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Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 06:33
Ukraine’s reconstruction needs are now running at $411 billion, but this sum does not currently include the damage caused to infrastructure, housing stock and businesses in the temporarily occupied areas.
The National Agency on Corruption Prevention of Ukraine (NACP) has added the Austrian banking group, Raiffeisen Bank International, to the list of international sponsors of war.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and World Bank Vice President Anna Bjerde have discussed the implementation of joint projects in support of Ukraine.
After defeating the Russian aggressor on the battlefield, the reconstruction of the country will be one of the key tasks. For this, it is necessary to create a favorable tax environment.
Coal mines are unable to fully operate in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions due to Russian armed aggression. The losses from interrupted coal mining operations in these regions are likely to exceed $300 million.
On March 23, 2022, the Law of Ukraine on the corporatization of Energoatom National Nuclear Energy Generating Company is coming into force.
The heads of the Ukrainian and Moldovan border and customs agencies have signed a protocol on the organization of joint control at the Serpneve-1 – Basarabeasca railway checkpoint.
Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expressed concern that the last remaining back up 330 kilovolt (kV) power line at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), damaged three weeks ago, remains under repair.
The Ukrainian Economy Ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Norwegian Refugee Council regarding the provision of financial assistance to relocated enterprises.
Losses of PJSC Ukrhydroenergo, Ukraine's main hydropower generating company, as a result of Russian missile attacks, have reached almost UAH 40 billion.
22 March 2023
Germany sees Ukraine as a promising partner in the energy sector.
A criminal proceeding launched in 2019 against officials with ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih over the alleged environmental pollution has been closed.
Naftogaz expects constructive stand from Eurobond holders over the restructuring scenario proposed earlier.
German economy can respond to Ukraine's defense needs as expected.
The representatives of IMF and Ukraine’s authorities reached a staff-level agreement on a $15.6 billion 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement.
In 2022/2023 marketing year (MY), Ukraine exported 35.810 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops. In March, the country exported 3.513 million tonnes of these crops.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and Ukrainian authorities have reached a staff level agreement on a new $15.6 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement for Ukraine.
On March 21, 2023, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry raised UAH 5.6 billion to the state budget from the sale of domestic government loan bonds.
From March 13 to March 19, 2023, Ukraine exported 1,081,000 tonnes of agricultural products through the sea ports of Odesa region, which is 38% more than in the previous week, according to the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB).
In the first two months of 2023, Russia increased its crude oil sales to China by almost a quarter. It overtook Saudi Arabia to become China's largest oil supplier.
In January-February 2023, Ukrainian solvent banks received UAH 21.5 billion in net profit, which is 2.2 times more than in the same period last year.
21 March 2023
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine insists on finding mechanisms to liberate the Russian-captured Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, as currently no international institution can resolve the issue.
The UN Environment Programme is working with the Ukrainian government on the issue of disposal of building debris, which becomes more urgent amid war.
EU-disbursed EUR 1.5 billion tranche of macro-financial assistance is already on the accounts of the National Bank of Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted a law increasing state budget expenditures by UAH 537.2 billion, with 96.5% of the amount to be spent on Ukraine's national security and defense sector.
The European Union transferred to Ukraine the second tranche of EUR 1.5 billion as part of the EUR 18 billion macro-financial assistance program.
As of the morning of March 21, electricity generation surplus fully covers the required volumes for the needs of consumers across Ukraine.
The first ship loaded with 30,000 tonnes of Ukrainian-produced wheat has arrived in the Republic of Kenya as part of the Grain from Ukraine humanitarian program initiated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) sold $376.22 million on the interbank foreign exchange market over the past week.