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Today's Contents The Reporter's Notepad * Weekly Roundup Just The Facts: * Ukraine, US to start talks on minerals deal on Friday * EU, Ukraine launch new business partnership to draw investments in war-torn country * Ukraine, EU extend 'transport visa-free regime' until end-2025 * US ambassador to Ukraine
John Moran, who's resigning from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) after nearly 25 years, has garnered a wealth of expertise in many topics crucial to Ukraine's future, particularly in de-risking and catalyzing private sector investment in tough environments.
FortuneGuard, a Ukrainian InsureTech startup that has developed an AI-powered war risk insurance solution for Ukraine, is now in talks to raise capital and take the model to new markets and product lines. The solution, launched in partnership with UK reinsurance broker McGill and Partners and ARX Insurance, a Ukrainian
When Neo-Eco, a French SME with over 50 full-time staff, entered Ukraine in 2022, few in Central or Eastern Europe had heard of it. Less than three years later, the company has earned a media presence beyond its size. It has been featured in 100 articles and interviews in Ukrainian
When foreign investors consider joining the reconstruction, they often fearfully imagine Russian missiles hitting their offices, land mines crippling employees or drone strikes destroying warehouses. Not to fear, says George Janjalia, the former Georgian military intelligence officer who led security in Ukraine for a globally famous AI company through three
Alexander McWhorter, the New Jersey native who has served as Citi country officer for Ukraine since 2018, has received an increasing number of calls from companies in recent months, asking about participating in the reconstruction of Ukraine. "They're looking to understand the market," he said. "
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
As the experienced CEO of a well-regarded engineering firm in Ukraine, Dan Aspleaf could expect to be extremely busy. After all, the Western world is preparing a Ukrainian reconstruction project that they say dwarfs even the post-WWII Marshall Plan. Instead, Aspleaf's company finds itself suddenly short of work.
Some 60 privately owned Finnish companies have applied so far to the government's Finnpartnership program that helps them get ready to invest in Ukraine, said Antti Vänskä, Finland's special envoy to the reconstruction of Ukraine. And that number is set to grow. "The interest of
Dozens of banks in Ukraine have approved a combined 10 billion hryvnias ($240 million) in financing of energy solutions to help the country sustain the constant attacks on its grid since signing a voluntary accord on energy resilience months ago, a senior banker said.
Contents The Reporter's Notepad: World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings kick off, with a senior bank official finally offering some details about a $10 billion fund the board of directors approved earlier this month. URN Daily has the details and more. Just The Facts: Ukraine is
UK development finance institution British International Investment (BII), which has so far focused on trade finance in its new mandate to help Ukraine, will shift to rebuilding private business as soon as the war ends, its managing director said. "During the war, we are helping businesses simply to survive,
Table of Contents * The Reporter's Notepad. Exclusive reporting, observations from interviews and conversations with sources, plus the most comprehensive Meeting Notes you'll likely ever see. * Just The Facts. All the news fit to read on the reconstruction of Ukraine, verified and originally reported by The RUB
Table of Contents * Just The Facts. This is URN Daily's flagship section - All the news fit to read on the reconstruction of Ukraine, verified and originally reported by URN staff, unless otherwise attributed. * The Reporter's Notepad. Exclusive reporting, observations from interviews and conversations with sources,
Finnish development finance institution Finnfund expects to make the first investment from a €25 million allocation for Ukraine by Q1 of 2025, the institution has told Ukraine Rebuild Newswire.
