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Tuesday, October 19

Editor’s note: Ukraine Government banks may be privatized? Some Ukrainians view privatization negatively. However, the privatization of Monobank is a success story. Other success stories include the privatization of...

Monday, October 18

The prospects for a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin are not clear. It is difficult for Zelensky and Putin to build a dialogue with each other. The Russian leader has been speaking with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the French President, Emmanuel Macron ab...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the UK at the end of October. The plan is to have a strategic dialogue meeting during the visit. The visit was announced by the Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, during a recent interview.

Pentagon chief, Lloyd Austin, will visit Ukraine next week. During his visit to Kyiv, he will hold meetings with the political and military leadership of Ukraine. “In Ukraine, the Secretary will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Defense Minister...

An official portal of subsoil users will be launched in Ukraine, announced Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov. On November 1, the public portal will be launched in Ukraine. It will contain detailed information about the owners o...

Ukraine poultry export to Jordan. “Today Ukraine is one of the world’s top ten exporters of chicken and has the status of a country free of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The new agreement between Jordan and Ukraine for the ...

Lidl comes to Ukraine. The Schwarz Group is planning to enter the Ukrainian market and become a direct competitor to the local discounter ATB. ATB one of the largest private companies in Ukraine already has a branch network...

OLX sales amounted to UAH 7 bln ($266 mln) for the past 5 years. More than UAH 7 billion worth of goods has been sold through the FDA network. The company, the leading categories are: Electronics – UAH 4 bln ($152 mln) ; Fashion and style – UAH 1 bln ($...

Ukrainians applying for a record number of obtained resident permits in the EU. For the fifth year in a row, Ukrainians have received the largest number of resident permits in the European Union, reported Eurostat data. In 2020, Ukrainian citizens were issued 601,200 permits in t...

The Ukrainian Center opened in Baku. The center will focus on the development of tourism and resort areas between Ukraine and Azerbaijan, in addition to education. In the learning sector Ukrainian and Azerbaijani higher education institu...

Editor’s note: The gas supply shortage and high gas prices are the hottest issues worldwide. Due to a spiked increase in energy prices, manufacturing companies are shutting down production, and the price of steel in...

Friday, October 15

Forbes rating of the top 100 companies in Ukraine. Forbes has published its rating of the 100 largest private companies in Ukraine. According to Forbes Ukraine, the top three private companies in 2021 are Metinvest, ATB-Market, and Kernel.

The Cabinet of Ministers has provided Antonov with state guarantees of up to UAH 470 mln ($17.8 mln) for the construction of the AN-32 . The decision will allow Antonov to attract favorable loans to finance the new construction project.

Good Wine to build EUR 100-mln food town project in Kyiv. Good Wine (Wine Bureau LLC) purchased a land plot in Kyiv to build an urban area with parks and a retail outlet with specialized shops, cafes, and restaurants under one roof,” said the owner of ...

Ukraine has reported new COVID-19 cases. “Some 18,881 new confirmed COVID-19 cases (including 1,748 cases among children and 368 cases among healthcare workers) were recorded in Ukraine on October 13, 2021,” the Health Ministry o...

Editor’s note: The level of infection of the delta strain of Covid-19 has hit the roof. Even with efforts by the Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine to get the population vaccinated, there is a large part of Ukrainian...

Thursday, October 14

The G7 ambassadors discussed the implementation of the Stand-by Agreement with the head of Ukraine’s IMF mission. The ambassadors were pleased to hear about Ukraine’s fulfillment of some conditions of the Stand-by Agreement, including steps regarding the banking sector and the Deposit Guarantee Fund, the st...

The EU has provided a total of € 190 million in assistance and a € 1.2 billion macro-financial assistance program to Ukraine to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The joint statement following the 23rd Ukraine-EU summit (Ukrinform).

Office for Entrepreneurship and Export Development is open for business. Theis mission is to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Within the office there are 10 divisions that will deal with all issues related to business: “from creating a national strategy f...

Construction of an industrial park has commenced in Lviv. Sparrow Capital Investment has laid the foundation of the park. “The project, which aims to build 100,000 square meters will be a boost to the local economy, employment in the region, the investors in...

Wizz Air expansion in Ukraine and new destinations. The budget airline will offer passengers three more flights from Ukraine in December 2021, and 23 more routes in 2022, announced cfts.org New flights scheduled to following destinations: Paris (Beauva...

The European Business Association (EBA) hosted an IT Conference focusing on the state of IT, tech education in Ukraine, and prospects/challenges of IT development. The IT sector in Ukraine has grown at an average rate of 20-25% said EBA Deputy Director for Advocacy – Ms. Svitlana Mykhailovska...

The Ministry of Agriculture wants to replace the right of free privatization in “physical” hectares with the right to a fixed discount on the purchase and lease of state land, announced the Minister, Roman Leshchenko. This discount will be the same an...

In September 2021, Ukrainians purchased a record number of new electric cars according to ukrautoprom. 145 new and 748 used cars with battery power supplies received their first registration numbers in Ukraine. In September, a record was set for the number of new electric cars...

Editor’s note: Today, October 14th, Ukraine celebrates the Defender of Ukraine Day. This is a day of honoring the courage and heroism of defenders of the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukrai...

