Category: 9. Business

NBU data shows that during the war the volume of repatriated business dividends now reaches $3.3B. It is noted that before the war, foreign businesses increased the transfer of dividends to parent companies overseas. In January 2022, businesses repatriated about $100M….

According to the NBU, the share of NPLs in the banking sector as of July 1 had decreased to 27%, their lowest level since the start of the full-scale invasion, when non-performing loans accounted for over 39%.

“In just six months, this figure fell by 3.3 percentage…

Driven by a memorandum issued by the Ukrainian government to finance the restoration of energy infrastructure damaged by Russian attacks, banks have worked to fund projects to restore electricity generation totaling 993 MW of capacity, the NBU reported. Additionally,…

The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that oil inventories will grow by 2.96 million barrels per day in 2026, faster than the growth seen at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Oil demand is expected to increase by just 680,000 barrels per day this year (the…

The EBRD and Naftogaz have signed a record-breaking €500M agreement that will allow Ukraine to replenish its gas reserves in preparation for the heating season, announced Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. This loan is the largest EBRD project in Ukraine and one of the…

US President Donald Trump is seeking to resolve the conflict through diplomacy, and Europe holds hundreds of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets, which could serve as leverage. Brussels is currently working to redirect interest from these assets to provide support…

According to White House, President Donald Trump believes he will quickly determine whether a deal is possible. “I’ll probably know in the first two minutes whether a deal can be made because that’s what I do. I make deals”, Trump stated.

The US President also…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told European leaders that they should reject any proposals by US President Donald Trump that would transfer additional Ukrainian lands to Russia, but he might consider allowing Moscow to retain some of the territories it has captured….

“I was going to do a lot more, but I got a call that they want to meet. I’ll see what they want to talk about”, US President Donald Trump said. He added that he would like to see a ceasefire in the war Russia is waging against Ukraine and to achieve the best deal…

According to a study by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Europe has taken the lead in channeling funds for weapons production to Ukraine. From the start of the full-scale war through June 2025, Europe allocated at least €35.1B in military aid through defense…