Today, on March 17, Ukrainian regions will apply blackout schedules. Preliminarily, they will apply only to industry and business. This is reported by NPC Ukrenergo, "Komersant Ukrainian" informs The schedule of outages "Due to the difficult situation in the power system on March 17,

Negotiations on the mineral's agreement are closed, and Ukraine is waiting for the US to sign it. This was stated on March 14 on the sidelines of the Forbes Exporters Summit by Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports. "The agreement is ready, there are no

on March 14, 2025, the price of gold exceeded $3,000 per troy ounce for the first time in history, setting an all-time record on world markets. This was the result of global economic and geopolitical uncertainty, which prompted investors to seek safe assets, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports citing Reuters. The main factors

Despite the difficult situation due to hostilities, temporary occupation of part of the territory and mining of forest lands, Ukraine's forestry industry achieved a record net income of UAH 23.7 billion in 2024. This figure demonstrates the sustainability of the sector, the effectiveness of reforms and adaptation to new conditions. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian"

Recently, a number of Chinese state-owned oil companies have reduced or suspended purchases of Russian oil due to concerns about the risk of US sanctions. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao. In particular, Sinopec and Zhenhua Oil have suspended purchases of

Today, March 14, US stock markets suffered a significant drop after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 200 percent duty on French wines and spirits. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to The Telegraph. Thus, the S&P 500 index lost 1.4%, and the tech-oriented Nasdaq Composite ended trading

Out of 79 government agencies whose salaries are published by the Ministry of Finance, 41 received salaries of more than UAH 100,000 in January. Information on the salaries of officials is published on the Ministry's website, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports. Who leads in the salary competition The

Oil prices have recovered today, March 14, after yesterday's drop of more than 1%, according to "Komersant Ukrainian". Brent crude futures were up 64 cents, or 0.9%, to $70.52 per barrel as of 10 a.m. Kyiv time, after dropping 1.5% in the previous session. U.S.

The European Union has decided to expand the sanctions list against Russian citizens, including billionaires, after Hungary dropped its objections. The agreement will extend the sanctions for another six months, although three names were removed from the list at Budapest's request. Bloomberg writes about this, citing sources, according to "Komersant Ukrainian"