Wednesday, October 13

The major outcomes of the recent Ukraine-EU summit were the signature of two agreements, reported Ukrinform. In addition to a Common Aviation Area Agreement, Ukraine and the EU have signed Horizon Europe and Creative agreements. The Horizon Europe agreement aims to support research, devel...

“The EU did not decide to send a mission during the Ukraine-EU summit, although the issue will be discussed”, said EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. “Ukraine has actually submitted a request for E...

IMF estimate of Ukraine’s GDP growth in 2021. The IMF has decreased its forecast of Ukraine’s GDP growth in 2021 from 4% to 3.5%, according to the Fund’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) (interfaxukraine). The organization raised its expe...

EcoSystem unified ecological web portal operates in Ukraine. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution “On the Unified Ecological Platform EcoSystem” whereby EcoSystem became the official state web portal. This is the only resource fo...

Ukraine’s consumer prices increase by 11%, reported Ukraine Statistics Service. The year-over-year growth of consumer prices in Ukraine in September 2021 increased from 10.2% to 11% in August 2021.

Ukrainian technology will be used to print human bones in US hospitals. The groundbreaking technology developed by an Odessa-based firm will enter the medical devices and implants market in the US which is estimated to be worth $180 bln.

McDonald’s will open its first restaurant on a highway in Ukraine. The first McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in Ukraine has been opened on the highway, in the village of Hora of Kyiv region, the brand’s press service has reported. The new restaurant will ...

Editor’s note: The EU-Ukraine summit is over, and it has been productive. Three agreements were signed: the Civil Aviation Agreement, the Horizon Europe program, and the Access to Creative Europe Program. In additio...

Tuesday, October 12

Zelensky, Macron, and Merkel will discuss preparations for Normandy Four summit . Zelensky made the announcement on his Twitter account. Saying that the conversation was focused on the intensification of negotiations to end the war in the Donbas region, and agreeing on coordinate...

The Ukraine-EU summit will take place on October 12 in Kyiv. The European Union will be represented by the Council of Europe President, Charles Michel, and European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen. The summit will be an opportunity for the EU to reaf...

An “Open skies” agreement is planned to be signed at the Ukraine-EU summit on October 12. According to eurointegration.com, a high-ranking EU official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters ahead of the summit. Agreement on the Common Aviation Area, was first i...

The first international train route to Poland left Lviv station on October 10th. Traveling with 101 passengers, the journey was one of the first of fully vaccinated travelers, the majority of which were Ukrainian citizens. “The use of the SafeBorder software application significan...

International train routes to Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Moldova and Poland have been reinstated, as reported on the Facebook page of Ukrzaliznytsia. Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) has resumed passenger traffic by 70% to the level of pre-pandemic 2019 in three months of summer.

France toughens entry rules for Ukrainian visitors from October 11 . Ukrainian visitors to France will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID 19. Acceptable vaccines will include Johnson and Johnson, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer, and R-Pharm the Border Guard Servi...

Women travel more often, according to SkyUp’s internal statistics. From January 1 to October 1, 2021, women accounted for 51% of the total number of passengers, while men accounted for 38% and children for 11%. SkyUp Ai...

Ukraine to export raspberries to the USA. In 2021, Ukrainian exporters will send more than one sea container (27 tones) with frozen raspberries to the United States and Canada. This is a first for the food export market, and important for dom...

Editor’s note: The Ukrainian economy has diversified since 2014. The shift from trade relations with our neighbor where we shared the same language, a common border, culture and long-standing business relationships ...

Monday, October 11

Ukraine delays the appointment of the Head of the Anti-Corruption office . The US and the European Union have expressed frustration with Ukraine struggling to elect the future leader of the unit responsible for prosecuting corrupt officials. Washington and Brussels have ti...

Ukraine, EU, US, and Germany should define “red lines” on “Nord Stream-2”, said the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Olga Stefanishina. One example of such lines is the agreement between Russia and Hungary on gas supplies bypassing Ukrainian territory. Ukraine is monitoring...

Military and security aid from the US has arrived, wrote “European Truth” on the 10th of October. The cargo arrived as part of additional security assistance from the United States for the Armed Forces of Ukraine due to the agreements reac...

Boryspil is in the top five ranking of the largest airports in Central and Eastern Europe. Ukraine’s main airport, Boryspil, is playing an increasing role in the region with the open skies agreement with the European Union will open up even greater prospects for the transport hub. According...

Ukraine is joining the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program, which has a budget of almost € 100 bln. Denis Shmygal announced this week that the draft of a presidential decree authorizing the Minister of Education and Science to sign an agreement on Ukraine̵...

The Vostok-Expo 2021 event is scheduled to be held in Kyiv on October 13-14. The event aims to help expand markets and establish new business relationships among entrepreneurs. About 100 companies from Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Luhansk, and Kherson regions present their products at...

The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine is shortlisted for the AmChams in Europe (ACE) Creative Network Award. AmCham Ukraine’s project Membership Engagement Tracker was launched in April 2021, and it helps to track interactions with members and measure members’ engagement. “We are delighted ...

Klitschko opens Days of Kyiv in Germany. The Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, opened a photo exhibition in Leipzig (Germany) dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the sister city partnership between two cities. The Days of Kyiv were opened wi...