KYIV, April 16 – Vegetable prices in Ukraine have leveled off and will no longer be as high as they were in 2022-2023. Fluctuations within the range of 10-15% are acceptable, according to Taras Vysotsky, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, during a national telethon broadcast.
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BRUSSELS, April 16 – The European Commission has approved the Plan for Ukraine, proposing this assessment to the Council, which will allow the start of funding for the Ukraine Facility, the total amount of which will be up to EUR50 billion over four years, having previously allocated up to EUR1.89 billion until the start of regular payments, the press service of the European Commission reported on Monday.
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KYIV, April 16 – Ukraine will not lose its leadership in sunflower oil trade, the harvest in 2024 will be 2% higher than a year earlier, exports will not be lower than last year, the information and analytical agency UkrAgroConsult reported.
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KYIV, April 16 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a controversial law Tuesday, days after it was passed by parliament, potentially helping Kyiv to boost conscription to replenish depleted forces to fend off Russia’s continued aggression.
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KYIV, April 16 – When the government creates conditions for the development of distributed generation, including the maneuverable generation critically scarce due to Russian shelling, businesses could potentially construct 500-1000 MW of such capacity by the end of the year, according to Heorhiy Heletukha, the Chairman of the Board of the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine (UABIO).
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KYIV, April 16 – ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) in January-March of this year increased its steel production by 93% compared to the same period last year - up to 278,000 tons.
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KYIV, Apr 16 – In order to guarantee the food security of Ukraine and the world, it is necessary to create a threat-resistant supply system for agricultural products disrupted after February 24, 2022, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky said during a speech at a meeting of the NATO Food and Agricultural Planning Committee.
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WASHINGTON, April 15 - House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing toward action this week on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, unveiling an elaborate plan Monday to break the package into separate votes to squeeze through the House’s political divides on foreign policy.
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KYIV, Apr 15 – Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said that Ukraine strives to begin the negotiation process on accession to the European Union as quickly as possible – no later than June of this year, the Department of Communications of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine said on Friday.
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KYIV, Apr 15 – The European Commission expects Kyiv to fulfill previously agreed conditions and for the European Council to approve the Ukraine Plan, which will allow it to allocate another EUR 1.5 billion in April and EUR 1.9 billion in May under the Ukraine Facility, Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis said.
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