After 35 years travelling the world for Bloomberg, The Associated Press and Brightwire, Adam founded Ukraine Rebuild Newswire to hold the West to its promise to "build Ukraine back better."
The percentage of Ukrainians who say they are willing to bear the burdens of war indefinitely in order to win dropped sharply over the past eight months, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS). A survey in October showed 63% of Ukrainians supported continuing the
Contents The Reporter's Notepad: The business and political news cycle slows to a crawl as leaders in Ukraine and throughout the West await results of the US presidential election this week. Just The Facts: A Ukrainian intelligence agency doxxes capitains of ships it accuses to transporting stolen grain,
A Ukrainian intelligence agency has started publishing names and photos of ship captains it says are transporting grain taken by Russian forces from Ukrainian territory in a "name and shame" campaign. The Defense Intelligence Unit (DIU), an agency directly under the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, has published the
Contents The Reporter's Notepad: Will loans to Ukraine be repaid? Investors from large private construction and engineering firms discuss the confusion that could stem from the concept of "blended finance," ending up with borrowers refusing to repay loans. And, based on back-of-the-envelope calculations by an IFC
Private-sector business can be expected to account for a third of the investment needed to rebuild Ukraine after the war, with a focus on the agriculture, retail and energy sectors, a senior International Finance Corporation (IFC) official said. "With major reforms in such sectors as infrastructure, the private sector
North Korean troops deployed on the side of Russia are likely to enter the fight against Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region "in the coming days," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. "We now assess that there are some 10,000 North Korean soldiers
Contents The Reporter's Notepad: Frustration at the often slow progress of reform in Ukraine, particularly given that the government's main focus on fighting the war, can stir up frustration among the very foreign investors the country is trying to attract, as URN Daily witnessed this week.
Organizer: Strategy Council Agenda: 73-0173-01.pdf1 MBdownload-circle Speakers: Moderator Silke Goldberg - Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Andrii Tsokol - Associate Director, Infrastructure Europe, EBRD Jon Queen - Chief Executive Officer, Berezan Port Suha Canatan - Country Representative, Ukraine, Dogus Construction Volodymyr Sterenchuk - Chief Executive Officer, Nova Post UK Nick
Organizer: Strategy Council Agenda: 73-0173-01.pdf1 MBdownload-circle Speakers: Moderator Yaroslav Petrov - Partner, Asters Ian Mulcahey - Principal, Global Director of Cities, Gensler Andriy Bondarenko - Investment Director, Dragon Capital Roman Gryniv - Head of Strategy & Business Development, DTEK Neil Carmichael - Director, Pacific Green Technologies Nadiia Stechyshyna -
Organizer: Strategy Council Agenda: 73-0173-01.pdf1 MBdownload-circle Speakers: Matthew Job - Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Rose Trigg - Business Development Manager, EMEA, Bechtel Mike Stenson - Project Director, Kingspan Group Paul Hammond - Senior Director, Economics, Jacobs Daniel Aspleaf - Managing Director, CDM Ukraine Colin Ross - General Director, Gleeds,
Organizer: Strategy Council Program: 73-0173-01.pdf1 MBdownload-circle Speakers: Armen Katchaturyan: Senior Partner, Asters Rhiannon Kempson: Deputy Director, Ukraine Reconstruction, UK Department for Business & Trade Olena Voloshina: Head of Operations, Ukraine, International Finance Corporation Steve Bourne: Consultant, International, TheCityUK Katie Morris: Head of Humanitarian & Reconstruction, Ukraine Response, Department for
Contents The Reporter's Notepad: URN Daily gets an update from Kingspan about its seven-factory manufacturing campus planned for the Lviv and hears from Olena Voloshina, head of operations for Ukraine at the International Finance Corp (IFC), on the shape of Ukraine's future economy. Just The Facts:
After a year-long search, building materials giant Kingspan has acquired a plot of land near Lviv for its planned seven-factory manufacturing campus and expects to start clearing it early next year, a company official said.
