On May 13, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko met with Alfonso Garcia Mora, Vice President of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. The meeting was also attended by First Deputy Minister of Economy Oleksii Sobolev and IFC representatives. Key topics of discussion…
The Government has adopted several key decisions to improve access to business lending. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a Cabinet meeting on May 13. “Access to affordable loans for small and medium-sized businesses is another critical element of state support,” he emphasised. According to Denys Shmyhal, the first decision involves securing…
In Poltava region 130 employers received compensation for employing more than 460 internally displaced persons since the beginning of 2025. The state paid them UAH 11.3 million. This was reported by the acting head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration Volodymyr Kohut. “According to this indicator, our region is in the top three in Ukraine,”…
Last year, Ukraine’s defense production potential increased from $12 billion to $35 billion. Now, more than 30% of weapons and ammunition used by Ukraine’s Defense Forces against the Russian aggressor are domestically produced. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Strategic Industries Minister Herman Smetanin during the Second EU-Ukraine Defence Industry Forum in Brussels. “We,…
At the Second EU-Ukraine Defence Industries Forum (DFNC2: EU Edition) in Brussels, Ukraine’s Minister of Strategic Industries Herman Smetanin and Jan Pie, Secretary General of the ASD Europe, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the defence industry. The Memorandum aims to advance the shared interests of Ukrainian industry and ASD members. To this…
Kharkiv received six trolleybuses from its sister city of Brno, the Czech Republic. The rolling stock was provided by agreement between Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov and the Brno city authorities. As reported by the Deputy Director of the Department of Construction and Road Management Volodymyr Matyas, Kharkiv would receive 14 more such trolleybuses in the…
More than 3,000 employers have received compensation for hiring 5,500 internally displaced persons (IDPs) since the beginning of 2025. The state has paid them a total of UAH 127 million, according to Deputy Minister of Economy Tetiana Berezhna. “Through the compensation programme for employing IDPs, we support businesses that hire people forced to relocate from…