In 2020, the Ukrainian government approved the Economic Stimulus Program to overcome the COVID-19 epidemic consequences. Unfortunately, it proved to be inefficient: in the second quarter of this year, the country's GDP fell by 11.4%, […]
15.09.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Government of Ukraine expects to start preparations for negotiations with the European Union on the renewal of the Association Agreement in September. The draft plan of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for 2020 […]
09.09.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
National policy responses to the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine and selected countries. Pandemic and containment measures have had a serious negative impact not only on population health but also on […]
08.09.2020 • Natalia Tolub
COVID-19 has changed the whole world and not always negatively. For example, environmentalists say that during isolation, the average number of "good quality air days" in China increased by 21.5%. European satellites have observed a […]
07.09.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The threat of a sharp reduction in the amount of freshwater in the world grows every year. The main reasons are pollution, water bodies drying out, population growth on the planet, urbanisation increase and industrial […]
03.09.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The state enterprise "Antonov" produced the first series-produced glider (a fuselage with wings) of the new transport aircraft An-178 without any details from the Russian Federation. The liner is constructed at the request of the […]
01.09.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The amount of funds the state budget loses annually due to tax benefits is comparable to the amount of financial support from the IMF, wrote Voxukraine.org. This money could be earmarked for social spending or […]
01.09.2020 • Natalia Tolub
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified a memorandum with the European Union on a loan of €1.2 billion during an extraordinary sitting on Tuesday, 25 August. The first tranche of €600 million is expected in […]
25.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine plans to complete the development of the economic growth concept of Donbas in the autumn. The document's aim is the climate transformation investment and […]
21.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
According to the WHO, in developing countries, every 10th drug is counterfeit. According to experts, from 10 to 30% of drugs sold in Ukraine are counterfeits. In particular, in 2019, Ukrainians bought 1.1 billion packages […]
19.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian public procurement system scored 97.05 points out of 100 points possible and took first place in the Transparent Public Procurement Rating. The second and third places were taken by Moldova (92.81) and Colombia […]
17.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Poland's antitrust regulator (UOKiK) has fined Russia's Gazprom about 50 million euros in the construction of the “Nord Stream-2” gas pipeline. According to the press service of the Polish agency, the reason for prosecution was […]
03.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian-controlled Stanytsia Luhanska, with a population of about 13,000 inhabitants, is close to the Zhovtnevy district of occupied Luhansk. Before the war, there were strong socio-economic and infrastructural ties between Luhansk and Stanytsia Luhanska. To date, these ties disappeared, and none can find an […]
31.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Today, Ukraine's global competitive advantage is agriculture and agribusiness. As we have about a third of the world's and 70% of Europe's available chernozem reserves, and we have extremely favourable opportunities to provide plants with […]
29.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 14 July, the Ukrainian’s Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) issued the Law "On State Regulation of Activities Concerning the Organisation and Conducting of Gambling," which authorises gambling in the state. Legalization of gambling has so far […]
24.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Toretsk is a city located close to occupied Horlivka. In summer of 2014, it was made free of illegal armed groups. Although, unlike the liberated Slovyansk or Kramatorsk, Toretsk did not become a peaceful settlement […]
17.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Scientists are ringing the alarm: the man-caused revolution has led to the fact that today the world is on the verge of extreme droughts, fires, floods and food shortages for millions of people. After all, […]
15.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of up to €25 million to Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE), the country’s air navigation service provider. The agreement has been signed by […]
10.07.2020 • pu
Major food companies such as Unilever, Nestle and PepsiCo, along with the United Nations Foundation, farmers' associations, scientists and several NGOs, have sent letters to the G 7 and G 20 with warnings that global […]
10.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Union has provided €11.5 million in budget support to Ukraine for public administration reform. This was reported by the press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance. The ministry pointed out this is the […]
07.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
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