The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine has opened two new "Made in Ukraine" offices in the country to help local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The new offices were launched in Chuhuiv and Nova Vodolaha in the Kharkiv region as part of a national initiative
Today's Contents Reporter's Notepad: * 4 lessons building materials giant Kingspan learned from planning a $280 million investment in war-time Ukraine Just The Facts: * EBRD to invest at least €1.5 billion in Ukraine in 2025 * Kingspan to start building its first Ukrainian factory 6 months
Schneider Electric Ukraine aims to train 1 million people in energy management basics in 2025, such as conservation and optimization of energy use, the company's CEO Mykhailo Bubnov said. The company, which signed a memorandum to that effect with Ukraine's Ministry of Education and Science, is
The UK government will invest GBP17 million in the second investment round under InnovateUkraine, a bilateral program that focuses on supporting low-carbon solutions that increase Ukraine's energy resilience. The second cohort will focus on technologies tailored towards smart green grids, renewable generation, renewable heat, green fuels, and
Kingspan's Mike Stenson has ushered the building materials giant through multiple complicated stages of investing in war-time Ukraine, as it seeks to build a $300 million multi-factory manufacturing campus near the western city of Lviv that will help propel the reconstruction of the country. Stenson, the
Global building materials giant Kingspan said it will start building its first Ukrainian factory in the middle of this year, at least six months behind its initial projection, after completing the cumbersome bureaucracy needed to prep a $300 million project in Ukraine. "We are very close now to actually
The European Investment Bank (EIB) said on Wednesday its board paved the way for €100 million in funding to repair damaged municipal heating infrastructure in Ukraine. The funding was announced as part of a €2.4 billion EIB financing for business investment, clean energy, transport, telecommunications and flood protection in
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Ukraine's Ministry for Communities and Territories Development have signed a guarantee agreement for the project Renewal of the Electric Locomotive Fleet of Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia). The agreement was signed between EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso and Ukriane's
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will invest at least €1.5 billion this year in Ukraine's economy and businesses, EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso told Reuters in an interview. In 2024, the EBRD deployed €2.4 billion in Ukraine, bringing the total allocated to the
US allies anticipate that President Donald Trump's administration will unveil a long-awaited plan to end the war on Ukraine at the Feb 14-16 Munich Security Conference in Germany, unnamed sources told Bloomberg. Trump's special representative for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, is expected to
Accord Import, a cabinet furniture manufacturer based in the western Ukrainian city of Khmelnytskyi, will invest $14 million to triple its production capacity after an increase in orders from Danish retailer Jysk, its main buyer. The project will include developing a new factory in the region to boost production capacity
The Italian embassy in Kyiv have signed an agreement with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to launch a €2 million project to strengthen energy sustainability of Ukrainian cities. The fund, which is provided by Italy, aims to support Ukraine's recovery towards a more decentralized and sustainable energy
Ukraine sees "immense" potential in buying and storing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States after the transit of the Russian gas through the country's territory ended, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Wednesday. "Ukraine has exceptionally powerful underground gas storage
Ukraine's National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) chief Ruslan Magomedov said he has held talks with Francis Malige, director of the Financial Institutions Department at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), about creating a capital market body in Ukraine that would operate under EBRD auspices.
The UK will allocate GBP 55 million ($69 million) to Ukraine through a new funding package announced on Wednesday, ahead of Britain's Foreign Minister David Lammy's visit to Kyiv. "Our support for Ukraine remains unbreakable. We are determined to put Ukraine in the strongest possible
