Category: 9. Business

In an interview, President Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is negotiating the initiation of defense production abroad. Notably, there are already agreements in place with Denmark, Norway, Germany, Britain, and Lithuania. Formal agreements on the controlled export of…

The Russian dictator outlined the conditions that Ukraine must meet to halt the aggression: “Kyiv must agree to a neutral status, refrain from engaging in any foreign alliances, renounce any ambitions for nuclear weapons, and recognize the outcomes of referendums…

The European Union is considering transferring frozen Russian state assets (almost €200B) from Euroclear in Belgium to a “specialized organization” under the auspices of the EU. The main advantage of quickly creating a new fund is that the assets can be directed to…

The EU will increase the European Investment Bank’s annual lending limit to €100 billion this year. This new limit exceeds last year’s bank lending by more than €10B and is €5B higher than the EIB’s previous target. Under this budget, funding for the defense…

Representatives from 12 EU countries (the Baltic states, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Finland, France, and Sweden), along with Britain, Norway, and Iceland, called for enhanced counteraction to Russia’s attempts to evade international…

On June 19, the Ukrainian Parliament fully adopted draft legislation focused on improving the public-private partnership (PPP) mechanism.

“We expect that the mechanism will finally work and will bring us up to $1 billion in investment in specific projects in the coming…

In May 2025, Ukraine’s real gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 1.1% compared to the same month last year, according to the IER. Analysts note that while the growth rate remains low, there are several positive indicators emerging. For instance, real gross value added…

“This year has seen the emergence of new work areas. For instance, consortium lending enables funding for large-scale infrastructure projects. Banks, both private and state-owned, are collaborating to finance initiatives focused on economic development. I believe that…

Calmit GmbH from Austria, which specializes in lime and building materials, aims to construct a facility in the Batyvo community in Transcarpathia. Batyvo meets customer needs, such as its close proximity to the border, available connections to both broad- and…

The trade turnover between Ukraine and Germany has exceeded that of Russia’s for the first time, according to Vitaliy Ivashchuk, a representative of the Embassy of Ukraine in Berlin.

“In 2024, for the first time since 1992, when separate statistics have been kept for…