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Reporter's Notepad: Rebuild Ukraine, one of the biggest formal events of the year related to the reconstruction of Ukraine, kicks off Wednesday in Warsaw. For the first time, the event now hosts a European Union-Ukraine Investment Conference segment, with plans to cover the early results of the EU's Ukraine Investment Framework. URN Daily will be there.
Just The Facts: Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko says her government plans to transform Ukraine's economy through the production of value-added goods, Indian exporters of processed metal goods, machinery and other items forecast a demand boom next year from the reconstruction of Ukraine, and Finland will provide up to €50 million in loans to Ukraine in 2025 for reconstruction projects financed under the Finnish-Ukrainian Investment Fund.
Here's What They Think: A Trump administration in the US may actually heighten pressure on Russia's President Vladimir Putin, says an op-ed piece in The Conversation, while The Guardian writes that Joe Biden should use his remaining weeks as US president to get a peace deal done in Ukraine.
Sober Second Thought: Besides their primary aim, Ukrainian state-owned enterprises (SOEs) serve as instruments for state regulation, exemplified by entities such as Ukroboronprom, a conglomerate in various sectors of Ukraine's defense industry, according to a new study.
The Rebuilder's Social: Kyiv School of Economics President Tymofiy Mylovanov denies rumors that he will be appointed as Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Ukrhydroenergo says Voith Group will train its engineers in Austria with German government backing, and UNDP Ukraine and the government of Japan are training female tractor drivers in Ukraine's Vinnytsia Oblast.
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