During the 29th Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdrój (Poland) The Ukrainian Week talked with Ewa Konczal, Central and Eastern Europe Manager in the European Venture Philanthropy Association about impact investment and government role in that process

This follows from respective presidential decree 423 dated June 21, Ukrainian News Agency reports

What the structure of investments in the economy of Ukraine signals about

President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine about reforms and what exactly is hindering the development of business

The Ukrainian Week spoke to the President of the European Investment Bank about priorities in cooperation with Ukraine, quality control of projects that receive access to the funding and SMEs as a potential driver of Ukraine’s economy

For the key EU and NATO members to become truly interested in Ukraine, it must act to greatly increase their economic presence inside the country

Ukraine has a lot to offer and get from BRICS states. The key to beneficial cooperation is a serious review of Ukraine’s policy towards them and massive enlargement of people-to-people diplomacy

MPs supported candidates to replace acting Chair of the NBU, Prosecutor General and Foreign Minister offered by President Poroshenko in the vote today

EBRD priorities are gradually shifting away from Russia. The investor is setting sights on Ukraine and has already renewed public sector lending

A failed Association Agreement: German economy is striving towards investing in Ukraine, but faces many obstacles

Accelerating grain production in Ukraine may feed politicians and oligarchs, but not the country’s jobless rural population or backward economy

British Ambassador in Ukraine Simon Smith: “Progressive association with the EU, its standards and practices will be profoundly beneficial for Ukraine and will help it unlock its potential”

The Ukrainian government may announce a default in Q4’2013 or later because it will not be able to pay its debt liabilities on a timely basis, comments Volodymyr Lanovyi, President of the Centre for Market Reforms

Fitch Ratings lowered its rating outlook on Ukraine to negative from stable, citing the country's increasingly fragile external financing position and the likelihood that international reserves will decline further, The Wall Street Journal reports

Ukraine is still a long way from becoming an investor-friendly location, notes Reuters.

Improvement of the investment climate is of the utmost importance both for Ukraine and for all the companies which have chosen this country as one of their investment destinations.

Many circumstances have contributed to transnational corporations failing to become the driving forces of Ukraine’s economy. How could this change?

EBRD`s André Küüsvek on why foreign investors are fleeing Ukraine and what could make them stay

The investment climate in Ukraine in 2013 will not intimidate Russia alone

Investor survey shows that with relations between Kyiv and the EU cooling down, Yulia Tymoshenko incarcerated, and an unstable foreign policy, the country’s political situation reinforces investors’ negative attitudes toward Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Investment Summit in London has once again proved that the Ukrainian government does not take attracting foreign investments very seriously

Foreigners lack a desire to invest in Ukraine despite the government’s positive reports about allegedly completed reforms

A social order with limited access to political and economic activity is taking shape in Ukraine

If technology collapses, Ukraine’s economy is doomed to crisis after crisis

Ambassador of Norway to Ukraine Olav Berstad: “The idea of a Norwegian accepting money from someone for something that is part of his job is absurd.”