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Lithuania will allocate €10 million to the World Bank's Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Trust Fund (URTF), the country's finance ministry said in a press release on Tuesday. The funding will contribute to the reconstruction of Ukraine's destroyed energy infrastructure, houses, schools, and
Some 52% of Ukrainians want their country to negotiate an end to the war as quickly as possible and 38% believe Ukraine should keep fighting until victory, according to a Gallup survey conducted in August and October. The results represent a resolute shift from the attitudes of Ukrainians recorded at
The European-Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA), a Ukraine-based non-profit organization, presented the Commercial Risks Guarantee Fund concept to protect private renewable energy companies from shifts in the Ukrainian electricity market. EUEA board member Oleksandr Melnyk said the fund, to be established by international financial organizations, will protect private renewable energy firms
Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday approved the 2025 state budget in the final reading, with planned spending for defense and security of UAH 2.23 trillion ($54 billion), the finance ministry said in a press release. The defense spending is equal to 26.3% of Ukraine's GDP
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Ukrainian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on the sixth review of the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement, granting Ukraine access to $1.1 billion in funding, subject to approval from the IMF board. If approved, the agreement would bring the total disbursements
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said it is providing a €50 million liquidity loan to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv's municipal district heating utility Kyivteploenergo. The loan will ensure that Kyivteploenergo continues operating, keeps its workforce, and maintains essential heating and electricity services for Kyiv'
77% of Ukrainians support post-war local self-government reform and decentralization in the country to enhance local competencies, resources and accountability, while only 16% view the reform as unnecessary, an opinion poll commissioned by the Council of Europe (CoE) found.
South Korean tractor manufacturer TYM said it aims to participate in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine through its recently established European subsidiary. Ukrainian parliamentary delegates recently visited TYM's headquarters, discussing active support for tractor manufacturing parts and services via the European unit, TYM said in a press release
The European Commission (EC) has greenlighted the second regular payment of nearly €4.1 billion under the EU's Ukraine Facility, to support the country's macro-financial stability and its public administration. When adopted by the Council, this decision will raise total 2024 disbursements for the Ukraine Plan
Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) found member of parliament Andrii Odarchenko guilty of attempting to bribe the former head of the State Agency for Reconstruction, Mustafa Nayem, with bitcoin, and sentenced him to eight years in prison. The case marks the first-ever documented instance of a bribe offer
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering providing a €180 million sovereign guaranteed loan to Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) for the installation of up to 270 MW of small-scale gas-fired power generation capacity.
