The Brave1 defense tech cluster, created at the initiative of the Ukrainian Digital Transformation Ministry in cooperation with defense agencies and the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine a year ago, has significantly accelerated the supply of technologies to the front. Today, more than 1,600 developments and 1,000 producers have already been registered on…
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has established a Donor Council for Institutional Reforms to create a “single window” for effective and transparent communication with partner countries that support transformation processes. “The Donor Council will help us simplify communication with partners through regular updates on the progress of reforms and will become a transparent mechanism…
Since the beginning of 2024, entrepreneurs have received 9,582 loans under the Affordable Loans programme totalling UAH 38 billion. Banks issued 20% of loans to processing enterprises. Last week, entrepreneurs received 512 such loans worth UAH 1.8 billion. Since the launch of the programme in February 2020, 88,500 loans worth UAH 305 billion have been…
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine has approved a Roadmap for Smart Grids Development. It envisages the introduction of automation and digital solutions at all levels of the energy system. This is necessary to make the system more balanced and secure, as well as more resilient to military risks. According to the roadmap, the restoration…
Prospects for holding a joint meeting of the Ukrainian-Chilean Governmental Commission in the last quarter of this year, which was last held 13 years ago, deepening cooperation in trade and attracting investment – these were the issues discussed by Ukraine and Chile during the first visit of a high-level Ukrainian delegation to Chile in more…
As warmer weather is expected to come to Ukraine this week, the situation of the country’s power system may improve, but deficit periods will emerge in place for a long time, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, head of NEC Ukrenergo, has declared. “We will long have periods of power shortages, when we will have to apply shutdowns. This…
Since the beginning of the year, 6,724 agricultural enterprises have received UAH 43.2 billion in bank loans for development. Of these, 3,980 farms were financed for UAH 18.3 billion under the Government’s Affordable Loans at 5-7-9 programme. Farmers in the following regions received the largest amount of loans under various programmes: – Kyiv region –…