2025 was a difficult year for privatization, but important in terms of the quality of asset preparation and systemic changes. According to the results of 2025, privatization revenues amounted to about UAH 6.3 billion. However, the key is not only the amount of funds, but also the decisions that were made to unblock large and…
Reindustrialising Ukraine as part of its recovery is directly linked to national security. To stand up to russia militarily, we need to be an industrialised country. The “Made in Ukraine” manufacturer development policy is aimed precisely at developing industrial production. The strategic goal is to increase the share of manufacturing in GDP to 20%. This…
The process surrounding Bulgaria’s transition to the euro is unfolding smoothly and compares favorably with similar experiences in other countries, including Croatia, according to Vladimir Ivanov, Chairman of the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets and head of the Coordination Center for the Euro Mechanism. Speaking to bTV, he said the system had proven…
The Polish government has revealed that the country experienced a major attempt to disrupt its power grid at the end of December 2025, and came “very close to a blackout”. However, it successfully repelled the cyberattack. The digital affairs minister says that “everything points to Russian sabotage” being behind the incident. “In the final days…
The construction of Rheinmetall’s new ammunition plant in Ukraine may begin soon, as the Ukrainian government has selected a new location for it, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger has announced. “Although the search for a suitable location was delayed, one has now been allocated to us. However, further organizational and regulatory issues still need to be…
Every fourth multi-apartment building in Russia needs major repairs, and every tenth is emergency or dilapidated, reports the project “To Be Precise” with reference to the State Information System of Housing and Communal Services (GIS HCS). As of the end of 2025, the system contained information on 950,000 buildings. An analysis of these data shows…
The fourth year of the war in Ukraine has been the most difficult for Russia’s debt market since at least 2022: there were defaults and forced restructurings of bond and digital financial asset (DFA) issuances for 48 companies. This was reported by RBC, citing data from Cbonds. In 2024, 25 companies had difficulties with bond…