What is being done, what needs doing, and who's doing it.
Reconstruction of residential buildings in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv damaged by this week's deadly Russian missile and drone strikes will cost more than UAH 100 million ($2.7 million), said Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi. Some 154 buildings were damaged in the attack Wednesday, with 10 needing
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and several other senior government figures resigned in what appears set to be the biggest Cabinet shuffle and government reorganization since the full-scale invasion of 2022. Kuleba joins more than half a dozen colleagues, including the ministers of Strategic Industries, Justice, Reintegration and Ecology
The Swedish government has appointed Ulrik Tideström, its former ambassador to Georgia and Armenia, to the newly created position of special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine to promote Swedish businesses seeking to help rebuild the war-torn country. Tideström, currently the director of Diplomatic Training for the Ministry of
European Union Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson called for immediate action to help Ukraine repair heating and power facilities, decentralize energy production, install rooftop solar systems and expand interconnection capacity within months.
The Ukrainian government will miss Penny Pritzker's "Chicago style of doing things" now that she has been replaced as the US envoy for the reconstruction, Ukrainian Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin said. Pritzker, who finished her one-year term as envoy this month, gained a
The Ukrainian military's surprise advance into Russian territory this month has cast a new light on the war in Ukraine. Once seen as battered and increasingly willing to make concessions for peace, Ukraine is now viewed as stronger, more energized and more likely to stay in the fight
Ukraine's government will cover up to 50% of the cost of reconstruction, or construction, of irrigation systems for farmers and will pay them to keep farming in frontline areas, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. The funds will come from a UAH 200 million ($4.9 million) allocation from
(Below is the introductory article in a URN series, to be published over the coming weeks, on medical and industrial cannabis in Ukraine, its potential uses in the reconstruction of the country and the possibilities for foreign investors.) Today, Aug. 16, the law regulating cannabis in Ukraine changes. The new
At least 1,646 medical facilities have been damaged and 215 have been completely destroyed in fighting in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion of February 2022, Ukraine's Health Ministry said. At the same time, 587 ambulances have been destroyed, damaged or seized by Russian forces.
A German-supported program to teach Ukrainians skills needed to rebuild their country has finished training 1,200 people and plans to raise that number to 2,000 by the end of the year, Ukraine's Economy Ministry said. The Skills4Recovery program, administered by the German state-run Deutsche
Olympic victories have helped position the reconstruction of Ukraine's sports program as a fundamental part of the $500 billion-$1 trillion physical rebuilding of the country after the war, say sports figures and government officials.
Ukraine's Health Ministry appointed representatives of the UNDP, Unicef and the Embassy of Lithuania to a committee overseeing the rebuilding of a missile-struck children's hospital after complaints of poor transparency thwarted an earlier attempt at reconstruction. Representatives of the three bodies are among the first
Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile operator, said it boosted investments by 63.1% year-on-year in the second quarter of the year to rebuild and upgrade the country's war-damaged telecommunications network. The company, which has 23 million mobile subscribers, said it invested UAH 2.275
Compiling a directory of law firms doesn't sound very ominous. But add a full-blown Russian invasion, missile attacks, air raid alarms and constant power outages, and you start to get the idea of the challenge of putting together the 21st edition of Ukrainian Law Firms for Foreign
The Ukrainian government has changed regulations to let foreign companies with offices in Ukraine carry out construction of more complex or sensitive buildings, such as malls, hospitals and factories under a simplified procedure. Foreign companies with representative offices or separate divisions in Ukraine will be allowed to build structures classified
Unscrupulous real estate developers in Kyiv are quietly bulldozing historical buildings to make way for more profitable projects while the attention of the nation is focused on the war against the Russian invasion, the Kyiv Independent reported. The bulldozing on July 19 of the Zelensky Manor, the historic dwelling of
