The Ukrainian authorities should continue to combat corruption in the country and implement judicial and land reforms, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said addressing Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal during the opening of the 4th…
Credit Rating Agency Standard & Poor's Affirms Ukraine's B Ratings with Stable Outlook
March 16, 2021
Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has affirmed Ukraine’s long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings in foreign and national currencies at the level of “B” and Ukraine’s national scale ratings at the level of…
Ukraine got with the coronavirus crisis new chances: foreign companies, particularly European ones, are disappointed in some manufacturers and look for new partners in proximity, says Sergiy Tsivkach, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Government’s investment…
IBM Security has released the annual 2021 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index. It demonstrates how the nature of cyberattacks changed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when attackers sought to profit from an unprecedented socio-economic situation…
Presidents of Ukraine and Poland Agree to Counter Nord Stream 2
February 25, 2021
During a phone conversation, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda discussed steps to jointly oppose the completion of the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline….
On 20 February, this year’s first launch of an Antares medium-class launch vehicle took place at the Wallops Flight Facility (Virginia, USA). The Antares launcher put into orbit a Cygnus cargo spacecraft carrying about 3,700…
The Centre for Global Studies “Strategy XXI” and an expert group, consisting of representatives of all Black Sea countries and the Maritime Expert Platform, monitored the security situation in the Black Sea region during 2020….
World Bank Improves Economic Outlook for Ukraine
January 7, 2021
The World Bank (WB) forecasts that Ukraine’s GDP will grow by 3.1% in 2021, while in October 2020 it predicted only 1.5% growth, according to the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects. At the same time,…
Not only representatives of the Ukrainian food industry, but farmers and metallurgists are also interested in revising the trade part of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture – Trade…
Since its inception, the EU’s currency has included the option of “international money”, which is well-known in terms of economic theory. The experts of the European Central Bank (ECB) even made their own assessment of…
The Business Club Movement in Ukraine
November 14, 2020
The business club movement in Ukraine is only taking off. Today, an entrepreneur may think that there is an incredible number of business clubs in Ukraine, but in fact, if one takes a closer look…
Gas Market: Ukraine Looking for Foreign Investors
November 12, 2020
Ukraine has identified strategic directions of gas production development which in the long run will help reduce the country’s dependence on imported energy products. In particular, the country needs $3-5 billion for gas production development in…
Jo Vanbelle, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Belgium: “I Want to Open Ukraine Up to the World”
November 9, 2020
Many Belgian businessmen want to do business in Ukraine, but they do not know exactly how to get in the door, says Jo Vanbelle, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium and Managing…
Ukrainian Education: Pros and Cons
November 5, 2020
Today, Ukrainian education often meets the modern demands of neither an individual and the society nor the economy needs or world trends. Despite this, in 2020, six Ukrainian universities entered the world’s top 1000 best…
61% of Ukrainian Companies Reduced Wages Due to Covid-19
October 23, 2020
According to the results of the first Ukrainian study of an organization’s viability during Covid-19 by the company “One Philosophy,” 45% of surveyed executives expect that their organisation’s income will fall from 20% to 90%…
Ukraine to Get over Crisis
October 16, 2020
There are reasons to believe that Ukraine is gradually emerging from the crisis. In May-September 2020, budget revenues from VAT increased 1.5 times compared to the corresponding period of 2019. Tax efficiency with VAT increased…
Covid-charity from business, MH17 trial, and IMF conditions on Ukraine: Europress Review
June 13, 2020
“Two tobacco titans have responded to accusations that they are using the COVID-19 crisis to improve their image and gain access to politicians in Greece, Romania, and Ukraine,” Euronews reported. The subsidiary of Philip Morris…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced winners of the 2020 Sustainability Awards, and the City of Lviv received the Gold Award for Environmental & Social Best Practice. According to the EBRD report, Lviv…
Apple opens a representative office in Ukraine
May 27, 2020
According to one source, the Ukrainian company is really opening with the American Apple. But there is no official confirmation yet. Apple has registered a limited liability company in Ukrainian jurisdiction. The corresponding entry appeared…
Russia has put pressure on Brazil to refuse to cooperate with Ukraine in the space industry, including the construction of a joint spaceport. This interview was announced by LB.ua by the head of the State…
