By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff, Sept 13, 2023 The number of Ukrainian companies planning new investments increased in the past year, along with the average size of the planned investment, but the outlook for investing has yet to return to pre-war levels, according to a survey by the European Business
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff, Sept 12, 2023 Ukrainians trust Western companies and banks more than local firms to carry out reconstruction of the country after the war, according to an opinion poll published by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. When asked
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff, Sept 12, 2023 The Ukrainian government will cooperate with German firm Notus Energy to build a wind power plant in the Chornobyl exclusion zone, with the capacity to power 1,000 homes, Ukraine’s Environment Ministry said in a press release. Notus Energy has finished
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 11, 2023 Dream, the Ukrainian state portal meant to organize the reconstruction of the country, has entered closed beta testing for new features meant to help choose which projects to prioritize and create milestones for reconstructions works. The updates to the portal, which also now
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 11, 2023 South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced an aid package of $2.3 billion for the reconstruction of Ukraine, including $300 million in aid next year and $2 billion in low-cost loans from 2025, the Korea Times reported from the G20 summit over
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 11, 2023 The Netherlands government said it will offer subsidies totaling 25 million euros ($26.8 million) to Netherlands-registered companies that partner with a Ukrainian firm to carry out reconstruction work in the healthcare, agriculture or water sectors. Starting Sept 11, companies and civil society
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 8, 2023 Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, announced it will hold an international competition to rebuild the city center based on a master plan created by a team of foreign and domestic architects led by the Norman Foster Foundation. Kharkiv City Council said in a
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff, Sept 8, 2023 A drone survey of Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast, one of the region’s heaviest hit in the ongoing war, shows about 10% of the infrastructure has been destroyed or damaged, the United Nations Development Programme said. The damage and destruction includes 300 “social
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff (Sept 7, 2023) Ukrainian civil servants will need intense national training in project appraisal, procurement and other areas to help carry out the expected massive reconstruction campaign to follow the war, a senior official for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said. The fight against
Ukraine Rebuild Newswire Staff The promise of European Union membership will accelerate the reconstruction of Ukraine more reliably than the money likely to be offered by international donors when the war with Russia ends, said Beata Javorcik, the chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. As Ukraine
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Ukraine has been rebuilding or repairing war-damaged hospitals, clinics and other medical buildings at an average rate of 1.4 facilities a day since Russian forces invaded, according to data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. From the invasion on Feb 24 of last year
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has re-allocated 182 million euros ($197 million) from planned works in southern Ukraine to a major highway upgrade in the west of the country as the Russian invasion has shifted transportation patterns. The loan will be used to
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Denmark will contribute 1.2 billion Danish kroner ($173 million) to the “early recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine” next year, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release. The government allocated more than half of that sum, or 631 million kroner, specifically
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Indian businesses should find roles in the reconstruction of Ukraine as early as possible to gain “first-mover advantage,” Ukrainian MP Yulia Klymenkotold a gathering of businesses and trade associations in New Delhi, the Times of India reported. “Right now we have 23% of our railways
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff Construction equipment manufacturer HD Hyundai XiteSolution will send a representative to accompany Won Hee-ryong, South Korea’s minister of land, infrastructure and transport, on a visit to Ukraine this month, The Korea Times reported, citing unnamed sources. The company, a unit of HD Hyundai, the
By Ukraine Rebuild News Staff The World Bank has announced $232 million in financing to help homeowners in Ukraine repair shattered windows, damaged roofs and other non-structural damage from the ongoing war. The financing for the Housing Repair for People's Empowerment Project (HOPE) project will help repair 98,
