KYIV, Nov 20 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the U.S. Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and Raiffeisen Bank (Kyiv) have announced the creation of two new risk sharing frameworks (RSF) for a total amount equivalent to approximately $210 million, the financial institution’s website reported on Wednesday.
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KYIV, Nov 20 – The first meeting within the Northern Group-Ukraine format, which unites 12 European countries and is designed to promote the development of defense cooperation, was held in Denmark, said Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
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KYIV, Nov 20 – Head of the President's Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak took part online in an event dedicated to the Peace Formula item on environmental security, in the Ukrainian pavilion within the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, the press service of the President's Office reported.
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KYIV, Nov 20 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has prohibited the use of foreign currency loans to purchase securities denominated in foreign currencies and has introduced stricter conditions for partial dividend repatriation.
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KYIV, Nov 20 – The environmental damage caused by Russia during 1,000 days of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine is estimated at approximately $71 billion, according to Ukraine's Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, Svitlana Hrynchuk. She made this statement at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 19 - The Pentagon will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as the Biden administration rushes to do as much as it can to help Kyiv fight back against Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
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KYIV, Nov 19 – The growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine in October slowed to 1.1% against 4% in September and 4.4% in August 2024, which is due to the pace of harvesting, according to the Monthly Economic Monitoring of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER).
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KYIV, Nov 19 – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, during its plenary session on Tuesday, passed bill No. 12000 "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2025" at the final reading.
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KYIV, Nov 19 - Ukraine's Ukrnafta has signed an agreement with Shell to acquire a 51% stake in Alliance Holding LLC, the operator of Shell's filling station network in Ukraine, the company announced on Tuesday.
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KYIV, Nov 19 - Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invested approximately EUR 5 billion in Ukraine, approximately EUR 2 billion of which has been directed to the implementation of energy projects, including in the field of renewable energy, said Associate Director, Senior Banker of the Bank's Energy Department Olga Yeriomina.
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