Ukraine: close partnership to be maintained with U.S. Inspectors General to ensure effective use of U.S. aid

On January 30, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergii Marchenko met with Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Defence Robert Storch, Inspector General of USAID Paul Martin, Acting Inspector General of the U.S. Department of State Diana Shaw and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Ukraine Bridget Brink. The meeting was…

Ukraine: every dollar spent treated responsibly

The key priority in Ukraine’s cooperation with its partners is the transparency of the use of funds raised. This was emphasised by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a meeting with a delegation of Inspectors General from U.S. Department of Defence, State Department and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on January 30 in Kyiv.…

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…