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Euroclear, the Belgian clearing house that holds the bulk of the frozen Russian assets, plans to redistribute €3 billion in cash to compensate Western investors who had cash seized in Russia in recent months, Reuters reported.
The cost of managing the Chornobyl exclusion zone rose 9% last year to UAH 2.31 billion ($55.6 million), the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management said.
Ukraine's state-run energy transmission system operator Ukrenergo said it has reached an agreement on the terms of a a liability management transaction for its outstanding $825 million sustainability-linked bonds.
Ukraine's government said it has failed to reach an agreement with investors on the restructuring of $3.2 billion worth of debt linked to economic growth or so-called GDP warrants.
Ukraine on Wednesday officially presented the Centralised Procurement Organisation (CPO) of the Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development, as it looks to ensure transparency in reconstruction efforts, the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development said.
Ukraine has started talks with holders of a GDP warrant to restructure a $500 million payment due on May 31, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Ukraine's government has appointed Natalia Tabaka as head of the State Agency for Tourism Development (SATD), the country's Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories said on Tuesday.
Ukraine has signed a memorandum of intent with the government of the United States, confirming progress on the upcoming Agreement on Economic Partnership and reaffirming their intent to conclude the deal, according to Ukraine's economy ministry.
Ukrainian lawmakers on Wednesday voted to extend martial law for 90 days, starting from May 9, when it was set to expire.
South Korea will provide $4.76 million in funding to accelerate the digital transformation of Ukraine's public administration system, under a three-year cooperation agreement signed in Kyiv on Sunday, according to a press release from the Ukrainian government.
Ukraine on Tuesday signed an updated free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), whose members include Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, which fully eliminates duties on industrial goods for Ukrainian exporters and lowers or completely removes tariffs on a wide range of agricultural products.
Finland and Ukraine are cooperating on a new tax project to enhance the transparency and digitalisation of Ukraine's tax administration as well as its capacity to manage and implement reforms, according to Finland's foreign ministry and the State Tax Service of Ukraine.
Ukraine is in the process of selecting a law firm to represent its interests in upcoming negotiations with the United States over a critical minerals agreement, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine.
Ukraine's GDP warrant was on track on Monday for its biggest daily loss since shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion, as optimism over a US brokered ceasefire waned, Reuters reported.
Ukraine's Finance Ministry said it has signed a memorandum with the Ukraine Facility audit board to cooperate in strengthening financial management and oversight of the instrument. The agreement allows for the exchange of information, reports, and documents, along with fostering active institutional dialogue.
The Ukrainian government has approved the privatization terms and sale price for the chemical industry plant Sumykhimprom and construction company Ukrbud, according to Ukraine's Ministry of Economy. The starting sale price for Sumykhimprom is about UAH 1.2 billion ($29 million) and for Ukrbud UAH 263 million, the
