Another stage of land market reform in Ukraine will start in a month: the government provides its price forecast. Beginning January 1, 2024, legal entities, i.e., holdings that currently rent land, will be able to buy agricultural land. However, the Minister of Agrarian Policy, Mykola Solsky, believes that the pr... #agroukriane #FarmLandSale #LandMarketUkraine #MykolaSolsky #ReformsinUkraine
Ukraine has fulfilled most IMF and EU structural beacons on time, but there are some delays. During the nine months of the IMF program, requirements have been met for 16 of the IMF’s 23 structural beacons and eight of the 20 conditions under the EU program. The country has neither fulfilled n... #EKrecommendation #imf #IMFStructuralBeacons #ReformsinUkraine
NATO-Ukraine Council meeting in Brussels: Ukraine receives recommendations on reforms that are necessary to join the Alliance. According to Jens Stoltenberg, NATO foreign ministers discussed Ukraine’s path to NATO entry and agreed that Kyiv would become a member of the Alliance. “So far, we have provided recommendations... #JensStoltenberg #NATOstandards #UkraineNATO #UkraineNATOCouncil
Ukraine approves a plan for reforms necessary to join NATO. The Commission on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration approved the draft of the adapted Annual National Program (ANP) for 2024. This document defines the criteria for Ukraine’s eligibility fo... #AssociationwithNATO #OlgaStefanishyna #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineNATO
Ukraine has fulfilled almost all of the requirements for starting negotiations to join the EU. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, made this statement and added that she is deeply impressed by how Kyiv implements deep structural reforms, considering the existential w... #AssociationwithEU #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #UkraineEU #UrsulavonderLeyen
Ukraine can model Poland’s experience in order to gain EU membership by 2030. Business ombudsman Roman Vashchuk said that Ukraine can join the EU by 2030, but only if it uses a European integration strategy that has already been demonstrated successfully. In particular, Poland ... #AssociationwithEU #EuropeanIntegration #RomanVashchuk #UkraineEU
The EU sees no negative impact from Ukraine’s agricultural exports. The European Commission does not see significant negative consequences for European markets from Ukrainian agrarian imports. This was discussed at the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and ... #AgroEU #agroexportukraine #PathsOfSolidarity #PierreBascou
Several US states have profited from providing military support to Ukraine. The Biden administration has released data on which states have received the greatest financial benefit from providing military aid to Ukraine. This analysis was done to strengthen support from Republ... #SupportUkraine #USmilitaryAid #USweapons #WeaponsProduction
What the US Congress says about approving aid for Ukraine and Israel. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, a Republican, said aid to Ukraine and Israel will be difficult to approve before the end of the year as Congress remains divided over proposed change... #IsraelWar #MikeJohnson #SupportUkraine #UScongress #WarinUkraine
What financial and military assistance can Ukraine rely on in 2024? The US will remain Ukraine’s leading donor, but the situation is most uncertain. In October, President Joe Biden suggested that Congress approve funding for Israel, Ukraine, and other security needs i... #financialaidforUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine’s allies provide more support for energy infrastructure and agriculture. USAID and the Energy Community Secretariat signed an agreement on the US’ €23M grant contribution to the Energy Support Fund of Ukraine. Germany also plans to provide €300M to help Ukraine’s energy se... #agroUkraine #energyukraine #MartinJäger #SupportUkraine #Ukrenergo #USAID #worldbank
The Ukrainian government is delaying billions of dollars in investments from a Canadian mining company. The Canadian company Black Iron, engaged in the extraction of iron ore from the Shymanivskoye deposit in Kryvyi Rih, once again called on the government of Ukraine to agree and sign the investment agr... #BlackIron #InvestmentsinUkraine #IronOreMining #MiningCompanyUkraine #MiningInvestmentsUkraine
The President of the European Council is optimistic about future EU decisions on Ukraine. Following the EU-Canada summit, Charles Michel said: “We support and will support Ukraine as long as necessary. From the EU side, we have already provided €83B to support Ukraine in various area... #AssociationwithEU #CharlesMichel #EuropeanIntegration #EUsupportforUkraine #UkraineFacility
