The Government has approved a decision that will allow it to receive EUR 200 million from the European Investment Bank to ensure the operation of Kaniv, Kremenchuk and Dnipro HPPs. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a meeting of the Cabinet on January 28. These funds are needed to purchase equipment to…
In 2024 Ukrainian companies spent $669.4 million on electricity imports. The relevant statement was made by Ukraine’s think tank DiXi Group on Facebook. “$669.4 million – this is the record-breaking value of last year’s electricity imports. In 2024 they cost Ukraine $2 million higher than in the previous five years combined,” the report states. According…
For the first time the state budget of Ukraine has received funds for stocking water bodies from auctions for commercial fishing. Previously, only local budgets received this money. This was announced by Vitalii Koval, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food. According to him, the new budget programme “Measures for the introduction of aquatic bioresources into…
The Zbroyari: Manufacturing Freedom initiative continues to attract funds to the Ukrainian defence industry. In 2024 the initiative raised more than $1.5 billion. Most of the funds allocated were received in the last quarter of the year. Thus, 9 countries have joined the initiative: Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Iceland,…
This year the Government has allocated UAH 1.6 billion for the purchase of school buses. Thanks to the subvention, communities will be able to purchase new vehicles or replace those destroyed by the war. In total, it is planned to purchase about 460 buses for Ukrainian schools. Procurement will be carried out through the Prozorro…
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine has suspended the review of environmental impact assessment (EIA) documents regarding the construction of 30 wind turbines on the Runa Meadow in Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia). This was confirmed by Olha Melen-Zabramna, head of the legal department of the international organization Environment-People-Law (EPL). “Despite public protests, the…
On January 23, during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine and Switzerland signed a Memorandum of Understanding as part of efforts to engage the Swiss private sector in recovery and reconstruction projects. The document was signed by Guy Parmelin, Federal Councillor, Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, and…