President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola stated that negotiations on Ukraine and Moldova’s accession to the EU should begin by the end of this year. She emphasized that the Kremlin did not achieve its goal of interfering in Moldova’s parliamentary…
Category: 9. Business
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One of the world’s leading agro-industrial companies will acquire the Vinnytsia Oil and Fat Plant to expand its presence in the domestic market.
An international holding company involved in processing and distributing agricultural products, Bunge (Netherlands), intends to buy the Vinnytsia Oil and Fat Plant. The Antimonopoly Committee has already approved Koninklijke Bunge’s acquisition of a controlling stake…
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In October, the EU will review the trade terms for agricultural products with Ukraine.
Roksolana Pidlasa, head of the parliamentary budget committee, mentioned at the Ukrainian Exports Forum: Through the Thorns to the EU that the Council of the European Union will examine the tariff quotas for certain Ukrainian agricultural exports on October 13. The new…
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A new $20.46M industrial park is the fourth to open in the Zhytomyr region.
The Azortech industrial park in Andrushivka, the Zhytomyr region, has been added to the Register of Industrial Parks, making it the 106th park listed. Azortech was established for a 30-year period. Covering an area of 21.8 hectares, it will host processing industry…
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Russia is planning to provoke Poland in order to undermine Ukraine.
Russia and Belarus might be preparing sabotage operations to be carried out by special forces targeting critical infrastructure in Poland, along with conducting additional drone incursions and blaming Ukraine for these acts. On September 30, the Russian Foreign…
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Poland states that the drone attack was a premeditated provocation by Russia.
Poland’s Minister of Digitalization, Krzysztof Gawkowski, claimed on X to have evidence of Russia’s intentional violation of Polish airspace. “It was a planned provocation, coordinated with a disinformation campaign, which is also an element of war”, he…
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Ukraine has shut down 25% of Russia’s refineries, marking an unprecedented level of downtime.
Since early August, Ukrainian drone strikes have targeted over twenty major oil refineries across Russia. As of September 28, Russian analysts report that 38% of the country’s primary oil refining capacity – sufficient to process 338,000 tons of raw material daily…
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Offering a reparations loan to Kyiv benefits the EU defense sector, as the US suggests moving $10B each month from Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine.
EU leaders are debating how to best allocate €140B in frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, with a focus on enabling Kyiv to purchase weapons. Many European leaders favor a zero-interest reparations loan and ensuring that the funds are used…
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Ukraine’s ideological ally has imported enough Russian petroleum products to pay for 170,000 drones.
Since 2022, Taiwan’s purchases of Russian petroleum products have increased by nearly 500%, generating $1.7B in revenue for Russia. This amount would suffice to produce 170,000 Gerber drones, according to the Center for Energy Research and the Environmental Rights…
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After screening legislation for compliance with EU law, Ukraine expects to begin accession negotiations.
The Head of the Ministry of Development and Reform, Oleksiy Kuleba, noted that Ukraine has taken another step toward joining the EU by completing the screening process of national legislation for EU compliance. This marks the final stage before the official start of…
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