Orban will disrupt the summit of EU leaders discussing aid to Ukraine and negotiations on its accession. According to Bloomberg, at a meeting of diplomats last week Hungary wanted to hold a “strategic discussion” about the bloc’s financial support to Ukraine and how Russian sanctions ha... #CharlesMichel #EUaidforUkraine #EUsummit #HungaryVeto #VictorOrban
Stoltenberg: Ukraine will become a NATO member after reforms are completed and the end of the war. Ukraine will become a member of NATO, but first, it must carry out reforms determined by the member states, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg before a meeting of the North Atlantic Council.... #AssociationwithNATO #JensStoltenberg #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
The US Senate plans to vote on aid to Ukraine in early December. US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to hold a vote on President Joe Biden’s request to provide billions in aid to Ukraine and Israel as early as December 4. According to Politico, Schu... #ChuckSchumer #IsraelWar #USsenate #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine and the EU introduce alternative origin of goods rules. From December 1, 2023, alternative rules for determining the origin of goods will be introduced bilaterally between Ukraine and the EU. In particular, the agreement foresees the appearance of new term... #UkraineTrade #Ukrainiangoods #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Results from the second Grain from Ukraine international summit: $100M has been accumulated to continue the initiative. The International Grain from Ukraine Summit was held in Kyiv on the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor of 1932-1933. Lithuania will provide €2M within the framework of the initiative by the end of the ... #AlainBerset #FoodSecurity #GrainfromUkraine #IngridŠimonite #Zelenskyy
As a result of negotiations held last week, Ukraine’s partners will provide additional military aid. To survive anticipated aerial attacks this winter, Germany will send an additional Patriot air defense system to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Canada will spend about $50M on the purchase of small arms and ammu... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems #SupportUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine asks the EU to monitor the Polish border and prepare to evacuate drivers. As Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Serhii Derkach said, Ukraine has officially asked its European colleagues to monitor the situation in front of checkpoints. Are dangerous goods allowed through, ho... #BorderBlockade #PolishCarriers #SerhiiDerkach #TarasVysotskyi
Reconstruction of Ukraine: Canadian businesses promise support, Latvia provides €5M for the Chernihiv region, and the EC gives €50M for ports. Canadian private business is ready to support Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction, Canadian Trade Minister Mary Angie said. She emphasized that the modernization of the Free Trade Agreement betwee... #CanadaUkraineFreetrade #Chernihiv #MaryAngie #SupportUkraine #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineRecovery
Ukraine risks losing the support of another European country. In the Netherlands’ parliamentary elections, the ultra-right Freedom Party PVV is victorious. It won 37 of the 150 seats in the lower house of the Dutch parliament, far more than any other party. The ... #GeertWilders #Netherlands #PVV #SupportUkraine
War & Business: The Ukraine Business Network has been launched. Tucked away amid the sloping hills of Kyiv, a select group of business investors, representatives, and entrepreneurs gathered at the Parkoviy Congress Center to gain insight into investment prospects ... #AndrewPryma #DoingBusinessDuringWar #MarcMcNamee #ubn #UBNnetwork #UkraineBusinessDuringWar #UkraineBusinessNetwork #ukrainebusinessnews #War&Business #WarandBusiness #WarandUkraineBusiness
Results of the 17th Ramstein: Ukraine will receive IRIS-T and Patriot missile systems, artillery shells, and a new air defense coalition. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that a new ground-based air defense coalition was formed at the meeting, and has been joined by 20 countries, led by Germany and France. This equipment is i... #IRISTdefensesystem #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems #Ramsteinformat #SupportUkraine
What statements did Western leaders make regarding the war in Ukraine at the G20 summit? The Russian Federation should withdraw its troops from the territory of Ukraine and end the war against its neighboring state, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni s... #G20Summit #GiorgiaMeloni #JustinTrudeau #OlafScholz #PeaceInUkraine #WarinUkraine
