President Volodymyr Zelensky's administration overcame resistance from large numbers of deputies to secure passage of laws which open the way for new IMF credits.

Ukraine’s renewables sector is in chaos, marred by unrealistic promises, setbacks caused by the COVID pandemic - and spiralling debt that has left Kyiv on the hook to foreign green energy producers at a tab of close to $1 billion.

Faced with spiking traffic fatalities and accidents,  the government is determined to rein in wild driving and the resulting carnage.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Antalya, Turkey, that the two major powers had a common position.

War is good for business, goes the old saying This adage is applicable to more than just defense industries. Some of the longest running international conflicts – between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Israel and the Palestinians, Morocco and Algeria-backed separatist organization Polisario, and India and Pakistan, all share several common denominators despite different cultures, histories, geopolitical positions, and political and economic climates.

The expulsion of the EU representative was linked to an order barring entry to EU diplomats deemed by Minsk as having a hand in drafting sanctions against Belarus - including the suspension of potash exports from Belarus, the key component of fertilisers.