Switzerland has appointed Jacques Gerber, who lead the health department during the Covid crisis, to oversee the country's program for the reconstruction of Ukraine and its humanitarian aid package. As "Federal Council Delegate for Ukraine," Gerber, 51, will supervise the "Ukraine country programme," which
The government of Slovakia is preparing a €178 million upgrade to the Danube River ports of the capital, Bratislava, with an eye to increasing their participation in the reconstruction of Ukraine. The country's transport minister has submitted a proposal that includes upgrades to the cargo port in Bratislava
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed nine new ministers, including the high-profile Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in the most sweeping government overhaul in the country since the Russian invasion of February 2022. Zelensky, who has been accused of using the Cabinet shuffle to buttress his power within the government while
Reconstruction of residential buildings in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv damaged by this week's deadly Russian missile and drone strikes will cost more than UAH 100 million ($2.7 million), said Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi. Some 154 buildings were damaged in the attack Wednesday, with 10 needing
The Irish government has announced a €36 million aid package to help meet the immediate humanitarian needs of Ukraine as well as boost the country's economy recovery and reconstruction. The package, unveiled during the visit to Ukraine by Irish Premier Simon Harris and Irish Foreign Minister, who is
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and several other senior government figures resigned in what appears set to be the biggest Cabinet shuffle and government reorganization since the full-scale invasion of 2022. Kuleba joins more than half a dozen colleagues, including the ministers of Strategic Industries, Justice, Reintegration and Ecology
Ukraine intends to maintain control over the Kursk region of Russia until Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees to negotiate, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with NBC News. Zelenskyy said Ukraine's objective is not to occupy Russian land, but to restore its territorial integrity and his
A Russian missile attack on a military institute in central Ukraine killed at least 51 people and injured 271 in the deadliest single attack of the war so far this year, the Ukrainian government has said. The attack, in the central Ukrainian town of Poltava, seriously damaged the Military Institute
Two members of the supervisory board of Ukrainian power grid operator Ukrenergo resigned to protest what they called the "politically motivated" dismissal of CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi. The two board members, Daniel Dobbeni and Peder Andreasen, had opposed the dismissal in the board's 4-2 vote earlier
The story of Ukraine's $20 billion debt restructuring, the third-biggest in history and the first for a country at war, took twists and turns including sleepless nights, near collapse of talks and a car crash, Reuters reports. The news agency spoke to five sources off the record
The UK government has earmarked £3 million to teach English to Ukrainian civil servants who work in the area of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, the Ukrainian government said. The money will be used to teach English to 1,400 Ukrainian civil servants per year for three years through the
European officials expect Iran to deliver ballistic missiles to Russia soon, potentially escalating the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The missiles pose a greater threat than previously supplied Iranian drones due to their higher speed and payload capacity, according to the report. While the exact details remain
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is visiting Kyiv for the fifth review of the lender's $15.6 billion aid program for Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. The IMF team is meant to decide on an additional $1.1 billion disbursement from the program,
Romania's government has approved a plan to offer to buy the Giurgiulești International Free Port, the only port in neighboring Moldova, to position it as a hub for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Romania's Cabinet approved a proposal to start negotiations with the current owner, the European
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to give multiple loans to Ukrainian municipalities and companies in the coming weeks, to strengthen the country's infrastructure ahead of winter, a bank official told Reuters.
