(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s central bank has introduced new rules to stop viable farms and agribusinesses from being pushed into default as Russian attacks disrupt export routes. The measures allow banks more freedom when dealing with borrowers hit by the financial fallout of the war. The National Bank of UkraineContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – A total of 210 hectares of agricultural land were made safe and returned to productive use during July through Ukraine’s state compensation programme for demining. The work was carried out by mine action operators, according to the Ministry of Economy and Environment. The clearance was completed underContinue Reading
(BELGRADE, SERBIA) – Trade turnover between Serbia and Ukraine reached $321 million in the first half of the year, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said during a joint media appearance with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as the two leaders discussed plans to deepen economic ties and pursue joint entry into thirdContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Russian forces launched a massive strike on assets belonging to Ukraine’s state energy group Naftogaz across the eastern, western and central parts of the country, damaging a drilling site, production facilities and a network of filling stations in a multi day barrage that has forced the suspensionContinue Reading
(DAMASCUS, SYRIA) – Syria and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding that reorganises Moscow’s military and civilian footprint along the Syrian coast, handing control of key commercial assets back to the Syrian state while converting Russian military bases into joint training centres, the Syrian state agency SANA reported. TheContinue Reading
(ANKARA, TURKEY) – Turkey has restarted permitting commercial vessels to pass through its straits into the Black Sea, following a period of unexplained delays that left ships waiting for several days without authorisation, Bloomberg reported. The disruption came as Turkish authorities voiced growing alarm over attacks on commercial shipping inContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – American defence manufacturers are resisting the transfer of Patriot missile production licences to Ukraine, driven by concerns that Kyiv could manufacture the advanced air defence interceptors more cheaply and at greater speed than facilities in the United States, according to a report by The Atlantic. The publication,Continue Reading
(KYIV) – Ukrainian forces executed a coordinated overnight attack striking three Russian oil refineries and two oil depots, marking a significant escalation in the campaign against Russia’s energy sector. Simultaneously, Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces confirmed strikes on 35 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov within the past four days,Continue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan is pressing ahead with plans to connect all its embassies, states and administrative areas to a central online system for passport and nationality services, as new equipment and thousands of document booklets arrive in the country. The Director General of Civil Registration and Immigration, Maj. Gen.Continue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan is sliding towards its worst hunger crisis since independence as a severe lack of funding forces United Nations agencies to cut food aid, leaving millions of people without enough support to survive. The World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organisation issued a joint warningContinue Reading
