KYIV, Sept 27 – A competition has been announced for the positions of three independent members of the supervisory board of Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (GTSOU), applications for which are accepted until 18:00 on October 5, 2023.

KYIV, Sept 27 – Ukrenergo expects to receive financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in the amount of EUR 150 million in the coming weeks, said head of the company’s board Volodymyr Kudrytsky.

KYIV, Sept 27 – The State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine (SATD) and U.S. Airbnb will cooperate to popularize Ukraine in the world as a tourist attractive destination.

KYIV, Sept 27 – The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food estimates the 2023 season harvest at 79 million tons, which is at least 7 million tons more than last season, Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solsky said on air at the United News marathon.

KYIV, Sept 27 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) confirmed its May forecast for the Ukrainian economy to grow by 1% in 2023 after a 29.1% decline last year, although most Ukrainian and international analysts have recently significantly improved their estimates.

KYIV, Sept 28 – Some 60% of Ukrainians have felt deterioration in their own economic situation over the past six months, for 35% the situation has not changed, only 5% noted an improvement, according to the results of a study conducted by the Rating Sociological Group on September 5-7.

KYIV, Sept 28 – During the war, direct and indirect losses of the agricultural sector reached $40.2 billion, but these are not final figures, since Ukrainian territories are still under temporary occupation, it is difficult to fully calculate the damage, head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy Oleksandr Haidu has said.

KYIV, Sept 27 – The Ukrainian premium bathtub company, 50% owned by entrepreneur Vasyl Khmelnytsky, will accept an offer from a foreign investor who will move the team and production from Kyiv to Europe at his own expense, Khmelnytsky said on Facebook.

KYIV, Sept 27 – The launch of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline connecting Norwegian gas fields through Denmark with Poland allows the latter to diversify natural gas supplies and strengthen its energy security, and Ukraine to increase the reliability of gas supply, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko has said.

KYIV, Sept 27 – The Development Finance Corporation, formerly known as OPIC, an agency of the US federal government, has announced its readiness to lend to Ukrainian businesses within individual projects in amounts ranging from $1 million to $1 billion each, Deputy Economy Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr Hryban said.