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Recent Developments in Finance and Transportation

01 April 2025

What were the discussions today?

On Loans: The Deposit Guarantee Fund demonstrated the effectiveness of its work with "bad loans" removed from the banking market and could take on a portfolio of such loans from state banks.

On Drivers: The Cabinet of Ministers has amended the traffic rules. Now, motorcycle riders (including those with sidecars, motorized wheelchairs, and tricycles) are allowed to use lanes designated for public transport.

On Assistance: Ukraine has received another tranche of 3.5 billion euros from the EU under the Ukraine Facility program.

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the attraction of 100 million euros from the Council of Europe Development Bank for compensating owners of destroyed housing under the "eRecovery" program.

On Booking: From April 1, only companies that have updated their critical status according to the new requirements will be able to continue booking their specialists. Bookings made under the old rules will be invalid.