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Parliament appoints Vitaliy Koval as head of State Property Fund
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has appointed Vitaliy Koval as head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has appointed Vitaliy Koval as head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine.
Due to the protests of Polish carriers, who have been blocking Ukrainian trucks from crossing the border for the second week, 317 trucks crossed the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing point in Volyn in three days instead of 1,800 in each direction.
Kyiv hopes to hold talks with Poland and the European Commission this week, as thousands of trucks queue at the border due to Polish blocks.
Since the beginning of the year, women in Ukraine have opened 154,000 new individual proprietorships, which is 56% of all businesses started this year.
In 2023, 16,300 auctions were successfully held via the Prozorro.Sale system, which brought UAH 12.29 billion to the budgets of various levels.
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and Ambassador of Estonia to Ukraine Annely Kolk have discussed the recovery of Ukrainian infrastructure, particularly in Zhytomyr region.
20 November 2023
Near the EU border in Zakarpattia, a significant reduction in the queues of trucks from the Polish direction has been recorded, with queues halving in a few days.
Polish border guards did not allow trucks with humanitarian aid from the Red Cross to enter Ukraine. Tanks with oil products, gas, and other hazardous substances are standing in crowded parking lots and roadsides.
Polish border guards did not allow trucks with humanitarian aid from the Red Cross to enter Ukraine. Tanks with oil products, gas, and other hazardous substances are standing in crowded parking lots and roadsides.
Japan is planning to provide 160 million euros to support Ukraine's economic recovery projects, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.
Ukraine and Poland are preparing claims for damages caused by the blocking of border crossing points due to a rally of Polish carriers.
More than half of all funds allocated for road maintenance works in the Sumy region have been directed to border communities.
Ukraine's Danube ports of Reni, Izmail and Ust-Dunaisk increased cargo handling by 2.2 times from January through October 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, from 12.6 million tonnes to 27.6 million tonnes.
19 November 2023
No significant price increase for the main food products from the "borscht set" should be expected this season.
There is currently no reduction observed in financial support for Ukraine.
The head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Volodymyr Artiukh met with the German Ambassador to Ukraine, Martin Jaeger, to discuss continued cooperation.
With funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB), Ukraine will be able to complete 28 projects and launch 186 new projects to improve the quality of life across Ukrainian communities as soon as this year.
18 November 2023
Ukraine's State Property Fund plans to sell UAH 4 billion worth of assets at privatization auctions in 2024.
The Warsaw exhibition and conference proved that international business is ready to implement attractive projects in Ukraine for the long term
A merchant ship transporting grains was lightly damaged off the coast of Ukraine and was likely to have been hit by a floating sea mine.
As of November 17, 2023, Ukrainian farmers harvested almost 74 million tons of new grain and oilseeds.
The Council of Europe Development Bank has approved the first joint healthcare project with Ukraine, worth EUR 100 million.
17 November 2023
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has simplified the import of power equipment to Ukraine, namely generators and transformers.
The draft law on additional taxation of banks, the proceeds of which will go to the army, may be adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in the second reading next week.
Since the launch of the temporary maritime corridor in the Black Sea announced by the Ukrainian Navy in August, 115 vessels have left the ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi.
Polish carriers continue to block truck traffic at the three main checkpoints - Yahodyn, Rava-Ruska, and Krakivets. This has caused queues at other checkpoints to Poland.
The invaders continue to violate the technical requirements for the operation of equipment at the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, primarily at power units 2, 4 and 6.
The U.S. government has announced the imposition of sanctions against a number of companies and commercial vessels involved in the transportation of oil from Russia at prices above the imposed caps.
The United States will continue to strengthen the resilience of Ukraine's energy system, which is under threat of Russian strikes, and plans to allocate about $500 million more for this purpose.