Last week authorized banks issued 454 soft loans worth UAH 1.9 billion under the program Affordable Loans 5-7-9% in Ukraine. “Over the past week, 454 affordable loans worth UAH 1.9 billion were issued under the program, including 292 loan agreements worth UAH 0.57 billion concluded by public sector banks,” the Ministry of Finance said. Since…
On October 30, two vessels used the temporary Black Sea corridor to enter Ukrainian seaports, the Centre for Transport Strategies reported. According to ship traffic monitoring services, the bulk carrier Seajoy is heading to the port of Odesa, and the Mohamad Y is heading to one of the ports of Odesa region. On October 29,…
People in Need in Chisinau has launched a Moldovan-Romanian project for backing the Ukrainian refugees. The project regards 18 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), 8 from Moldova and 10 from Romania, which provide services to the people hit by the war, especially for refugees from Ukraine and promotes their integration into the host communities. Thus, the principal…
“The European Commission has been notified of the recently taken measure by Bulgaria regarding gas supplies. We are in close contact with Bulgaria and the other affected countries to assess and discuss the possible repercussions of this measure,” said a spokesperson of the EC at a press conference in response to questions related to the…
On October 19, the flag raising ceremony for three new ASD Tugs took place in Gdansk, according to the company’s release. In the presence of a large group of Polish and international associates and company employees, the new tugs were welcomed into the fleet. This followed the christening ceremony of the second ASD Tug 2811…
Due to bad weather, shelling and technological disruptions, consumers in 9 regions were cut off from electricity on October 30; restrictions on electricity production from renewable energy sources amounted to over 892 MW. Due to unfavourable weather conditions, 100 settlements in 6 regions – Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv – remain without power…
Dependence on russian energy sources is a direct threat to the national security of countries. This was emphasised by Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko in a video address to the participants of the Baltic Energy Forum. The head of the Ministry of Energy noted that russia had long been using energy as a…