462 Ukrainians have been recognised as winners of the third wave of the Own Business grant programme in 2024 and will receive UAH 111 million from the state to start or expand their businesses. Since the programme’s launch, more than 14,600 Ukrainians have become winners, with the state investing UAH 3.5 billion in their businesses.…
While performing an oversight based on the monitoring activity results in 2023, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has determined a list of critical payment infrastructure objects in Ukraine. The relevant statement was made by the NBU’s press service. As in previous years, the NBU’s System of Electronic Payments (SEP) was recognized as the only…
Between February 26 and March 1, the State Property Fund of Ukraine held 18 privatization auctions, which would raise UAH 219.6 million to the budget. Vitaliy Koval, the head of the State Property Fund, announced this in a post on Telegram. “18 successful auctions for almost UAH 220 million. This is the result of the…
Thanks to the largest repair campaign at energy facilities in the history of Ukraine’s independence, efficient air defence and sufficient fuel resources, Ukraine will complete the 2023-2024 heating season smoothly. This was stated by the Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko. “Last year we carried out the largest repair campaign in the history of…
On the first day of spring, the power system was operating stably. No restrictions were applied to consumers. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a Government meeting on March 1. “The second winter in the context of a full-scale invasion is over. We went through it without a single blackout and without…
In February, the cargo turnover of the ports of Greater Odesa totalled 8 million tons, of which 5.2 million tons were the products of Ukrainian farmers. According to Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, these are record export figures not only for the Ukrainian…
In January-February, the general fund of the state budget of Ukraine received about $1.2 billion of external financing. Grants provided on a non-refundable basis accounted for 75% of the total amount of financial assistance. Among the donors were Japan – $901 million (concessional financing and grants), Norway – $295 million (grant) and Spain – $3…