Politics & Economics

Imposing peace on Ukraine under specific conditions will not lead to a long-term or sustainable resolution. To achieve a lasting and just peace, pressure must be applied to Russia rather than Ukraine. Professor Mitat Celikpala, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences at Kadir Has University, said this in comments to Ukrinform. In a comment to Ukrinform, Çelikpala emphasized that any peace agreement forced upon Ukraine by the U.S. or Western partners would likely be temporary and unstable. "If Americans and Western partners impose a kind of peace on Ukraine, most probably they push Ukrainians to accept…

Ukraine and Italy have prospects for expanding cooperation in the defense and food industries and green metallurgy. This was stated by First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko during the preparatory event "On the Road to URC2025", an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Italy has provided substantial funding and support, particularly for the energy system. We are now entering a new phase of cooperation between our countries. We are facing the biggest challenge yet – Ukraine’s recovery. This presents a substantial opportunity for Italian businesses,” the Minister said.…

On March 4, the Finance Ministry of Ukraine raised UAH 6.7 billion to the state budget at an auction for the placement of domestic government bonds. The ministry’s press service wrote this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Today, the Finance Ministry placed bonds worth almost UAH 6.7 billion," the post reads. The Finance Ministry offered investors hryvnia-denominated domestic government bonds: UAH 979 billion at 15.85% with a 1.4-year maturity; UAH 619 million at 16.95% with a 2.4-year maturity; UAH 5.1 billion at 15.52% with a 3.4-year maturity. Read also: Ukraine's budget gets UAH 9.9B from privatization last year - Shmyhal As…