In Poltava region, farmers continue to harvest sugar beets – 24,000 hectares have already been harvested. This is almost 80% of the projected areas, Philip Pronin, the head of Poltava Regional Military Administration, has said. A total of 890,000 tons of beets were harvested. Out of 720,000 tons of raw materials, sugar factories of the…
Russian energy company Lukoil has announced plans to sell its largest asset in the Balkans, the refinery in Burgas, to a Qatari-British consortium until the end of the year, marking a significant shift in Moscow’s influence over energy supplies in Southeastern Europe, as reported by the Financial Times. The sale has been approved by the…
The Baltic defensive line is beginning to take shape – Estonia is testing bunkers, Latvia is putting up concrete blocks and Lithuania is acquiring mines. Since first being announced following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Estonia has tested three different types of bunkers to see which would best withstand 155mm artillery shells. “We are having…
The role of women in the Ukrainian economy continues to grow. Last year, women founded 56% of enterprises in Ukraine and this year – 59%. At the same time, the share of women winners of the Vlasna Sprava grant programme in 2024 increased from 57% to 61%. These figures were announced by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First…