IMF and Ukrainian officials reached a staff-level agreement

An International Monetary Fund concluded remote discussions with the Ukrainian authorities on May 21 and reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies for a new 18-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). At the conclusion of the discussion, Ms. Vladkova Hollar made the following statement: “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the —>

Kharkiv and the EIB signed an agreement to provide a €160 million loan for metro construction

The Rada ratifies an agreement with the European Investment Bank on the financing of metro projects in Kharkiv. Earlier this year, Kharkiv and the EIB signed an agreement to provide a €160 million loan with a repayment period of 25 years. “The project envisages the construction of a new section of —>

Ukrainian business begins to see benefits of EU association agreement

The Ukrainian economy is successfully integrating with the European Union, just one of many positive aspects of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, which came into effect in September 2017 and is now offering real results, emerging-europe.com reports. That is the opinion of Hugues Mingarelli, the head of the European Union’s delegation —>

Ukraine weighs on termination of bilateral agreements with Russia

Ukraine is mulling over the termination of about 40 bilateral agreements with the Russian Federation, reports prm.ua. Speaking on TV Channel Pryamiy, Ukrainian Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons Yuriy Hrymchak recalled that Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin said that after the decision not —>