In 2024, the budget received UAH 9.9 billion in revenues from the privatization of state-owned property. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced this at a press conference on March 4. “In 2024, Ukraine achieved record results in privatization in 10 years. The total amount of proceeds for last year amounted to UAH 9.9 billion.…
Sofoklis, a Lithuanian publishing house, said on March 4 it was removing a book by US Vice President JD Vance from sale and urged people to read books by Ukrainian authors instead. The move came after the US paused military aid to Ukraine. “Following the US presidential administration’s decision to suspend aid to Ukraine, Sofoklis…
The state has paid UAH 56 million to employers under the compensation programme for the employment of 2,500 internally displaced persons since the beginning of 2025. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Economy Tetiana Berezhna. “Since the beginning of this year, 1,500 employers have received compensation from the Government for the employment of 2,500…
Since the beginning of 2025, businesses have received 3,727 soft loans under the Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% programme totalling UAH 11.7 billion. Since the launch of the programme in February 2020, businesses have taken 107,400 loans worth UAH 371.8 billion. Last week, Ukrainian entrepreneurs received 933 soft loans worth UAH 2.3 billion. “Thanks to the…
In the last quarter of 2024, the number of Bulgarian citizens traveling both domestically and internationally decreased by 7.2% compared to the same period in 2023, with 1.1 million people making tourist trips, according to data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI). The majority of travelers, 74.4%, chose to stay within Bulgaria, while 20.5% traveled…
Poland has ordered nearly 25,000 Starlink terminals for Ukraine. The standard service subscription for one terminal costs Warsaw almost 5,500 UAH per month. This information was provided by the Ministry of Digitalization of Poland. According to the ministry, under the initiative of the Minister of Digitalization, in 2022-2023, as many as 19,560 Starlink terminals were…
After Bulgaria joins the eurozone, the rate of mandatory minimum reserves (MRR) for local banks will be significantly reduced, dropping from the current 12% to just 1%. Additionally, the base on which this rate is calculated will also decrease. The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) expects that these changes will free up more funds that banks…