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The European Union should launch an initiative to help Ukraine attract major international companies by combining targeted investment incentives with stronger de-risking measures, according to a new report by the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS). The proposed "Big on Board" initiative aims to mobilize the
Ukraine's agricultural sector has largely recovered from the immediate financial shock of Russia's full-scale invasion, and investors should expect future profitability to depend more on efficiency than wartime resilience, according to a new report by Agrohub and the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB). The study projects
Ukraine should link a gradual increase in its carbon price to automatic matching contributions from the European Union, creating a joint decarbonisation fund that could mobilise up to €6.6 billion a year by 2030 for green investment, according to a paper published by Green Deal Ukraïna (GDU), a trilateral
By Iryna Fedets, URN Correspondent On a Saturday evening, Piramida shopping mall in Kyiv's Pozniaky district is modestly busy. Cars continue pulling into the crowded parking lot as shoppers make their way inside, greeted by chilled air and the tinny soundtrack of pop music. But signs of war
By Iryna Fedets and Kateryna Malofieieva Piramida was never meant to be a destination. Unlike Kyiv's giant shopping malls, it serves the surrounding neighborhood. Residents stop in for groceries, collect prescriptions, eat with their families and browse familiar shops a short walk from home. That is precisely what
Ukraine appointed Naftogaz chief executive Serhii Koretskyi as prime minister this past week in its biggest wartime cabinet reshuffle, testing whether reconstruction reforms that underpin billions of euros in international financing will stay on course. Koretskyi, confirmed as prime minister on 16 July, has sought to reassure international partners that
