The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the draft Law “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Regarding the Definition of Business Entities”, which fully harmonizes the criteria for classifying enterprises with European Union standards. The draft law modernizes approaches to defining micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and eliminates barriers that, due to outdated…
It will take months to restore Kyiv’s own electricity generation capacity, so power cuts will continue in the city for the foreseeable future. This assessment was made at a briefing by Oleksandr Kharchenko, Managing Director of the Energy Industry Research Center. He stressed that the period since January 9 had been the most difficult for…
First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal held a meeting to review the energy supply situation in the Kharkiv region. He heard reports from the Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, the Head of Ukrenergo, Vitalii Zaichenko, and representatives of energy companies. The Kharkiv region continues to…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko announced that the Government had simplified the procedures for installing solar power stations on buildings. “The installation of solar power stations on roofs and facades is now carried out on the basis of a technical survey report on the building. There is no need for additional permitting or registration…
The development of non-raw material exports has been and remains one of Ukraine’s priorities. It is fundamentally important for the Government that Ukrainian exporters feel real, systematic and predictable support from the state – at a level that has long been the standard for business in developed economies. This was stated by the Minister of…
For security reasons, technological processes at a critical infrastructure facility attacked by Russian forces in the morning of January 27 were halted. This was announced on Facebook by Serhii Koretskyi, CEO of Naftogaz Ukrainy. “In the morning of January 27, Russians attacked a critical infrastructure facility of the Naftogaz Group in the western region. As…
Over the past week, within the framework of the State program “Affordable loans 5-7-9%”, representatives of micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) received 468 preferential loans from authorized banks for a total amount of 2.5 billion UAH, in particular, from state-owned banks – 290 loans for 1 billion UAH. During the martial law period in…