Today's Contents
Reporter's Notepad:
- Fancy a dinner date in Kyiv on Thursday?
- Why are Turkish companies so prevalent in the reconstruction?
Just The Facts:
- Trump 'very angry' at Putin, threatens tariffs on Russian oil if no Ukraine ceasefire reached
- Ukraine seeks changes to new US economic deal, more investments, sources say
- IMF concludes seventh review of Ukraine's loan program for $400 million in budget support
- Polish development bank launches PLN 250 million loan program to back local firms joining Ukraine's reconstruction
- Norway to allocate NOK 100 million for investment-ready projects in Ukraine
- Sweden to support development of Ukraine's drone and demining tech with $8 million
- Germany allocates additional €7.3 million for Ukraine's energy infrastructure repairs
- Qatar Fund for Development to fund reconstruction of medical complex in Ukraine via Olena Zelenska Foundation
Here's What They Think:
- Defender Media: Ukraine's war-tested tech could help transform France's defense industry
- Foreign Policy: EU faces tricky decision on frozen Russian assets amid the world order shift
Sober Second Thought:
- Ukraine faced worst wildfire season on record in 2024, with most fires on the frontlines, study shows
The Rebuilders' Social
- Mustafa Nayyem analyzes the planned 'Reconstruction Investment Fund,' TAS Agro sees opportunities in Trump trade wars, Markus Ciupek posts about Knauf factory automation, and the Ministry of Digital Transformation posts about a national large language model for Ukraine.
Dear Subscribers,
Friend-of-URN Swen Lorenz, the German fund manager and investment writer who wrote "99 stock-buying ideas to invest in the reconstruction of Ukraine" for us in February and runs Undervalued-Shares.com, has an impressive dinner routine. He shows up at cities around North America and Europe and calls on local readers to come for dinner to discuss investment ideas.
The photos of the get-togethers make it look like a lot of fun.
This week, he is in Kyiv. He plans to host an informal get-together on Thursday, 3 April. Anyone who wants to discuss current and future prospects for investing in Ukraine's reconstruction is encouraged to join. The goal of the evening is to learn more about opportunities and challenges, and to widen everyone's professional network.
This will start at 6.30pm at a central Kyiv location. If interested, drop Swen an email on swen@undervalued-shares.com or contact him through LinkedIn.
Also, watch out for his Kyiv report on Ukraine Rebuild Newswire!
Speaking of interesting conversation, URN founder Adam Brown spoke recently with Burak Pehlivan, chairman of the Turkish-Ukrainian Business Association, who helped explain why Turkish firms are so prevalent in the reconstruction and war-time Ukraine.
