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Monday, 14 April 2025, 03:37
Ukraine will receive EUR 50 million from the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) to finance a subsidized mortgage program for families of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
12 April 2025
Ukraine's Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, Svitlana Hrynchuk, and Spain's Ambassador, Ricardo Lopez-Arana Jagu, visited the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone where they opened a solar power plant with a capacity of 0.8 MW, occupying an area of more than 3,000 square meters.
Guarantees from the EU under the Ukraine Investment Framework (UIF) lay the basis for mobilizing additional investments and increasing the role of the private sector in Ukraine’s recovery.
11 April 2025
In the near future, the development of Ukraine’s defense industry will achieve a significant breakthrough.
Ukrainian producers of weapons components can receive a grant of up to UAH 8 million to set up and expand their production.
The representatives of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry have met with a delegation of the United Kingdom to discuss budget needs, progress in reforms, and cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
10 April 2025
As part of the effort to undermine operations of Russia’s shadow fleet used to circumvent international sanctions and sustain the war, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service learned that the Kremlin employs tankers owned by Greek nationals or operated by Greek entities.
Dynamic processes in Ukraine's economy and the reforms the country is implementing on its way to EU membership open up new opportunities for European businesses. The EU is ready to help European investors make their way into Ukraine, as today’s investments in Ukraine are investments in the development and sustainability of the entire European economy.
The liberalization of freight traffic between Ukraine and the European Union has been officially extended until December 31, 2025.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has called on the European Union to expedite Ukraine's integration into the EU's Single Market at all levels.
Last month consumer prices in Ukraine increased by 1.5% compared to February 2025. The inflation rate accelerated to 14.6% in annual terms.
09 April 2025
Ukraine is engaged in a dialogue with all partners in the EU to extend the so-called autonomous trade measures (ATMs) introduced by the EU for trade with Ukraine at least until the end of this year in order to maintain the duty-free trade regime between Ukraine and the EU until a new bilateral trade agreement is concluded.
Together with partners, Britain is actively studying opportunities to strengthen oil restrictions imposed on Russia.
Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade Representative Taras Kachka says the country is ready for negotiations with the U.S. on the abolition of tariffs on American products.
The European Union this week requested EUR 2.1 billion in revenues from immobilized assets of the Central Bank of Russia, held by Central Securities Depositories. The funds from this tranche will be directed to help Ukraine.
Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, more than 63,000 energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine have been damaged by massive strikes and targeted attacks.
Ukraine and Poland should intensify cooperation in the defense industry, as both countries have their own strengths.
Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service (FIS) has compiled a body of evidence implicating 39 bulk cargo vessels and identified 80 captains involved in the illicit export of agricultural products from territories temporarily occupied by Russian forces.
08 April 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky displayed the best models of drones produced by the Ukrainian defense industry to Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever and representatives of ten Belgian defense companies. These advanced drones are currently in active use on the battlefield.
Ukraine has signed an updated free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), aimed at simplifying trade procedures, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, public procurement, technical cooperation, and intellectual property protection.
Ukraine's international reserves increased by 5.6% in March 2025, to $42.38 billion.
In January-March 2025, Ukrainian defense industry companies obtained preferential loans worth UAH 463 million.
07 April 2025
Currently, a competent parliamentary committee, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), and the representatives of the interdepartmental commission on military-technical cooperation are working on the criteria to export Ukrainian-made defense products to partner countries.
Ukraine's defense industry has expanded from UAH 70 billion in 2022 to UAH 1.5 trillion in 2025.
The Ukrainian government is working to provide local authorities with all necessary resources and to ensure favorable conditions for their operations.
This week, Ukraine will deploy a delegation to Washington to continue negotiations on a bilateral agreement on mineral resources.
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Ministers Valerii Churkin and Serhii Boyev held discussions with a delegation from the German company Rheinmetall Landsystem GmbH, led by its CEO, Dr. Björn Bernhard.
06 April 2025
In Ukraine, in March 2025, promotions in supermarkets and lower prices for raw milk have stabilized prices for finished dairy products.
Berlin has been paying for Ukraine's access to a satellite-internet network operated by France's Eutelsat, as Europe seeks alternatives to Elon Musk's Starlink.