For two and a half decades, Colin Ross, the Ukraine country director for UK-based project management firm Gleeds has earned the type of experience that will prove invaluable for the coming full-scale reconstruction of Ukraine. Colin, originally from Scotland, has been mostly living and working in Ukraine since 1997. After
Demand for office space in Kyiv increased in 2024, with take-up approaching pre-war levels, although companies seeking to lease offices were particularly attracted to properties equipped with air raid shelters, according to CBRE Ukraine. Full-year take-up of office real estate rose 42% in 2024 from 2023 to 129,000 sqm,
Nibulon, one of Ukraine's largest grain and oilseeds originators and exporters, said on Tuesday it has signed a debt restructuring deal with the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The agreement covers an outstanding loan balance of $18.2 million and extends the loan's maturity date to 2029.
Ukraine's largest private power producer DTEK seeks to sign long-term import contracts for liquefied natural gas (LNG) next month with US companies Venture Global or Cheniere Energy to supply Ukraine and neighboring Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, CEO Maxim Timchenko told Reuters in an interview. "It's
Ukraine and the US have agreed on the terms of a deal to jointly develop Ukraine's mineral resources, including oil and gas, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, and Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Unnamed Ukrainian officials told the FT, which first reported on
The Canadian government said it will provide a total of nearly CAD 17o million ($120 million) to Ukraine to repair the country's infrastructure and address its humanitarian needs. CAD 50 million will be allocated for the overhaul and replacement of damaged energy equipment and critical infrastructure in Ukraine.
Today's Contents Reporter's Notepad: * 5 project management tips for investors in Ukraine's reconstruction, from Gleeds country director Colin Ross Just The Facts: * World Bank raises Ukraine's reconstruction and recovery needs estimate by 8% to $524 billion * Trump says Putin would agree to
The total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine as of Dec 31, 2024 stood at $524 billion over the next decade, about 2.8 times the country's estimated GDP for 2024, the World Bank, the European Commission, the United Nations, and Ukraine's government said on
The European Commission (EC) has proposed a new support package for Ukraine to strengthen its energy system and facilitate full integration into the European energy market as well as accelerate domestic renewable power production. The package, whose financial details have not been disclosed, includes Ukraine's electricity market integration
Ukrainian businessman Maksym Krippa has made an investment in DIM, a major real estate developer active in the Kyiv region, DIM said on Monday. Krippa and DIM have "finalized an agreement on partnership and cooperation. Krippa's involvement will ensure the completion of the developer's current
Finland will allocate €4.5 million to the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU) between 2025 and 2027 to support the country's recovery, focusing on regions in southern and eastern Ukraine that are most damaged by the war. The PFRU enhances regional and community resilience by supporting
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would agree to European troops being sent to Ukraine as peacekeepers once the war ends, and added that the US also supports the idea. "He will accept them, I've asked him that question," Trump
The Norwegian government said on Monday it will provide more than NOK 12 billion ($1 billion) to Ukraine this year, focusing on energy security and humanitarian aid. Of the total, Norway plans to disburse NOK 4.5 billion for energy security and supply, including nuclear safety and security and the
Dragon Capital, one of Ukraine's most prominent investment firms, has sold the Omega-1 Logistics warehouse complex in the Kyiv area to EVA retail chain owner RUSH, the investment firm said. The firms didn't disclose the transaction price of the 19,119 sqm warehouse in the city
The percentage of executives at European businesses operating in Ukraine who say their business has a positive outlook has jumped to 40% from 27% over the past six months, according to a survey by the Kyiv-based European Business Association (EBA). Still, 46% of the executives surveyed by the association rate
More than a dozen Western leaders arrived in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv on Monday to mark three years since the start of the Russian invasion in an act of solidarity with the war-torn country amid tensions with the US whose senior officials haven't participated in the
