Category: 9. Business

The State Property Fund of Ukraine announced an online auction on January 16 to privatize 100% of the shares of the Smoli chemical plant (Dnipropetrovsk region). The starting price for the share package is ₴72.027M ($1.7M), excluding VAT. The plant’s main activity is…

As one of the world’s largest sunflower oil producers, the Kernel agroholding will purchase the Agro-Region group of companies. The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has already approved the deal. This marks Kernel’s second attempt to acquire Agro-Region during the…

According to the Ministry of Economy, the market had reached maturity last year and demonstrated predictable dynamics. Despite the ongoing full-scale war, the market-maintained liquidity, showed a steady increase in value, and developed a clear demand structure….

According to Oleksandr Komarov, a top executive at Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, the company’s main investment priorities include telecommunications development, digital services, and alternative energy. Komarov noted: “The two most attractive sectors for a…

According to analysts, weather has severely impacted the Ukrainian sunflower harvest for the second consecutive season, causing the crop yield to fall to 2014 levels. Sunflower exports for the first four months of the season reached 12,000 tons, the lowest in the last 20…

On January 8, Russia’s latest strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities left hundreds of thousands without power and heating during the cold winter months, as Kyiv and Washington continued to negotiate a framework for peace. The country’s fourth-largest city, Dnipro,…

After their meeting in Paris, leaders of the Coalition of the Willing announced plans to provide Ukraine with both political and legal security guarantees once a ceasefire is achieved. They emphasized that Ukraine’s ability to defend itself is vital for its own…

President Zelenskyy said his team will move on to discuss the “most difficult issues” with Donald Trump’s envoys after negotiators secured a breakthrough on Kyiv’s security guarantees. Discussions will shift to the previously unresolved issues of territory and…

The US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said that the “unprecedented” agreement on Ukraine’s economic prosperity is in the final stages of coordination. He announced a project for Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction, which will involve BlackRock, the…

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) on Wednesday launched an online portal, opening a new channel for applicants to submit projects to the new US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (URIF), stating it expects to announce its first investments in…