Ukraine received more than $2.7 billion from the IMF within the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to assist IMF member countries in the restoration of the economy affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The funds…
August 26, 2021
Economic losses from the temporary occupation of the Crimean Peninsula by the Russian Federation totalled $135 billion, or about 75% of Ukraine’s GDP in 2013. Such conclusions were made in a study by the Centre…
August 16, 2021
In the first half of 2021, the inflow of new foreign capital to Ukraine is less than its outflow, accounting for $0.43 billion and $0.46 billion, respectively. In particular, foreign direct investment in the economy of…
August 16, 2021
To date, the European Union is Ukraine’s largest trading partner with a share of trade in goods of 40.2% of the country’s total foreign trade. “Last year was the only one since 2014 when trade with…
August 12, 2021
Forty-eight percent of foreign investors think that Ukraine became less attractive for investment, 42% consider the investment climate largely unchanged, and only 9% see improvements. This is evidenced by the results of the fifth annual…
August 10, 2021
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will allocate Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) equivalent to US$650 billion. The decision will take effect on 23 August. Of this amount, about $275 billion will go to emerging market countries and…
August 4, 2021
The gas transit via Ukraine after 2024 will depend on the additional volumes purchased from Gazprom by EU traders under the new contracts. This confirms that Ukraine’s fears of Gazprom’s use of gas as a…
July 27, 2021
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Zbigniew Rau expressed the stance of their countries on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. “The decision…
July 22, 2021
Ukraine needs to conduct a census as the exact size of its population is unknown, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Osnat Lubrani said at the international Ukraine Reform Conference in Vilnius. “One…
July 9, 2021
In June, the Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise served 21,113 flights, accounting for 59.6% of the June 2019 flights. The May level was 56.6% of the same period in 2019. This indicates smooth positive dynamics…
July 8, 2021
Recently, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine published an analytical note concerning the Ukrainian shadow economy trends for 2020. According to these data, the level of the shadow economy in the country last year was…
July 5, 2021
The European Union prepared a plan to continue cooperation with the Eastern Partnership countries. The goals of the plan are supported by an investment package totalling EUR 2.3 billion. “The comprehensive agenda aims at increasing trade,…
July 2, 2021
“Ukraine’s system of crony capitalism: The challenge of dismantling ‘systema’” is the newest publication by John Lough, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme in Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. The…
July 2, 2021
Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko and Senior Country Officer at World Bank Ukraine Klavdiya Maksymenko signed the agreement on granting Ukraine a $350 million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the…
June 29, 2021
The main candidates for German chancellor believe that Ukraine’s interests must be taken into account when it comes to the Nord Stream 2 project. According to DW, Armin Laschet of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) does not…
June 27, 2021
Today, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba; Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Zalkaliani; and Acting Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of…
June 24, 2021
The president and a founder of CEO Club Ukraine and Ukrainian entrepreneur Serhii Haidaichuk talks about cross-border co-operation against global challenges Associations of citizens, entrepreneurs, and like-minded people have more mobility in finding solutions to problems…
June 24, 2021
According to demographic projections, the share of people aged 60 and over in Ukraine will be 43.4% by 2025 and about 46% in 2030. However, unlike Europe, Ukraine has no comprehensive employment programmes for those…
June 23, 2021
Ukraine and the United Kingdom agreed to jointly build warships and bases for the Ukrainian Navy, the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine informed. “Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksandr Myroniuk…
June 22, 2021
The president and a founder of CEO Club Ukraine and Ukrainian entrepreneur Serhii Haidaichuk spoke about climate change in the world The working week in Kyiv starts with the announcement of a three-fold excess of harmful…
June 21, 2021
