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Topic: The Ukraine Investment Roadshow gathered 150 professionals in London to discuss investment in Ukraine on Dec 6, 2024. Panel 1, covered below, was focused on macroeconomics. Organizers: Strategy Council Speakers: * Vitaliy Vavryshchuk, Head of Macroeconomic Research, ICU * Alina Slyusarchuk, Head of CEEMEA Economics, Morgan Stanley * Anna Rogers, Director, International
Topic: Christina Mikolova, Regional Head of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Ukraine, discussed the EIB's activities and investments in Ukraine since 2007. She highlighted the bank's focus on infrastructure, including transport, energy, and social infrastructure, and its support for SMEs, and emphasized the importance of
Topic: The US Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration hosts a series of virtual conferences to assess and highlight opportunities and barriers to Ukrainian women entrepreneurs in the digital economy. Organized in partnership with The WMarketplace Inc, each conference focuses on a topic critical to the growth of
Ukraine's government aims to enhance domestic value-added production to transform its commodity-based economy, increase revenue, drive growth, and encourage millions of Ukrainians to return home, the country's Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko told Reuters in an interview. "The task is to move away from
India's Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC), which represents exporters and manufacturers of metal goods, machinery and other products, anticipates a surge in demand soon from the reconstruction of Ukraine, EEPC Chairman Arun Garodia said at a press conference on Tuesday, the Hindu Business Line reported. "Ukraine wants
Ukraine's Economy Ministry is working to adopt an internationally recognised methodology for soil analysis to speed up the return of former battlegrounds to agriculture and other uses, the ministry said. The government has "engaged scientists from leading Ukrainian universities to build a scientifically based probabilistic model of
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday denied reports that Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump had spoken recently. On Sunday, The Washington Post first reported that Putin and Trump spoke last week, citing unnamed sources. The newspaper said that Trump told Putin not to
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) started the sixth review of its loan arrangement, or so-called Extended Fund Facility (EFF), with Ukraine, the country's finance ministry said in a press release on Monday. For the review, Ukraine should meet four structural benchmarks: review pre-war policies and practices
Contents Reporter's Notepad: In a coordinated effort in the second half of this year, dozens of banks in Ukraine have approved a combined 10 billion hryvnias ($240 million) in financing for energy solutions - everything from manufacturing of energy-efficient doors by small businesses to large generation projects - to
Ukraine, with the support of the United Kingdom, has established the Green Transition Office, a unit designed to improve implementation of energy and climate policies meant to support the country's integration into the EU.
The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO) and Kharkiv Сity Сouncil signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at involving the Swiss private sector in reconstruction efforts in the northeastern Ukrainian city. Through this partnership, Swiss businesses will assist in the partial repair of damaged civilian buildings in Kharkiv,
US President-elect Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of the sizeable US military presence in Europe, The Washington Post reported, citing unnamed sources. Trump made the comments on Thursday in his first phone call with Putin after the
The World Bank, the European Commission, the United Nations and the Ukrainian government have started updating their assessment of damages caused by the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and expect to finish early next year. "The report will provide a rapid, consistent and transparent cross-sectoral assessment of the
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was "somewhat reassured" by a recent conversation with US President-Elect Donald Trump, news website Axios reported, citing unnamed sources. It also reported that during the 25-minute conversation on Wednesday last week, shortly after the election, Trump passed the phone to billionaire Elon
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the world's largest business organization, will lower the costs of its arbitration court for foreign investors involved in reconstruction-related disputes in Ukraine, ICC Secretary General John Denton said. "The big issue for a foreign investor is clear access to dispute
