The German concern Lufthansa plans to remove the state from its co-owners by increasing its capital by 2.14 billion euros and returning the state anti-crisis aid received during the COVID-19 pandemic. These measures will begin before the elections to the Bundestag on September 26, the airline said on Sunday evening, September 19.
From September 22 to October 5, Lufthansa shareholders will be offered to exchange old shares for new ones at a price of 3.58 euros per share in relation to each other.
Hungary has successfully raised €3 billion ($3.4 billion) through an international eurobond issuance, marking its first external borrowing since the change of government, which has led to a significant decline in the country’s borrowing costs. Strong investor demand reflected renewed confidence in Hungary following the resignation of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Hungary’s Government Debt […]
China is increasing its investment in the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), a strategic trade corridor linking China with Europe while bypassing Russia and Belarus. The development was reported by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. The route runs through Kazakhstan, across the Caspian Sea, and continues through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Türkiye before reaching European […]
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ukraine’s economy could achieve an average annual growth rate of 3.8% between 2027 and 2031. The forecast was cited by Euronews, referencing the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook report. If realized, this would make Ukraine the third-fastest growing economy in Europe in terms of GDP growth during the […]
German defense company Rheinmetall and U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint production facility for ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles in Germany. The agreement was signed during the Defence Industry Forum held alongside the NATO Summit in Ankara, according to Lockheed Martin. “With the support of the governments […]
Greek shipping companies have earned at least $3.8 billion over the past three years from transporting Russian crude oil, according to estimates published by the Financial Times on July 7. The newspaper noted that the shipments were carried out under the G7 price cap mechanism, which allows the transportation of Russian oil provided it is […]
Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant, Saudi Aramco, has announced its largest reduction in official crude oil prices in at least 26 years. According to Bloomberg, the new pricing, announced on Monday, July 6, applies to shipments scheduled for next month, particularly those destined for Asian markets. The company cut the official selling price of its […]
Tesla exceeded market expectations in the second quarter after releasing official production and delivery figures that significantly outperformed analysts’ consensus forecasts. Before the report, the market had been guided by Bloomberg’s conservative consensus estimate of 396,466 vehicles and Tesla’s own Investor Relations (IR) consensus forecast of 406,024 deliveries (with a median estimate of 408,609). The […]
Russia’s external government debt reached $61.97 billion as of February 1, 2026, the highest figure in the past 20 years, according to data from the Ministry of Finance of Russia, reported by The Moscow Times. As of January 1, 2006, Russia’s external public debt stood at $76.5 billion, but by 2007 it had fallen to […]
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The Central Bank of Russia, which has filed a lawsuit in a Moscow court against the Belgian depository Euroclear, is demanding 18.2 trillion rubles (approximately $229 billion), Russian media report. On December 12, the Russian central bank filed the claim over what it described as the “illegal actions of the Euroclear depository causing damage,” as […]
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According to informed sources, the Antimonopoly Committee has fined the Dnepropetrivsk pharmacy for consumer fraud. The fine for the violation of unfair anti-competition law amounted to 68 thousand UAH. The Dnipropetrivsk regional territorial office of the AMCU asked the “Pharmacy №338”, LLC (Dnepropetrivsk) to pay the fine as soon as possible. This was said on […]
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According to Ilia Sahaidak – a deputy chairman of the KSCA, a building company CRBC from China intends to implement the “turnkey construction project” of Velyka Kiltseva Doroha, the track Nyvky – Brovary, and in addition, road interchange near the metro station Shuliavska. Sahaidak noted that the Chinese company in this matter demonstrates great skill […]
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The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has found that three companies — Lirans LLC, Trading House Morshynski Dzherela, and Shayanski Dzherela — violated legislation on protection against unfair competition. The companies have been fined, the agency reported. According to the AMCU, the companies distributed misleading information about their bottled water brands — Aqua Baby, Aqua […]
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“Svarog West Group” will direct $ 3.5 million for innovative projects in 2016. That was said by the chairman of the Corporation Andrey Gordiychuk in an interview to the AgroPolit.com. According to him, the investment “appetite” of the company significantly decreased in 2016. “But this does not apply to investments in research and development: ours are IT-solutions, […]
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Ukraine’s economic growth in 2026 is expected to remain at the same level as this year — 2%, with an acceleration to 5% now projected only in 2027, according to the latest World Bank report. “Economic growth in Ukraine is projected to slow. GDP growth is likely to decelerate to 2% in 2025 from 2.9% […]
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Shares of Nikola fell to 36.45% over the last week. Energy giant BP’s announcement on Wednesday that it is abandoning a potential partnership with Nikola, which exacerbated a number of problems faced by the startup in the recent days. Nikola planned to organize the production of its cars in partnership with other large manufacturers and […]
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Kyiv bank “Piraeus Bank ICB” asks the Commercial Court of Kirovograd region to recover from the “Creative”company, which entering into the “Creative Group”, $ 15,629,000 of the loan debt, – reports the “ProAgro”. This is stated in the bench ruling of the court from January 27, 2016. “Piraeus Bank ICB” filed a lawsuit to recover […]
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Antimonopoly regulator of EU approved the agreement of 16.2 billion euro merger with French group for the production of luxury goods LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) and transnational jewelry company Tiffany. This was reported by Reuters. According to the information, the merger agreement was approved without additional conditions for the companies. Earlier, Tiffany reported that […]
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Ukraine will allocate 2.6 billion hryvnias for the purchase of a coronavirus vaccine. This was stated by Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko at the press conference on Monday, September 14. “By 2023, we have a real opportunity to ensure health care spending at 5%. There is an increase in 2021 to 4.2% of GDP for health […]
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The disruption of global energy supplies caused by Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz surpasses any previous crisis in history, including the oil shocks of the 1970s. This was stated by the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, Reuters reports. “Never before has the world faced an energy supply disruption of […]
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March, 14 Kyiv District Administrative Court declared illegal inactivity of the regulator in relation to the “Ukrgazprombank”, which was declared insolvent in 2015, and now goes into liquidation. The lawsuit was filed by one of the contributors of the Ukrgazprombank – “Trading House Sanko” LLC , writes the FinClub. In August 2014 the company has […]
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The total cost of Ukraine’s recovery as of December 31, 2025, is estimated at $588 billion over the next decade. This figure is nearly three times higher than Ukraine’s projected nominal GDP for 2025. The updated Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5) was published by the Government of Ukraine, the World Bank Group, the European […]
NextThe Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt am Main has initiated proceedings to confiscate €720 million from an account belonging to a Russian bank that has been under EU sanctions since 2022. The news was reported by Die Zeit, citing relevant court documents. The case was launched at the request of the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office. […]
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LLC Dan-Pharm Ukraine expects to put into operation pig factory farm on feeding of 25 thousand hogs in Korostensky district in the Zhytomyr region. On Tuesday, Vadim Shestakov,the First Deputy CEO of the company told journalists during the AgrarianOlympus of 2016 international congress : “We began to build it in 2014 and we have been […]
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