Category: 9. Business

The war against Ukraine costs Russia an enormously high price, resulting in its greatest military losses since World War II. Since the beginning of 2024, the Russians have managed to take control of only 4,731 square kilometers, less than 1% of Ukraine’s territory, and…

Through a risk-sharing arrangement, EBRD will back the issuance of new loans by ProCredit Bank to small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine. With EBRD’s assistance, the bank anticipates providing sub-loans of up to €60M to private enterprises and households….

Swiss company Medlog SA, the logistics division of one of the world’s largest container operators – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), officially entered the Ukrainian market. In May, the company acquired a 50% stake in the Ukrainian intermodal logistics operator…

Since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Hungary and Slovakia have sent €5.4B to Moscow for crude oil alone, a sum sufficient to fund 1,800 Iskander-M missiles. Despite sanctions exemptions aimed at reducing their reliance, Budapest and Bratislava show…

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) from the World Bank Group may contribute €5M to the Flyer One Ventures (F1V) Fund to invest in technology companies in Ukraine, as well as in Central and Eastern European countries. The Board of Directors plans to consider…

The signing of the Agreement on the Establishment of the American-Ukrainian Reconstruction Investment Fund has sparked optimism that tangible investment will finally reach Ukraine’s geological exploration and subsoil sector, said President of the Union of Geologists of…

In 2024, Ukraine entered the top three of the largest exporters of agricultural products to the EU, ranking third with an export volume of €13.1B, which accounts for 6.7% of total agricultural imports to the European Union, according to Eurostat data. Brazil became the…

Retail prices for electricity for industrial enterprises in Ukraine increased by an average of 20% in the first ten days of May compared to the average price in April, reported former Energy Minister Olga Buslavets. The average electricity price index on the day-ahead…

According to Gremi Personal analysts, in 2024 the volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) from Poland to Ukraine amounted to $172.5M, which is 10% less than in 2023, when the figure reached $191.6M. For comparison, in 2022 investment from Poland amounted to only $97M….

Currency controls instituted by the National Bank of Ukraine complicate the conclusion of international M&A deals, experts noted during the Ukrainian PE & VC Summit conference in Warsaw.

“The participants discussed the current challenges of the mergers and acquisitions…