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.

KYIV, Oct 23 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) are providing the Ukrainian agricultural holding MHP, the largest chicken producer in Ukraine, with $480 million to refinance debt and maintaining current activities within the framework of strengthening food security in the context of the war launched by the Russian Federation.

KYIV, Oct 23 – The Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to work on a capital increase of EUR 3-5 billion by the end of the year to provide maximum support to Ukraine during the war and during the recovery phase, the bank said in a statement on Monday.

KYIV, Oct 23 – Ukraine, on the opening day of a new plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris, once again calls on this organization to blacklist Russia due to the further growth of risks to global financial security.

KYIV, Oct 23 – VEON Holding (Amsterdam), whose shares are traded on the NASDAQ and Euronext Amsterdam exchanges, confirmed its intention to invest $600 million in PrJSC Kyivstar, despite the situation with the seizure of the indirect share of Alfa Group co-owner Mikhail Fridman in Kyivstar, VEON Group Chief Executive Officer Kaan Terzioglu said in a letter to investors published on Friday.

KYIV, Oct 23 – The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is launching a project to develop a roadmap for Ukraine to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, said Bernardas Padegimas, head of the institute's environmental policy and strategy team.

KYIV, Oct 24 – Ukrainian banks expect continued growth in demand for lending from both businesses and households in the next four quarters, according to the results of a quarterly survey of financial institutions on lending conditions conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine.

KYIV, Oct 24 – The American International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved five new projects in Ukraine with a total value of more than $380 million aimed at supporting food security, small businesses, the healthcare system and international trade, the press service of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine reported.

KYIV, Oct 24 – The mobile operator lifecell is testing the use of solar panels in the southern region for autonomous power supply of base stations.

KYIV, Oct 24 – The volume of gas that nonresidents store in Ukraine's UGS facilities in customs warehouse has increased seven times since the beginning of October, Serhiy Pereloma, Head of Ukrainian gas storage operator Ukrtransgaz, has said.