Category: 9. Business

In the first nine months of 2024, Astarta agroholding increased revenue by 13%, to €441M, and profit by €20M (+35%), to €75.6M. Revenue from sugar production increased by 19% to €169M. The volume of sugar exports increased by 400%, to 140,000 tons, thanks to… Continue Reading

According to the Business Development Director of the Bila Tserkva industrial park in the Kyiv region, Oleksandr Protsyuk, five factories are currently operating there, three are still under construction, and two more will be built next year. This will bring more than… Continue Reading

Russia’s Soviet-era weapons stockpiles will run out by the end of 2025, so Putin may start talks early next year. However, the war will last at least another year if the negotiations do not go as the Kremlin leader would like, predicts Peter Pomerantsev, a professor at… Continue Reading

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metzola, called on the German government to transfer Taurus missiles to Ukraine in response to Russian aggression, as the Kremlin’s escalation of the war is alarming. However, the coalition of the Christian Democratic… Continue Reading

Europe, amid questions regarding further US support for Ukraine after Donald Trump comes to power, has resumed discussions on sending Western troops and private defense companies to Ukraine. This topic was raised on November 11 during the visit of the British Prime… Continue Reading

G7 foreign ministers, meeting in Italy on Monday and Tuesday, will pledge to act against entities in China and elsewhere that support Russia’s war machine against Ukraine. A draft communiqué seen by Bloomberg said that pressure would be stepped up before Donald Trump… Continue Reading

The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine continues to grow, said Maksym Tkachenko, member of the parliamentary Committee on Human Rights. According to him, there are currently approximately five million IDPs in the country. At the same time, a rapid… Continue Reading

Serhiy Labazyuk is the founder of the Vitagro group of companies, which in the fall commissioned and connected to Ukraine’s gas transmission system a biomethane plant with a capacity of three million cubic meters per year. Commenting on Vitagro’s plans, he stated:… Continue Reading

Exports of Ukrainian cheeses in January-October 2024 amounted to 10,100 tons, which is 40.3% more than in the same period last year. Revenue amounted to $43.7M, 34% more than last year. The largest buyers of Ukrainian cheeses were Moldova (33.1%), Kazakhstan (30.2%), and… Continue Reading

By April 2025, the investment company Dragon Capital will install solar panels with a capacity of 1.2 MW on the roof of the company’s warehouse in Tarasivka, said top manager Volodymyr Tymochko. “The amount of investment in the project is about $400,000,” he says…. Continue Reading