Ukraine: Spain interested in corn and sunflower

Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi held a regular online meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain Luis Planas Puchades. The parties discussed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products and food security. In particular, the extension of the duty-free and quota-free trade regime between Ukraine and the EU.…

Ukraine: French investment company to acquire assets of Turkcell Ukraine for $500 million

On January 29, French billionaire Xavier Niel announced that his investment company, NJJ Capital, agreed to pay $500 million for Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS’s Ukraine units. The relevant statement was made by Bloomberg. According to Niel, his company’s telecom operations are already in neighboring Poland through Iliad, and the large amount of roaming traffic between…

Ukraine: working group created to resolve issue of debt repayment in energy market

Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko has signed an order to establish a working group on debt repayment in the electricity market. The group is to promptly develop an effective mechanism for balancing the financial condition of electricity market participants, in particular the transmission system operator, producers of electricity from alternative sources for which…

Ukraine: over EUR 15 million to be earmarked for construction of school shelters

On January 25, representatives of the European Union visited the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to agree on further support for Ukraine in building shelters for educational institutions. The event gathered together: Katarina Mathernova, Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of…