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Wednesday, 22 April 2026, 08:51
President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen is fully aware of the situation in the countries bordering Ukraine as a result of large imports of Ukrainian agricultural products. She is proposing response measures in accordance with the rules of the EU's common market.
Ukraine continues negotiations with the European Union countries which banned the import of Ukrainian agricultural products in April, in particular with Hungary and Slovakia.
Since the launch of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, 28.3 million tonnes of grain were exported from Ukraine by 903 bulkers.
On Wednesday, April 19, the Bulgarian government introduced a temporary ban on the import of foodstuffs from Ukraine, with the exception of those going in transit.
There are 25 enterprises with Polish capital operating across Zhytomyr region, with more than USD 2.5 million invested in them, according to the Zhytomyr Regional State Administration (RSA), an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
The inspection of vessels sailing via the ‘grain corridor’ is resuming after Russia blocked it for the second time.
State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Jochen Flasbarth has been introduced to certain projects on Ukraine’s reconstruction as part of his visit to Kyiv.
Ukrainian National Power Company Ukrenergo and European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) have increased the technical capacity to import electricity from Europe to Ukraine to 1050 MW.
The decision to ban the import of goods originating from Ukraine or imported from Ukraine to Poland was made by Warsaw without consulting the business community, which affects not only Ukrainian but also Polish businesses.
Exports of Ukrainian agricultural products have helped to curb inflation in the European Union.
Last heating season Ukraine’s natural gas consumption volumes reduced significantly, but the country is already making preparations for the next autumn and winter period, and accumulating the necessary amount of natural gas in its underground storage facilities.
18 April 2023
The World Bank will become one of the key partners in the recovery of Ukraine. The implementation of several relevant programs has been already agreed upon.
As of the end of the autumn-winter period, due to destruction and occupation of territories by Russia, the Ukrainian power system temporarily lost 44% of nuclear generation, 78% of TPP, 66% of CHPP, 12% of HPP, 75% of wind generation, and more than 20% of solar generation capacity.
Sweden’s Absolut Vodka specializing in alcoholic beverage production will stop exporting its products to Russia.
The European Commission panel held a discussion on the operation of the Solidarity Lanes through which Ukraine’s foodstuffs are exported amid war, while tomorrow EC Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis will meet with representatives from the five EU countries bordering Ukraine, as well as the Ukrainian officials.
Japan has become the first country to contribute $23 million to cover war-related risks when investing in Ukraine.
Poland will unblock the transit of Ukrainian grain through its territory to ports in Europe on Friday, April 21. However, the ban on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the Polish market remains.
The ruling Romanian Social Democrat Party (PSD) will ask the government to issue an emergency decree to impose a temporary ban on Ukrainian grain imports.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has allocated additional EUR 20 million funding for the development of the water supply and wastewater system in Mykolaiv.
The Negmar Cicek ship has delivered 30 thousand tons of wheat to the port of Salif in the Republic of Yemen as part of the humanitarian food program Grain from Ukraine.
Russia is breaking its promises to countries around the world that are dependent on Ukrainian-produced grain.
The Ukrainian-Polish talks regarding the import and transit of Ukrainian agricultural products through the territory of Poland continue in Warsaw on Tuesday.
Sales of Chinese smartphones in Russia stood at over 70% of the Russian market in the first quarter against nearly 50% last year.
Last month, Russia managed to bring its crude oil exports back to pre-war levels.
The Government of Slovakia has decided to suspend the import of grain and other agricultural products from Ukraine.
Over the past week, DTEK power engineers have restored electricity supply to almost 50,000 families in Donetsk and Dnipro regions.
17 April 2023
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, the EBRD's Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus Matteo Patrone and Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Matti Maasikas have discussed cooperation in the reconstruction of Ukraine and the implementation of reforms.
Ukraine will suffer significant losses due to the embargo on the export of its agricultural products to neighboring countries of the European Union.
Ukraine is expected to receive $42 billion in financial assistance in 2023, including $4.6 billion from the International Monetary Fund, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Sergiy Nikolaychuk has said.