KYIV, Oct 25 – Norway, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has provided financial support totaling NOK 1.1 billion ($105 million) to restore Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, create reserve capacity, and accelerate Ukraine’s transition to a more diversified and resilient energy mix.
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KYIV, Oct 24 - South Korea’s president on Thursday raised the possibility of supplying Ukraine with weapons while stressing that his government “won’t sit idle” as North Korea allegedly sends troops to support Russia’s aggression toward its neighbor.
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KYIV, Oct 24 – More than 80% of Ukrainian citizens express a positive attitude towards Latvia (87%), Lithuania (87%), Germany (87%), Great Britain (86.5%), France (86%), the USA (84%), Canada (84%), the Netherlands (84%), the Czech Republic (83%), and Estonia (82%), according to the results of a sociological survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Centre on September 20-26 and presented at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.
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KYIV, Oct 24 – The share of Ukrainians who believe that negotiations with Russia are an effective means of achieving peace and should be pursued now has risen to 35%. However, a relative majority (48%) hold the opposite view, according to the results of a sociological survey conducted by the Razumkov Center's Sociological Service from September 20 to September 26 and presented during a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.
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KYIV, Oct 24 – Some 81% of Ukrainians are ready to take part in the referendum on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, and 88% of those who intend to take part in such a referendum would vote for joining, and 8% against, according to the results of a sociological survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Centre on September 20-26 and presented at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.
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KYIV, Oct 24 - INGO Insurance Company (Kyiv) has developed new offers for enterprises that allow them to insure employees against death, disability or injury caused by military action, the company reports.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 24 – Doubling efforts to mobilize revenues for the state budget from domestic sources and completing the restructuring of Ukraine's commercial debt within the timeframes specified by the commitments are key conditions for successfully reducing the level of Ukraine's public debt, said Era Dabla-Norris, Deputy Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department, at a press briefing in Washington on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 23 - Ukraine will receive $50 billion in loans, backed by frozen Russian assets, from Group of Seven allies, the White House said Wednesday. Distribution of the money will begin by year’s end, according to American officials who said the United States is providing $20 billion of the total.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 23 - The U.S. said Wednesday that 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are training at several locations, calling the move very serious and warning that those forces will be “fair game” if they go into combat in Ukraine.
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KYIV, Oct 23 – The UK has announced an additional GBP 120 million (about $155 million) to support Ukraine's Maritime Capability Coalition.
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