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The Ukrainian government's investment promotion office, UkraineInvest, said on Wednesday that Israeli investors are exploring opportunities in Ukraine. The statement came following a meeting between UkraineInvest acting Executive Director Oleksandr Melnychenko and Israel's ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky.
Turkish companies are ready to take on a more active role in the rebuilding of Ukraine's infrastructure after the war, Ukraine's Economy Ministry and Turkey's Trade Ministry said on Tuesday. The statements followed a Turkey-Ukraine Business Roundtable Meeting held in Ankara participated by Ukraine&
Ikea will resume commercial operations in Ukraine this year, with the reopening of the store in a Kyiv mall that was closed after the full-scale Russian invasion of February 2022, Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing the mall's operations director. "There is very encouraging information that this will definitely happen
Ukraine has received offers from several investors to take part in funding the completion of power units 3 and 4 at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant (NPP) in exchange for ownership in the project, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said. Galushchenko said at a briefing in Ukraine's parliament that
Ukraine's state defense company Ukroboronprom and French multinational aerospace and defense corporation Thales have signed a memorandum to establish a joint venture. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense said.
Revolut, the UK-based fintech, has launched services in Ukraine, allowing citizens to open European Revolut accounts, as the company seeks to capture a share of the large diaspora market created in 2022 by the outflow of millions of Ukrainian refugees. "Ukrainian residents can now send and receive money from
WIG Ukraine, the index for Ukrainian stocks on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), surged nearly 25% in recent days, reaching pre-war levels, Polish business outlet Puls Biznesu reported. Financial markets have responded positively to US promises of a plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. After Donald Trump's election
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 supporting
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
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
Pozhmashyna, one of Ukraine's leading manufacturers of fire and specialized equipment, plans to invest $15 million to build a new plant near the western Ukrainian region of Lviv, said local authorities. The company will build the 13,000 square meter (140,000 square foot) factory in the Formatsia
Foreign owners registered more than 1,109 new businesses in Ukraine in 2024, with the biggest single group coming from Turkey — 201 companies. Polish citizens followed, with 90 companies, then the US with 89. The number of new companies is a 24% decrease from 2023's 1,464, and
The Swiss Federal Council has approved negotiating an international treaty between Switzerland and Ukraine to create a legal basis that would allow Swiss private sector in participating in the reconstruction of Ukraine. Switzerland and Ukraine signed a memorandum of understanding at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos that
Canadian mining company Black Iron said it entered into a multi-year agreement with Ukraine's central city of Kryvyi Rih to lease 248 hectares of land, critical for the development of Shymanivske iron ore deposit. The lease encompasses a significant portion of the planned mining pit and extends westward
HD Hyundai XiteSolution, the Korea-based manufacturer of heavy machinery, has opened a representative office in Ukraine's capital, as part of a strategy to support Ukrainian economy. During the opening ceremony, the company said it intends to participate in reconstruction projects and is exploring options for establishing production facilities
Lending in Ukraine has been steadily growing over the last year in both corporate and retail segments, said National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Andriy Pyshny. Ukrainian banks have seen growth of 21% in net commercial loan portfolios and 39% in consumer loan portfolios Pyshny highlighted.
