According to OEC data, the diamond trade accounted for more than 25% of the value of exports from Russia to Belgium in 2020. The Belgian diamond import industry was worth around $1.45 billion, representing Belgium’s […]
05.04.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
Development (EBRD) approved a historic decision on the application of Article 8.3 of the Agreement establishing the EBRD and the suspension of access to EBRD resources for the Russian Federation and Belarus. "These fateful decisions, initiated by […]
05.04.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo has said that the impact of stopping the import of Russian diamonds “would be zero,” but Belgian residents and Ukraine refugees clearly do not agree. From 13:30-15:00 on 3 […]
02.04.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced an embargo on energy supplies from Russia. The United States is giving up Russian oil and gas in order not to finance Putin's "war machine." Biden acknowledged that the […]
09.03.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
Lukoil accounts for 91% of oil production in Russia. Therefore, the volunteers of NGO "Promote Ukraine" announced a boycott of Lukoil in Belgium in April 2022. Gas stations were boycotted to raise awareness among Belgians […]
07.03.2022 • Natalia Tolub
On the one hand, the German government still stubbornly refuses to supply weapons to Ukraine for self-defence against Russian aggression, although this right is sacred under Article 51 of the UN Charter. At the same […]
13.02.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
Everyone has heard about the rows surrounding the construction and certification of Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. This project embodies the Kremlin's economic and political expansion in the north. However, it is not the only […]
31.01.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Commission has promised to involve Ukraine in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline certification process when the decision of the German regulator BNetzA arrives in Brussels. "A decision was made that Ukraine will […]
21.01.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Russian Federation can increase gas supplies to Europe by at least a third of its current level but is keeping spot sales limited. Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Fatih Birol made a […]
13.01.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and his deputies met with the G7 Ambassadors. The parties discussed the results of infrastructure reforms, steps to improve the investment climate, measures to enhance safety, environmental friendliness, […]
13.01.2022 • Bohdan Marusyak
An international criminal group was neutralised during a multi-stage special operation of the Security Service of Ukraine in Mariupol. The criminals kidnapped people and forced them to engage in drug trafficking. In the case of […]
31.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Despite the lack of access to the territory of Crimea and the practice of carrying out representative activities under temporary occupation, the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC) has returned this year almost […]
30.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko and World Bank Regional Country Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Arup Banerji signed an agreement to provide Ukraine with a EUR 300 million loan to continue the […]
21.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Over the past six months, 45% of digital buyers in Ukraine have faced online fraud attempts. This figure is congruent with the activity of cyber criminals in the EU. OLX Ukraine, together with OLX Group colleagues from […]
15.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
A preparatory meeting of the UK–Ukraine Strategic Partnership Dialogue was held in London under the chairmanship of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development […]
09.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
As of early 2014, the Crimean tourism sector was on the rise and was undoubtedly a leading industry in Crimea. Starting from 2010, the tourist flow reached a stable level of 5-6 million visitors per year, […]
08.12.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
During a special operation of the Security Service of Ukraine, a transnational criminal group was neutralised in Kyiv. The wrongdoers forged the IDs of the OSCE diplomatic monitoring mission. They sold fake documents to their […]
30.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The International Monetary Fund has completed the first review of the Stand-By Arrangement and approved the allocation of the second tranche worth $700 million to Ukraine, as well as extended the programme until the end of […]
24.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Seventy percent of adolescents surveyed believe that they will have more opportunities to develop and fulfil their abilities abroad, and more than 50% do not feel talented at all. This is evidenced by the results […]
23.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The remnants of Russian science have suffered a significant loss. On 1 November, Danish authorities detained the Russian research vessel Akademik Ioffe during a raid on the port of Skagen and confiscated court documents. The vessel […]
22.11.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
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