What will happen if the EU refuses to increase 2024 support to Ukraine to €18B under the Ukraine Facility program: the parliament’s response. According to the Ukraine Facility plan, direct budget assistance from the total €50B over four years amounts to €39B. If that amount is divided into equal parts, you get €9.75B annually. This will no... #EUfinancialAid #RoksolanaPidlasa #UkraineBudget2024 #UkraineFacility
The Supreme Audit Chamber of Poland has completed an investigation into the uncontrolled import of grain from Ukraine. The cause of the “grain crisis” was the inefficient actions and decisions of the Polish government. “Implementation of tasks related to the import and trade of grain and rapeseed fro... #agroexportukraine #GrainCrisis #Ukrainiangrain
The Latvian Parliament calls for the start of negotiations for Ukraine to join the EU, and Austria implores the EU not to give Ukraine priority over Bosnia and Herzegovina. At its meeting on November 23, the Latvian Seimas adopted a statement in support of the start of negotiations on Ukraine and Moldova’s accession to the European Union. Deputies called for negoti... #AlexanderSchallenberg #AssociationwithEU #EUexpansion #LatvianSaeima #UkraineEU
The President of the EC predicts that the December summit on Ukraine’s accession to the EU will be difficult. Ukraine is getting closer to the EU, but the EU summit in December, which will discuss the expansion of the bloc, will be “difficult”, noted the President of the European Council, Charles ... #CharlesMichel #EUexpansion #EUsummit #MayaSandu #UkraineEU #Zelenskyy
The EC warns of difficult negotiations with Ukraine over grain exports. European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski emphasized that since the beginning of the war in Ukraine and the abolition of customs barriers, the EU market has become the largest recipie... #AgroEU #agroexportukraine #JanuszWojciechowski #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU #Ukrainiangrain
The EC presents a project to provide long-term security guarantees for Ukraine. A document was presented to the EU member states. The project’s framework includes the following proposals: An effective and sustainable mechanism for providing military equipment that mobilizes the E... #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine’s third damage assessment will determine 2024’s investment priorities for recovery. The UN, in cooperation with the government of Ukraine, the World Bank, and the EU, has initiated the third rapid assessment of the damage done to and needs of Ukraine, which will determine investment ... #DamagesRegisterUkraine #DenysShmyhal #UkraineRecovery #UkraineWarDamages
Support for Ukraine’s defense continues, and here is what the partners have provided: Ukraine received three million rounds of ammunition, remote detonation systems, and winter equipment for the military from Lithuania. The German Ministry of Defense published a list of new aid for Ukr... #AmmunitionForUkraine #Marder #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PetrPavel #SupportUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The G7+ countries have promised their support for the Ukrainian energy sector and praised the sector’s reforms, which will allow the attraction of private investment. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the head of Japanese diplomacy, Iwao Horii, held the fourth ministerial meeting in the G7+ format to confirm collective support for restoring and protecting Uk... #AnthonyBlinken #energyukraine #G7 #IwaoHorii #UkraineENergySystem
The US has provided a $100M military aid package with HIMARS, while Germany surprises Kyiv with a big €1.3B package with IRIS-T systems. The new package of US defense assistance includes an additional HIMARS system, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and TOW, Javelins, AT-4 anti-tank systems, and artillery shells of various calibers. In ad... #BorisPistorius #HimarsForUkraine #IRISTdefensesystem #Javelin #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Danish companies already have investment plans for Ukraine despite the war. Denmark’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Ole Egberg Mikkelsen, said: “Denmark is already moving from grants to investments. We understand the risk but cannot wait until the war ends. Foreign inves... #InvestmentsinUkraine #OleEgbergMikkelsen #UkrainianDanishCooperation
Slovakia wants to help rebuild Ukraine but is blocking imports and cutting military support. The government of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sees the future reconstruction of Ukraine as a benefit for the leading players in the Slovakian business community. In a new government program, Slo... #BorderBlockade #RobertFico #Slovakia #SlovakiaAidforUkraine #UkraineRecovery
Due to imports from Ukraine, five neighbors of Ukraine have asked the EU to continue financial support for their agricultural sectors. Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania called on the European Commission to continue financial support for farmers affected by Ukrainian grain imports throughout 2024, Bulgarian Minister of ... #AgroEU #agroexportukraine #AidForFarmers #EUfarmers #KyryllVatev
