National Mine Action Strategy to be finalised by the end of the year, – Yuliia Svyrydenko Ukraine plans to develop a National Mine Action Strategy by the end of this year and a detailed National Programme by the end of the first quarter of 2024. This was announced by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, during a meeting with Rory Logan, Head of Strategies, Performance and Impact Division at Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining.

Yuliia Svyrydenko calls on the Republic of Iraq to join the implementation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Peace Formula An invitation to join the Peace Formula proposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the resumption of the work of the Ukrainian-Iraqi Joint Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation, and the exchange of experience in humanitarian demining – these were the topics discussed by First Deputy Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko with Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq Fuad Hussein on 9 August 2023.

eRobota: UAH 21 million in grants to be awarded to veterans and their families for business development Following the results of the new round of veterans' grant applications, 13 winners will receive almost UAH 5 million in government funding to start or develop their businesses. Since the launch of the veterans' component of the Vlasna Sprava grant programme, 54 veterans and their families have already received grants worth UAH 21 million. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Tetiana Berezhna.

The Vlasna Sprava programme: the state invested UAH 1.4 billion in the development of small businesses through micro-grants 311 Ukrainians were recognized as winners based on the results of the twelfth wave of applications for micro-grants under the Vlasna Sprava programme, which will receive a total of UAH 73.4 million. Since the beginning of the programme, the state has invested UAH 1.4 billion in the development of small businesses through micro-grants. This was announced by Tetiana Berezhna, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine.

Memorandum for EUR 1 million signed with the Ministry of Economy on humanitarian demining of Ukrainian agricultural lands Humanitarian demining is one of the key priorities for Ukraine's rapid recovery, as it is about people's safety, restoring the full operation of agricultural enterprises, and establishing food supply chains, in particular, as it is a matter of global food security, of which Ukraine is a guarantor. To intensify all the necessary processes for the rapid and high-quality survey and clearance of land, the Government is working on a comprehensive Strategy for Demining with the expertise and experience of international partners such as Croatia.