KYIV, March 28 – The Ministry of Social Policy begins the process of public consultation on the draft Demographic Development Strategy until 2040. | More

KYIV, March 28 – Two thermal power plants of the DTEK energy holding – Burshtynska and Ladyzhynska (Ivano-Frankivsk and Vinnytsia regions) – were severely damaged in an attack by Russian aggressors on the Ukrainian power system on March 22, said DTEK CEO Dmytro Sakharuk. | More

KYIV, March 27 – The indicators of the Ukrainian foreign exchange market and the methodology for their calculation correspond to the conditions and needs of the market, at the same time, it is advisable to supplement them with the calculation of the reference value of the hryvnia to euro exchange rate as of 12 o'clock and move on to a unified – daily – list of currencies to establish the official exchange rate hryvnia, this recommendation was made by the Council of Oversight of the Money and FX Market Indicators. | More

KYIV, March 26 – Franco-Polish steps to expand restrictions on the import of Ukrainian food products into the EU could provoke the worsening and prolongation of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Mykola Solsky said in an interview with the Financial Times. | More

KYIV, March 26 – The expected economic benefits from the liberalization of the agricultural land market for legal entities could range from 1-2.7% of GDP annually over the next three years, scientists from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) calculated in a study of the prospects for liberalization of the agricultural land market. | More

KYIV, March 27 - Russia struck the northeastern city of Kharkiv with aerial bombs Wednesday for the first time since 2022, killing at least one civilian and wounding 16 others, local officials said. | More

KYIV, March 27 – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors on Tuesday approved a new Development Policy Operation (DPO) for Ukraine in the amount of $1.5 billion. | More

KYIV, March 27 – In the annual world ranking 2023 IQAir World Air Quality, Kyiv is among the thirty capitals of the world with the best air quality indicators. Having settled down between Madrid and Luxembourg, the capital of Ukraine took 22nd place in the ranking, finding itself in the green zone, said Deputy Head of Kyiv City State Administration for self-governing powers Volodymyr Prokopov. | More

KYIV, March 26 – Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (GTSOU) considers the priority projects in 2024 to be the preservation of the current gas injection conditions for foreign traders for the entire 2024/2025 season, as well as an increase in available gas transportation routes in the Ukrainian GTS. | More

KYIV, March 25 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF), following the third review of the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Ukraine, still considers the end of active hostilities in 2024 as the baseline scenario, however, in the updated downside scenario maintains the assumption of a more intense war running into 2025, the IMF has slightly improved its macroeconomic forecast. | More