Category: 9. Business
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The World Bank predicts a historic oil surplus that will cause prices to fall in 2025.
The World Bank predicts that in 2024-2025 global oil supply will exceed demand by an average of 1.2 million barrels per day. This surplus will likely limit the price effects from an even wider conflict in the Middle East. Such a significant oversupply has only been… Continue Reading
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Zelenskyy said that India can stop the Russian war against Ukraine, but instead, it chooses to help Russia import AI chips.
According to President Zelenskyy, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi can influence the end of the war, as he is the head of a large state in terms of population, influence, and economy. The president emphasized that hindering the Russian economy, low energy prices and… Continue Reading
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Trump may propose a new Minsk Agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
US presidential candidate Donald Trump and his potential vice president, JD Vance, have repeatedly spoken about their desire to end the war in Ukraine. In September, Vance floated the idea of a frozen conflict with autonomous regions on either side of a… Continue Reading
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How can Ukraine’s allies respond to North Korean combat troops?
The North Korean move marks a turning point in the Russian-Ukrainian war by expanding the conflict into an increasingly global war with more external players. In response, South Korea could lift its ban on the supply of lethal aid to a country in a state of war. “If… Continue Reading
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Russia has paid North Korea around $5.5B for weapons and is deploying North Korean troops in Kursk; China is alarmed by this cooperation.
Since February 2022, the Russian Federation has purchased up to $5.5B worth of North Korean weapons, analysts have discovered. Russia is trying to use cooperation with North Korea as a lever of influence on the countries of East Asia. Additional pressure is created on… Continue Reading
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Ukraine is working to involve international partners in financing the agricultural land demining market.
Potential partners are interested in Ukraine’s pilot project to establish the demining market for agricultural land through Prozorro auctions. And now the task is to involve them in financing this market to provide for its expansion and replace financing from… Continue Reading
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Germany is finalizing a €1.4B military aid package for Ukraine.
Christiane Hoffmann, the deputy spokeswoman for the German government, stated: “Germany continues its broad support to Ukraine, in particular, it is implementing another €1.4B aid package.” She also touched on the $50B loan that was conceived in the summer by the… Continue Reading
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German businesses contemplate their options as the suspension of military reservations threatens companies working in Ukraine.
The suspension of the reservation of Ukrainian workers, despite the millions of dollars invested by German companies to support Ukraine’s economy during the war, threatens the business community and the stability of strategically important industries: retail and… Continue Reading
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Ukraine will settle nonperforming loans, which will help to attract private investment.
The National Bank of Ukraine and the IFC signed an agreement to create an infrastructure for resolving nonperforming loans (NPL) in the Ukrainian banking system. The agreement envisages the creation of a legal framework for NPL settlement companies. There are currently… Continue Reading
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Nova Poshta records high demand for its bonds from institutional investors.
Nova Poshta from the Nova Group, a leading logistics operator in Ukraine, notes a significant demand for its bonds from a wide range of institutional investors, the group’s financial director Petro Fokov said. Nova Poshta conducts closed placement of bonds among a… Continue Reading