A state subsidised mortgage programme aimed at first-time buyers offers some benefits to those who qualify for it but at the same time has led to an increase in house prices and made it harder for other buyers, according to a report by Amron-Sarfin, a housing financing researcher affiliated with banking lobby ZBP. Under the…
Payments to agrarians under the government grant programme to support small and medium-sized businesses are actively continuing. As of today, five more agricultural companies from different regions of Ukraine (Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Volyn and Kyiv) have received UAH 15.8 million from the Government to develop orchards and greenhouses. Since the beginning of the year, 91…
The South Korean government has decided to allow Korean businesspeople to visit Ukraine for negotiations on participation in reconstruction projects. As Yonhap reports with reference to its own sources, the decision was made as an exception to the current rules, according to which Korean citizens are prohibited from visiting areas of armed conflicts under the…
Poland became in 2022 the second biggest exporter to Ukraine after China, a government-affiliated economic think-tank reported. “With a 10% share, Poland became the second biggest supplier to Ukraine after China in 2022,” the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) said. “Poland advanced from the fourth place and overtook Germany and Russia,” PIE wrote, adding that, according…
The German Federal Government has provided $1.55 billion in financial assistance to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion started, mostly through grants. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Finance Ministry. “Financial, military and humanitarian support is extremely important for countering aggression effectively. And Germany is one of the leaders in supporting our struggle against…
The number of official employees from Belarus, applying for pension and disability insurance, has increased by nearly 40% in the 2022-2023 period, Poland’s social insurance institution ZUS has reported. According to ZUS data, at the end of June, 121,700 citizens of Belarus were insured with ZUS against 87,700 at the end of June 2022. In…
On a working visit to Donduseni district, Prime Minister Dorin Recean went to see two businesses promoting competitive agriculture. In Rediul Mare village, the brothers Eugen and Vitalie Terzi are developing a business of sorting and packaging vegetables. With their own investments, the entrepreneurs transformed an abandoned building into a modern space, equipped with sorting…