What is being done, what needs doing, and who's doing it.
Neo-Eco, a French company that transforms war rubble and industrial waste into low-carbon construction materials, is stepping up investment in Ukraine, which it considers the "best place on earth to be" for a company with its "circular economy" business model. The company, which entered
The European Union will allocate €160 million for Ukraine's energy security this winter, including the rebuilding of power infrastructure, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday at a press conference. The amount includes €60 million in humanitarian aid for shelters and heaters, and €100 million from
The Rebuild Green Hackathon 2024, set to kick off this Saturday, aims to promote sustainability in the reconstruction of Ukraine by giving participants a chance to develop green projects that focus on biomaterials and eco-friendly technologies. Behind the project is the Rebuild Ukrainian Cities Green Initiative, launched by Lithuania-
The Czech Republic will help Ukraine rebuild the country's industrial Dnipropetrovsk region, which has been heavily hit by the war with Russia, the Ukrainian Restoration Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday. Prague's help in rebuilding the central Ukrainian region will include energy generation, water
Neo-Eco, which produces building materials from war rubble and industrial waste, is building a state-of-the-art laboratory in Ukraine to accelerate product development so it can supply builders during the expected rush of reconstruction when the war ends. The 700-square-meter laboratory, to open soon in
Denmark has allocated €7.2 million to restore the water supply infrastructure in Mykolaiv's Korabelny neighborhood as a pilot project for similar works throughout the southern Ukrainian city. The project aims to restore freshwater access, damaged in an attack shortly after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, said
The Italian government has pledged €45 million to restore five architectural monuments in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa that have been damaged during the Russian invasion, said an Odesa city official. Ivan Liptuha, head of the city council's Department of Culture and European Integration, told the news
France has committed to delivering 19,000 tonnes of railway track to support the recovery of Ukraine and help streamline its rail services with those of Western Europe, said Pierre Heilbronn, France's envoy to the reconstruction of Ukraine. The first shipment of the track, which is enough to
Shortly after saying he will not let Ukraine use German weapons in long-range strikes against Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for an intensification of efforts to end the war. "I believe that now is the moment when we also need to discuss how we can get out
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to extend a €175 million facility to PrivatBank and €150 million to Ukrgasbank as part of a program to improve Ukraine's energy security, the European financial institution said. The lenders will use the unfunded portfolio-risk-sharing facilities
Land mines laid since the Russian invasion of 2022 are shaving more than $11 billion per year off of Ukraine's GDP, according to the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. A study by the institute and Ukraine's Economy Ministry also found that the mines have lowered
Greenpeace has opened a new office in Kyiv to boost its focus on promoting green projects in the reconstruction of Ukraine as well as to research environmental crimes stemming from Russia's invasion, the environmentalist organization said. The group said it will also monitor security concerns and radiation levels
A serious shortage of personnel in the construction materials market due to the refugee crisis and military service in Ukraine is hampering production and economic development, various industry associations have said. In a feature report, news agency Interfax Ukraine spoke to heads of industry associations, who said the shortage has
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has given a green light to Irish building materials giant CRH to buy the Ukrainian cement-making unit of Italy's Buzzi, Dyckerhoff GmbH, after a year of deliberation. The €100 million purchase gives CRH, which already owns three plants in Ukraine under the
The government of Slovakia is preparing a €178 million upgrade to the Danube River ports of the capital, Bratislava, with an eye to increasing their participation in the reconstruction of Ukraine. The country's transport minister has submitted a proposal that includes upgrades to the cargo port in Bratislava
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed nine new ministers, including the high-profile Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in the most sweeping government overhaul in the country since the Russian invasion of February 2022. Zelensky, who has been accused of using the Cabinet shuffle to buttress his power within the government while
