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Exclusive: EIB says stronger implementation capacity is key to accelerating projects in Ukraine
Ukraine needs stronger capacity to prepare and implement projects to accelerate the deployment of reconstruction financing, said a senior European Investment Bank official. “Public sector capabilities still need to grow,” Matteo Rivellini, head of the EIB’s Ukraine Investment Team, told Ukraine Rebuild Newswire. “We have, let's say,
From The Meeting Rooms
URN reporters attend meetings and events on Ukraine’s reconstruction every day, listening for information of particular interest to our clients — business development professionals and investors. Last week alone, our meeting transcripts totalled 95,000 words - that's the equivalent of George Orwell's 1984, with an extra
Canada backs Ukraine energy, reconstruction with C$635 million in new financing
Canada announced C$635 million ($460 million) in new financing and guarantees for Ukraine's energy security and reconstruction, alongside an agreement to establish a 100-year strategic partnership between the two countries. Nearly C$435 million will be provided as new loan guarantees to the European Bank for
EIB finances €21.4 million public transport fleet upgrade in Dnipro
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is financing a €21.4 million upgrade of Dnipro's electric public transport fleet, with five locally manufactured trams now in service and further tram and trolleybus deliveries planned through 2027. The five low-floor trams were manufactured by Ukrainian producer Tatra-Yug at
Ukraine restores wartime budget transparency, but fiscal-risk gaps remain, study finds
Ukraine has restored much of the budget transparency lost after Russia's full-scale invasion, giving investors and creditors greater visibility into government spending, debt and donor financing, but important gaps remain in fiscal-risk disclosure, according to a recent study. Dmytro Sydorenko, a researcher at the State Tax
Ukraine prosecutor general resigns amid probe into alleged call-center protection scheme
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko has submitted his resignation after an anti-corruption investigation implicated senior officials in his office in an alleged scheme to protect fraudulent call centers and launder criminal proceeds. Kravchenko tendered his resignation late on Sept. 7, calling it a “political decision” and saying he