Weekly digest of news on investment and business development in Ukraine and the world from UkraineInvest (17 – 21 March 2025)

Weekly digest of news on investment and business development in Ukraine and the world from UkraineInvest (17 – 21 March 2025)

The Ukrainian economy grew by 1.1% since the beginning of the year – the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s GDP grew by 0.7% in February and by 1.1% in the first two months of the year. The slightly lower start to the year reflects the uneven growth trends of the previous year. At the same time, we are currently even slightly ahead of our Q1 forecast. Construction, manufacturing and domestic trade remain the main growth drivers.
https://surl.li/sbpery

Ukraine will receive EUR 3.5 billion under the Ukraine Facility.
Ukraine has completed all the actions set out in the Ukraine Plan by the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, which in turn has opened the possibility to receive the third regular tranche under the instrument.
https://surl.li/tqfhuu

Switzerland doubles the funding of its support programme for Ukraine to CHF 100 million.
The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has doubled the total funding for the call for proposals for Swiss companies in Ukraine to CHF100 million (almost USD 1.14 million) and extended the deadline for applications to 31 March 2025.
https://surl.li/desuon

Metinvest Group has confirmed a UAH 5.7 billion investment in its Kryvyi Rih mining and processing plants and announced the launch of a UAH 9 billion waste thickening project.
Metinvest Group’s Central, Ingulets and Northern Mining and Processing Plants (MPPs), which were transformed into United Mining and Processing Plant last year, will invest UAH 5.7 billion in their development in 2025 and plan to launch a large-scale waste thickening and beneficiation project worth UAH 9 billion.
https://surl.li/otcmim

Ukraine and the EU have completed the screening of company law legislation.
A bilateral meeting between Ukraine and the European Commission took place in Brussels to discuss the conformity of Ukrainian legislation with EU legislation under Title 6 Company Law within Cluster 2 Internal Market.
https://surl.li/hkfidh

The National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) added 5 more cases to the list of unreliable investment projects.
The list now contains 419 SCAM projects.
https://surli.cc/cukdsv

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