Women have been responsible for opening 59% of all new businesses in Ukraine so far this year, an increase from 56% last year, said Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
At the same time, women received 61% of all grants under the government's Vlasna Sprava (Own Business) micro-grant program, which offers up to UAH 250,000 ($6,000) to people who start businesses, even though women accounted for just 48% of grant applicants, she said.
Ukraine should link a gradual increase in its carbon price to automatic matching contributions from the European Union, creating a joint decarbonisation fund that could mobilise up to €6.6 billion a year by 2030 for green investment, according to a paper published by Green Deal Ukraïna (GDU), a trilateral
By Iryna Fedets, URN Correspondent On a Saturday evening, Piramida shopping mall in Kyiv's Pozniaky district is modestly busy. Cars continue pulling into the crowded parking lot as shoppers make their way inside, greeted by chilled air and the tinny soundtrack of pop music. But signs of war
Ukraine appointed Naftogaz chief executive Serhii Koretskyi as prime minister this past week in its biggest wartime cabinet reshuffle, testing whether reconstruction reforms that underpin billions of euros in international financing will stay on course. Koretskyi, confirmed as prime minister on 16 July, has sought to reassure international partners that
Ukraine's agricultural sector is coming under growing pressure from rising labour costs, climate volatility and war-related disruptions that are squeezing farm profitability, forcing producers to rely more heavily on technology, automation and data-driven management to protect margins, according to a study prepared by Ukraine's
