Ukraine: Economy Minister discusses possibility of creating special war risk insurance fund with EBRD

On March 26, the Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine Oleksiy Sobolev met with representatives of the EBRD, in particular, EBRD Vice-President for Policy and Partnerships Mark Bowman and EBRD Managing Director, Ukraine and Moldova, Arvid Turkner. The meeting participants discussed the current needs for financing critical infrastructure, external financing needs for 2026-2027,…

Ukraine: Government and international partners discuss covering state budget needs

On March 25, the sixteenth meeting of the Steering Committee of the Ukraine Donor Platform took place. Representatives of the Government of Ukraine, G7 countries, the European Union, and international financial institutions held the event in Kyiv. Participants included Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko, Co-Chair of the Platform from Ukraine; Minister of Finance Sergii…

Ukraine: Ministry of Finance and EIB discuss projects to support state-owned enterprises

Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine Olga Zykova and Government Commissioner for Public Debt Management Yuriy Butsa met with representatives of the European Investment Bank (EIB). The meeting was attended, in particular, by EIB Global Deputy Director General Lionel Rapaille and Head of the Regional Hub for Eastern Europe Kristina Mikulova. The parties discussed the…

Ukraine: Government makes changes to provision of housing assistance for internally displaced persons

The Government is expanding support for internally displaced persons-changes have been made to the provision of housing assistance. This was announced by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. Three important steps have been taken to support IDPs: – Extending the duration of payments. Now, the most vulnerable categories of displaced persons shall be eligible to receive…