Over the past week, under the Government’s Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% programme, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises received 512 preferential loans totalling UAH 1.5 billion, including 364 loans worth UAH 0.8 billion from state-owned banks. Since the start of 2025, entrepreneurs have obtained 19,103 loans worth UAH 56.8 billion under the 5-7-9% programme, with 13,205…
Following the MSPO 2025 International Defense Industry Exhibition in Poland’s Kielce, a team of Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC (UDI) has signed more than 10 defense industry cooperation agreements. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC (UDI) CEO Herman Smetanin on Telegram. “Ukroboronprom’s team has finished work at the MSPO exhibition. More than…
Russian GPS signal disruptions affected 123,000 flights from Sweden and nearby countries in the first four months of this year, SVT reported. From January to April, GPS disruptions originating in Russia affected nearly 123,000 flights in the Baltic Sea region. A total of 365 airlines were affected. SVT’s report is based on a document in…
Jaguar Land Rover has suspended production at its Slovak plant in Nitra after a cyberattack forced the company to shut down key IT systems. The carmaker said it had “taken immediate steps to mitigate the impact by proactively shutting down our systems” and was now “working on the controlled and safe restart of global applications”.…
The United States plans to reduce security assistance to European countries bordering Russia, two informed sources have said. The cuts are part of President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy. His administration has scaled back foreign aid and is urging European nations to shoulder a greater share of their defense costs. The Financial Times was…
A team from Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine, led by Minister Oleksii Sobolev, met with Matteo Rivellini, Head of Ukraine Investment Team at the European Investment Bank (EIB), and Kristina Mikulova, EIB’s Head of Regional Hub for Eastern Europe. The meeting focused on the ministry’s priorities, financing the private sector through the…
Potential avenues for expanding bilateral partnerships, particularly in reconstruction, investment, and agriculture, were discussed during a meeting between Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine Oleksii Sobolev and Turkiye’s Ambassador to Ukraine Mustafa Levent Bilgen. “We are keen to see more Turkish businesses operating in Ukraine. Turkish companies are already involved in over 100…