Adam Brown
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."
Biden appoints Hyatt Hotels heiress Penny Pritzker to coordinate US drive to rebuild Ukraine
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff, Sept 15, 2023 US President Joe Biden has named Penny Pritzker, a member of a billionaire Chicago business family who served as commerce secretary from 2013 to 2016, to a newly created role overseeing US efforts to help Ukraine rebuild and recover from the ongoing
European Parliament calls for freeze on Belarusian assets to pay for reconstruction of Ukraine
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff, Sept 15, 2023 The European Parliament passed a resolution calling on the European Union to freeze Belarusian assets and seek to transfer them to Ukraine to pay for reconstruction after the war with Russia, and asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest
Most Europeans and North Americans back government aid for Ukraine reconstruction, poll suggests
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff, Sept 14, 2023 Most citizens of Western or Western-allied nations agree that their government should financially support the reconstruction of Ukraine and that the country should be allowed to join the European Union and Nato, according to a 14-nation survey. Some 69% say their government
Marsh McLennan execs call for G7 to create ‘unprecedented war-risk pool’ to insure reconstruction of Ukraine
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff, Sept 14, 2023 The world’s most powerful nations should create a “war-risk pool” to restore Ukraine’s insurance industry and insure the companies, organizations and people seeking to undertake the reconstruction of Ukraine, said executives from companies owned by global private services firm and
26% of Ukrainian firms plan investments next year, European Business Association survey shows
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff, Sept 13, 2023 The number of Ukrainian companies planning new investments increased in the past year, along with the average size of the planned investment, but the outlook for investing has yet to return to pre-war levels, according to a survey by the European Business
Ukrainians trust Western companies more than local firms for reconstruction, poll shows
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff, Sept 12, 2023 Ukrainians trust Western companies and banks more than local firms to carry out reconstruction of the country after the war, according to an opinion poll published by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. When asked
German contractor Notus Energy to build wind power plant on Chornobyl disaster site in deal with Ukraine government
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff, Sept 12, 2023 The Ukrainian government will cooperate with German firm Notus Energy to build a wind power plant in the Chornobyl exclusion zone, with the capacity to power 1,000 homes, Ukraine’s Environment Ministry said in a press release. Notus Energy has finished
Ukrainian reconstruction portal Dream enters beta testing for new functions that create milestones, set priorities
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 11, 2023 Dream, the Ukrainian state portal meant to organize the reconstruction of the country, has entered closed beta testing for new features meant to help choose which projects to prioritize and create milestones for reconstructions works. The updates to the portal, which also now
South Korea pledges $2.3 billion for the reconstruction of Ukraine
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 11, 2023 South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced an aid package of $2.3 billion for the reconstruction of Ukraine, including $300 million in aid next year and $2 billion in low-cost loans from 2025, the Korea Times reported from the G20 summit over
Netherlands to subsidize firms that partner in Ukraine for reconstruction work
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 11, 2023 The Netherlands government said it will offer subsidies totaling 25 million euros ($26.8 million) to Netherlands-registered companies that partner with a Ukrainian firm to carry out reconstruction work in the healthcare, agriculture or water sectors. Starting Sept 11, companies and civil society
Kharkiv asks foreign firms to bid on city reconstruction work after 5 pilot projects are unveiled
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 8, 2023 Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, announced it will hold an international competition to rebuild the city center based on a master plan created by a team of foreign and domestic architects led by the Norman Foster Foundation. Kharkiv City Council said in a
UN drones show 10% of infrastructure in northern Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast is damaged or destroyed
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 8, 2023 A drone survey of Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast, one of the region’s heaviest hit in the ongoing war, shows about 10% of the infrastructure has been destroyed or damaged, the United Nations Development Programme said. The damage and destruction includes 300 “social
Ukraine civil service, gutted by war, needs training blitz in project appraisal and procurement, OECD small business director says
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff (Sept 7, 2023) Ukrainian civil servants will need intense national training in project appraisal, procurement and other areas to help carry out the expected massive reconstruction campaign to follow the war, a senior official for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said. The fight against
EU membership talks will accelerate Ukraine's rebuilding more than money, EBRD chief economist says
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff The promise of European Union membership will accelerate the reconstruction of Ukraine more reliably than the money likely to be offered by international donors when the war with Russia ends, said Beata Javorcik, the chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. As Ukraine
Ukraine rebuilds an average of 1.4 war-damaged hospitals or clinics per day since Russian invasion
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Ukraine has been rebuilding or repairing war-damaged hospitals, clinics and other medical buildings at an average rate of 1.4 facilities a day since Russian forces invaded, according to data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. From the invasion on Feb 24 of last year