr KHOKHOTVA, deputy chairman of the Donetsk Region State Administration
“One of the tasks the Donetsk regional administration copes with is to create proper conditions for the dialogue between businesspeople and enterprises from different countries. If the government takes part in the finding of solution, it can drag on for years. Any business can always understand another one irrespecti...
Located 100 km away from Donetsk, Kramatorsk is primarily known as a town of engineering workers. The trademark of Kramatorsk is the leader of Ukrainian mechanical engineering – Novokramatorsk Engineering Plant, producing equipment for the metallurgical, mining and transport industries. The iron and steel industry is represented by one of the biggest plant...
Now, at such a difficult time, every leader is working hard in order to find any ways to mitigate the impact of the global financial crisis on the economy on his native city. The expenditure on energy remains a considerable part of the structure of expenditure on industrial production.
Therefore, the energy efficiency becomes a key factor of overcoming the c...
Ivan OVCHINNIKOV, chairman of Volnovakha Raion Council
Volnovakha Raion Council is working diligently on implementation of the Energy Saving Program of the Donetsk Region for 2006-2010. Ivan Ovchinnikov, the chairman of Volnovakha Raion Council, tells us about the main directions of the deputy corps activity in this field.
Vitaliy KIRYANKOV, head of the Territorial Administration of the State Inspectorate for energy saving in Donetsk region
With the reduction of global stocks and increase of the cost of fuel and energy resources, the issues of state control over their use a getting more and more important in our country. According to the order of the Cabinet of Ministers, the state inspectorates for energy saving...
Nikolay Ptashka, head of Culture and Tourism Department of the Donetsk Regional State Administration
The II International Investment Summit of Donetsk Region, which was held in September 2009, was attended by about 8000 people; and about 700 foreigners came to Donbas from 15 countries worldwide. The official activities of the Forum included a lot of conferences, round-table discussions, projec...
