EconomyTech Tuesday, March 19 Ukraine is calling on its Western allies to finance its domestic arms production. According to the FT, Kyiv’s recently increased production capacity significantly exceeds the funds available to place orders. “The fastest way to start production is to do it in Ukraine. We are ...
PoliticsWar Tuesday, March 19 Greece will give Ukraine a package of military aid with American howitzers. Greece is preparing a new military aid package to Ukraine, but will pass it through the Czech Republic, which will purchase the equipment and send it to Ukraine. Currently, Czech and Greek officials a...
EconomyFinance Tuesday, March 19 Piraeus Bank executive in Kyiv: “The country’s best defense is economic growth.” How can the economy be developed during the war? While the financial sector has adjusted to operations under the harsh conditions of the full-scale war and has obtained strong profitability, banks are not lending actively, so they are not driving GD...
Economy Tuesday, March 19 Energy leads the ranking of the best businesses in Ukraine by turnover. The Opendatabot has published a new rating based on its index, which includes Ukrainian enterprises with the highest turnover and impeccable business reputations. The energy sector was recognized as t...
Economy Tuesday, March 19 How did the largest players in grocery retail develop in 2023? Ukraine’s top ten FMCG operators in terms of the total number of stores remained almost unchanged. Only one new player appeared in the list of leaders – the Marketopt chain of stores, whic...
EconomyWar Tuesday, March 19 The victory over the Russian fleet has helped to overcome the collapse of grain exports by sea. Since August, Ukraine has launched a series of attacks on Russian military ships and naval facilities, destroying a fifth of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. This allowed Ukraine to close the Russian navy...
EconomyInvestments Tuesday, March 19 The state property fund will again try to sell the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky seaport. What else is listed for privatization this week? During the current week, the State Property Fund (SPFU) plans to sell the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Sea trade port, the Rivne radio engineering plant, the Kamian distillery, and the Kholminsky distillery. ...
Economy Tuesday, March 19 Ukraine increased its imports from China. What other countries supplied us with goods in January? In January 2024, the share of Chinese goods in the structure of Ukrainian imports increased to 21.7%. The value of these imports is more than $1.1B; in 2023, this figure was 16%. Among the most import...
EconomyFinance Tuesday, March 19 Germany and Norway are offering several grant programs to Ukrainian businesses. The German government offers a financing tool aimed at existing companies with an annual turnover of at least €800,000 that want to invest in Ukraine or expand their activities at the local level. Eli...
EconomyPolitics Tuesday, March 19 The government has named five key sectors of Ukraine as future EU members. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal singles out five sectors – defense, energy, agriculture, raw materials, and digital – in which Ukraine hopes to declare itself a future member of th...
AgricultureEconomyEnergyFinanceInvestmentsPolitics Monday, March 18 Despite all the challenges, we continue to move towards the goal: Olha Stefanishyna on the progress and obstacles in European integration. Within the framework of the second event of Ukraine Business Network, where outstanding speakers from both the private and public sectors presented global macroeconomic forecasts for 2024-2025, scenar... #EuroIntegration #OlhaStefanishyna #Stefanishyna #UBNconferense #UBNliveEvent #UBNnetwork #UkraineBusinessNetwork #UkraineIntegrationInEU #новинивукраїні
PoliticsWar Monday, March 18 Germany suggests a possible Russian attack on NATO from 2026 on, while discussions about Western troops in Ukraine continue. German special services have analyzed the military threat from Russia, which predicts that “from 2026,” it may attack a member state of the North Atlantic Alliance. In particular, the Baltic states an... #AntonioTajani #ConflictwithRussia #ElinaValtonen #NATO #NATOsoldiers #RussainAgressor
PoliticsWar Monday, March 18 The West is deliberately limiting the supply of weapons to Ukraine to induce Putin to de-escalate; instead, Russia is preparing a new summer offensive. Western countries limited the amount of weapons they provided to Ukraine to persuade Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to de-escalate the conflict, said the head of the Foreign Ministry of Lithuania, Ga... #GabrieliusLandsbergis #MilitaryAidforUkraine #RussianAgression #RussianOffensive #RussianTroops #WarinUkraine
PoliticsWar Monday, March 18 European NATO countries are ready to spend almost $500B on defense; the EC has already allocated €500M to increase ammunition production. The threat posed by Russia forces has convinced NATO countries to arm themselves, and they also need to arm Ukraine, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. He added that this year, the combined defe... #ArtilleryShells #DefenseIndustryEU #JensStoltenberg #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATO #WeaponsProduction
Finance Monday, March 18 In February, hryvnia bonds were 50% more profitable than bank deposits. According to the Ministry of Finance, last month the weighted average yield of hryvnia government bonds amounted to 17.32%, while the Ukrainian rate index for consumer deposits was only 11.34%. The an... #BankDepositsinUkraine #financeUkraine #HryvniaDeposits #UkraineBond
EconomyFinance Monday, March 18 The key rate in Ukraine has again decreased to 14.5%, and the National Bank predicts further weakening. The National Bank’s board has decided to reduce the discount rate by 0.5 percentage point to 14.5% beginning March 15. In addition, the NBU reported that the rates on three-month deposit certificates ... #AndriiPyshnyi #BankDepositsinUkraine #financeUkraine #KeyPolicyRate #nbu #UkraineEconomy
FinancePolitics Monday, March 18 Ukraine awaits a decision on a new IMF tranche on March 21 and $10B in external financing in March-April. The National Bank assumes that Ukraine will receive over $10B in external funding in March-April. A favorable decision by the IMF board of directors will allow Ukraine to receive the fourth tranche of... #EFFprogram #financialaidforUkraine #imf #SerhiyMarchenko #UkraineFacility
Politics Monday, March 18 The House of Representatives is preparing its own support package for Ukraine; the Republicans are discussing the confiscation of Russian assets. Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson said that the new Ukrainian aid package should offer support in the form of credit or through lend-lease to protect the interests of American taxpa... #MichaelMcCaul #MikeJohnson #RussianAssets #SupportUkraine #USaidforUkraine #UScongress
FinancePolitics Monday, March 18 The European Parliament supports using Russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit. Last week in Strasbourg, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the EU directive regarding the detection and seizure of assets of criminal origin, which allows for the quick freezing and conf... #EuropeanParliament #LórántVincze #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #UkraineRecovery
EconomyInvestments Monday, March 18 Ukraine is launching a mechanism to support large investors. The government has approved the latest regulatory document that is necessary to launch the state support mechanism for projects with significant investment. Investors will receive maximum assistance a... #ForeignInvestor #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #YuliyaSvyridenko