Poland considers Ukraine’s accession to the EU a challenge. Ukraine’s accession to the European Union will challenge European agriculture, including Polish agriculture, Polish Minister of Agriculture Robert Telus said. “These are challenges for EU ... #AgroEU #agroUkraine #RobertTelus #UkraineAccessionToEU #UkraineEU
High-ranking US and NATO military officials arrived in Ukraine on the eve of the Ramstein meeting. On November 20, Lloyd Austin, the US Minister of Defense, and the commander of the NATO Joint Forces in Europe, US Army General Christopher Cavoli, arrived in Kyiv to meet with President Zelenskyy. Th... #ChristopherCavoli #LloydAustin #Ramsteinmeeting #RustemUmerov #Zelenskyy
The US Congress expects the approval of Ukrainian aid by Christmas. Leaders in the US Congress hope to vote by Christmas on an additional package of military assistance to Ukraine and Israel, writes NBC News. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, R-New York, has clari... #ChuckSchumer #IsraelWar #USaidforUkraine #UScongress #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will receive almost ₴10B in additional aid from partners. According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Norway will provide $190M, and $70M will be allocated by Switzerland for aid to Ukraine. These grants will be provided through funds administered by the Worl... #DenysShmyhal #financialaidforUkraine #GrantsforUkraine #SupportUkraine #worldbank
Newly appointed British Foreign Minister David Cameron visits Ukraine. “With my visit, I want to say that we will continue to provide moral, diplomatic, economic, and, above all, military support, which is necessary – not only this year and next, but for as l... #DavidCameron #EuropeanIntegration #GrainCorridors #NatoMembership #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
What is the dispute over the US’ support for Ukraine? Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, says that the biggest debate over whether to approve the White House’s request for additional Ukrainian funding concerns non-military supp... #OksanaMarkarova #USaidforUkraine #UScongress #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
The new Ramstein and a two-day defense conference in Washington: how Ukraine’s partners are supporting Ukraine’s defense capabilities. A new online meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine in the Ramstein format will be held on November 22. At the same time, the White House announced that the Ukrainian American Defense Indu... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Ramsteinmeeting #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukrainian carriers are losing €300 daily due to the border blockade; the EC plans to punish Poland. The 90% blockage of the Ukrainian border by Polish carriers has a political component, and every day of downtime costs Ukrainian carriers at least €300, the Association of International Motor Carriers... #PathsOfSolidarity #PolishCarriers #transportvisafree #UkrainePolandCheckpoints #UkrainianCarriers
Another threat to Ukrainian land exports: five Eastern European countries demand that Brussels revises the transport agreement with Ukraine. On November 20, members of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania will send a joint letter to the President of the European Comm... #Cargotransportation #RoadTransportAgreements #transportvisafree #UkrainianCarriers
Energy for the Recovery of Ukraine conference results: European ministers assure Ukraine of their support, Hyundai will develop power grids, and Denmark provides €7M. At the conference in Warsaw, the energy ministers of several European countries assured Ukraine they will help in the face of Russian aggression, and the businesses of these countries are interested i... #EnergyInfrastructure #KadriSimson #UkraineEnergy #UkraineRecovery #Ukrenergo
The US House of Representatives has approved an interim budget without funds for Ukraine and Israel, but the Senate plans to consider Biden’s combined request after Thanksgiving. The US House of Representatives has supported Speaker Mike Johnson’s temporary government funding bill, significantly reducing the risk of a government shutdown. However, the bill does not provi... #ChuckSchumer #MatthewMiller #MikeJohnson #USaidforUkraine #USbudget #UScongress
Slovakia will cease military aid to Ukraine but will provide means for humanitarian demining. Slovakia will stop providing military aid to Ukraine from its reserves and will limit itself exclusively to humanitarian support. The country’s Minister of Defense, Robert Kaliňák, announced the... #DeminingUkraine #HumanitarianAid #JensStoltenberg #RobertKaliňák #SlovakiaAidforUkraine
