KYIV, Dec 4 – Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and the Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Andriy Pyshnyy, on behalf of Ukraine, signed a loan agreement with the European Union to secure up to EUR 35 billion in macro-financial assistance (MFA) as part of the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration Loans for Ukraine (ERA) initiative using revenues derived from frozen Russian sovereign assets, as reported on the Ministry of Finance's website on Wednesday morning.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 4 – The increasing alignment of Russia, China, North Korea and Iran highlights the global nature of the threats faced by the transatlantic region, including the escalating dangers of Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said on Wednesday.
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KYIV, Dec 4 – Stopping transit of Russian gas through Ukraine from January 1 is becoming a reality, said Deputy Minister of Energy Roman Andarak.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 3 - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Tuesday sidestepped questions about Ukraine’s possible membership in the military alliance, saying that the priority now must be to strengthen the country’s hand in any future peace talks with Russia by sending it more weapons.
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KYIV, Dec 3 – Ukraine's Ministry of Economy, which mid-year downgraded its 2024 economic growth forecast from 4.6% to 3.5%, has revised it upward to 3.9%, according to Valeria Voitenko, a representative of the Ministry. She shared this update during a discussion organized by the Centre for Economic Strategy in Kyiv on Tuesday.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 3 – Ukraine urgently needs an additional 19 air defense systems to protect certain Ukrainian strategic energy facilities, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said.
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KYIV, Dec 3 – The United States plans to transfer three types of remote mining systems to Ukraine as part of an additional $725 million military aid package announced Monday evening, The New York Times reports.
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KYIV, Dec 3 – The Business Activity Expectations Index (BAEI), calculated by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on a scale from zero to 100, after increasing by 0.7 points in October, fell by 2.3 points in November – to 47.2 points, falling below the February 2024 value (47.5 points), the regulator’s website reports.
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KYIV, Dec 2 – Ukraine in November 2024 remains a net importer of electricity, but its total imports decreased by 9% compared to October – to 165 million kWh, D.Trading LLC reported.
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KYIV, Dec 2 – Negotiating Fundamentals cluster 1 regarding the EU accession process with Ukraine may be opened in the first half of 2025, most likely in April-May, said Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos in a blitz interview with Interfax-Ukraine in Kyiv.
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