Government ready to issue 7,000 microgrants to businesses in 2023 – Ministry of Economy

The state budget provides 1.8 billion UAH for this purpose

Ukrainian lawmakers are suggesting to deprive the Cabinet of Ministers of its functions for authorizing export/import of military goods

Such functions currently create obstacles during the execution of defence order, say deputies

NBU: Almost 24 billion UAH in aid to the army received on special accounts during the war

In January, revenues exceeded 440 million UAH

The National Bank of Ukraine has forecasted that unemployment in Ukraine will decrease to 26% this year

It is expected to reach 20% by 2024

Ministry of Finance: in January, the EU provided more than half of the state budget revenues

This is more than $3.2 billion – almost half of the total amount that the EU has transferred in 2022 since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia

State budget deficit amounted to 72.3 billion UAH in January – Ministry of Finance

General fund expenditures exceeded revenues by two times (183.6 billion UAH and 104.4 billion UAH respectively)

Cabinet of Ministers cuts unemployment benefits by almost 27% – resolution

This year, 11.86 billion UAH is to be allocated for payment of unemployment benefits, by contrast, 16.09 billion UAH was allocated in 2022

KMPs propose to increase budget expenditures in 2023 by 5.5 billion UAH – draft law

Additional funding applies to the reconstruction of hospitals, rebuilding of bridges, and grants for processing companies

The Cabinet of Ministers has registered a draft law to abolish certain tax benefits for business starting from July 1

This concerns the return of the single tax for Groups I and II, and the abolition of the 2% single tax rate for Group III

Banks improved their assessment of lending performance and prospects – NBU's survey

In the fourth quarter of 2022, household demand for mortgage lending recovered

Hetmantsev: in January, Ukraine accelerated attracting external financing to the budget

From January 1 to January 25, 2023, the state budget received almost $4.3 billion

Entrepreneurship Development Fund to finance Ukrainian business in the energy sector for 120 million UAH

A loan agreement was signed with Lviv Bank

International organisations will no longer procure medicines for Ukraine – Ministry of Health

At the same time, they will continue to purchase medical supplies to meet public health needs, including antiretroviral therapy, substitution maintenance therapy, medicines for the treatment of tuberculosis, and test sys...

NBU: Last year, Ukrainians carried out electronic payments worth more than 130 trillion UAH

At the same time, the number of transactions decreased by almost 19%: 446 million payments were made in 2021, and almost 363 million in 2022

National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities: more than 2,500 complaints about unfair power cuts have been considered

During the first wave of inspections, 3 oblast power distribution companies and their heads were fined, the results regarding the other 7 will be published on January 24