07.09.2017
This month the Pickard real estate agency will celebrate 25 years of operations in Ukraine and has experienced the economic and political vagaries of this country as it emerged as a new independent state from 1991.
Now 2017 could be the year when a really new country takes its place in the European community due to:
- on the 1st September the association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union commences to encourage free trade.
- Ukrainians from June of this year were granted visa free travel to the European Union. Plus within Ukraine the country is also changing as:
- there is a major reduction in corruption; not perfect but a considerable improvement.
- the 'old guards' are gradually losing there political and economic powers as a new and younger generation takes their place
Hence the opportunity.
Particular sectors of interest for investment: agriculture, the IT sector and low cost housing