148.7 billion UAH of taxes, fees and other mandatory payments were paid by state-owned enterprises to the Consolidated Budget of Ukraine in the first half of 2026. This is 5.2 billion UAH, or 3.6% more than in the same period last year. The main sources of growth were: – Rent for the use of subsoil…
The private health insurer Dovera has agreed to buy Union Health Insurance from Dutch insurance group Achmea. If approved by regulators, the transaction will reduce the number of health insurers operating in Slovakia’s public health insurance system from three to two. The two insurers will continue operating separately until the deal receives approval from the…
A European Parliament international trade committee has approved an initiative to exempt nearly 80% of Armenian exports to the EU from customs duties. The legislative proposal on “temporary trade liberalization measures applicable to Armenian goods” was considered and adopted by the committee without objections. In early July, the European Commission formally proposed that the European…
In 2025, the volume of construction work in Ukraine exceeded UAH 258 billion. This is 17% more than in 2024, and more than in the record 2021. This is evidenced by an analysis of the main indicators of the construction industry of Ukraine for 2015-2025 and the first quarter of this year. The analysis was…