The Government has approved dividend targets for state-owned companies: nearly UAH 50 billion will be allocated to the budget on the results of 2025. This was announced by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. Energy companies will contribute the following amounts to the State Budget: – Energoatom – 50% of net profit (UAH 9.344 billion); –…
The Government has extended the current electricity rate for residential consumers until October 31 – 4.32 UAH per kWh. This was announced by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. “This means that electricity prices for the public will remain unchanged,” the Prime Minister noted. The Government supports households for which electricity is the primary source of…
Unit 5 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant is scheduled to be taken offline on May 9 for its planned annual maintenance and refuelling, including the loading of American nuclear fuel, according to information presented in the annual report of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA). The outage is expected to continue until mid-June, when new…
The Polish state defence firm Bumar-Labedy has signed an agreement with South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem setting out the terms of production in Poland of dozens of South Korean K2 tanks. It will be the first time in almost two decades that Poland will manufacture tanks domestically. The agreement, signed on April 27, formally defines the…
Swedbank and SEB in Estonia reported lower profits in the first quarter of 2026 as declining interest income tied to lower market rates offset continued growth in lending. Swedbank, the commercial bank with the largest market share in Estonia, posted a net profit of EUR 55 million in Estonia in the first three months of…
The approaches to the formation of the cost of construction have been updated. In particular, the rules by which the level of wages is determined in the estimates have been changed. These are projects that are implemented for public funds or loans provided under state guarantees. Previously, the level of wages in the estimates was…
The development of a strategic partnership between Ukraine and Romania, including expanded cooperation in industry and defense technologies, as well as support for the digitalization of SMEs, was discussed during a meeting between Oleksii Sobolev, Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine, and the Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship, Digitalization, and Tourism of Romania Ambrozie-Irineu…