On August 22, the state budget received the seventh tranche of EUR 1.5 billion as part of a large-scale Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) from the EU for 2023. In total, Ukraine has already received EUR 12 billion of MFA from the EU out of the EUR 18 billion provided under the program. The loan repayment period…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) sold $406.71 million on the interbank foreign exchange market over the past week. These are the results of currency interventions published on the central bank’s website. Between August 14 and August 18, the National Bank sold $406.71 million and purchased $0.96 million on the interbank foreign exchange market. Since…
Since the start of the Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% State Programme, business entities have received 70,327 loans from authorised banks totalling UAH 225.4 billion, of which 47,762 from public sector banks totalling UAH 100 billion (as of August 21). Over the past week, 668 concessional loans totalling UAH 1.9 billion were issued under the programme,…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated UAH 350 million to the Ministry of Energy to support energy companies. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced this on Telegram. “Today, we are allocating UAH 350 million to the Ministry of Energy to provide support to energy companies. These are funds to reduce the cost of…
Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko and U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm have discussed Ukraine’s preparations for the new heating season. According to the statement, the two countries’ energy ministers met as part of the first ministerial meeting of the Net Zero World Initiative in Seattle. Both parties discussed the priorities of attracting international assistance to…
The number of officially registered unemployed people in Ukraine reached 112,300 as of August 1. Since the beginning of the year, the State Employment Service has helped almost 127,000 Ukrainians find jobs. This is evidenced by the data released by the State Employment Service. “As of August 1, 112,300 people had the status of unemployed.…
On August 15, the Government adopted a resolution on changes to the mechanism of customs clearance of goods subject to licensing under the Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and the Republic of North Macedonia. “Thanks to the adopted document, we are fully implementing the updated Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and North Macedonia, which was…