In Ukraine, 88 flour milling enterprises have resumed work since the beginning of the full-scale war, with 22 enterprises starting work in 2024 and 10 in 2025, said Rodion Rybchinsky, director of the Union “Flour Mills of Ukraine”.
“As of the end of 2021, there were 678 industrial enterprises in Ukraine that worked in the grain processing industry. Unfortunately, during the full-scale invasion we lost 192 enterprises. They either remained in the temporarily occupied territories, or destroyed to the ground and stopped their work, or enterprises that were partially affected, or due to lack of raw materials, logistics capabilities suspended work,” he said during the Agro2Food exhibition in Kiev on Wednesday.
The expert noted that starting from 2023, Ukraine has begun to restore the grain processing industry. Rybchynskyy named the problem with grain exports in 2022 as the reason for this.
“Many agricultural producers saw a way out of the situation in opening grain processing facilities. They invested their funds. In addition, the state began to provide grants for restoration and for increasing processing capacity,” he explained.
According to Rybczynski, since the start of the full-scale war, 66 grain processing enterprises have resumed their work, while 22 enterprises started working from scratch in 2024. At the same time, about 10 grain processing plants were launched in 2025.
Analyzing the specialization of new plants, the head of the Union “Flour Mills of Ukraine” noted that 40% of new enterprises are engaged in the production of flour, 30% produce cereals, another 30% – pasta. Geographically, the new enterprises are located in western and central Ukraine.
Rybchynskyy emphasized that it is the construction of new plants, not relocation, because processing companies depend on the existing raw material base and consumers. He also noted the difficulty with transportation of mills, search for a new land plot.
According to the estimation of the head of the Union “Flour Mills of Ukraine” the cost of relocation of a mill costs its owners about $1 million. According to Rybchynskyy, grain processing enterprises that relocated their capacities can be “counted on the fingers of one hand”.
The expert added that as of 2024 Ukraine produced 2.34 million tons of flour, which is 22% less than in 2021 before the war, when the state produced 3 million tons.
Ukrainian one-dollar store chain Aurora plans to start operations in Bulgaria by opening test locations within the next six months, co-founder and CEO Taras Panasenko said in an interview with NV.Business.
According to Panasenko, the choice of Bulgaria is due to logistics: the chain is already developing its business in Romania and can deliver from its Romanian warehouse without crossing the EU’s external customs border.
Current geography of operations. Aurora operates in Ukraine and Romania. The first store in Romania opened in October 2023, and the chain is expanding rapidly. In July 2025, it announced the opening of its 50th store in the country (the first in Bucharest).
The company had also previously announced plans to enter Moldova, but there are currently no reports of it starting operations there.
Aurora is a Ukrainian multi-format chain of inexpensive everyday goods that has been expanding internationally since 2023, starting with Romania.
According to Serbian Economist, Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has announced that it has reached an agreement with Gunvor Group to sell all of its foreign assets, including its Serbian subsidiary Lukoil International GmbH (Austria) and its shares in Serbia.
Lukoil’s official statement indicates that Gunvor’s offer has been accepted and that the company undertakes not to negotiate with other potential buyers. The completion of the deal depends on obtaining permission from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) due to the sanctions imposed on Lukoil.
The sale is related to “restrictive measures” imposed by certain countries on Lukoil and its foreign subsidiaries. The deal involves the transfer of networks, assets, and business to the Serbian company Lukoil Serbia.
According to the company’s official data, at the end of 2025, there were 112 Lukoil Serbia gas stations operating in Serbia. Lukoil was second in terms of the number of stations on the Serbian market.
The Serbian retail fuel market is estimated at approximately €3.5 billion in revenue for 2024.
Gunvor Group Ltd is an international energy trader registered in Cyprus with its headquarters in Geneva. In 2024, the company’s revenue amounted to approximately $136 billion. Gunvor specializes in trading crude oil, petroleum products, and LNG, and also has assets in infrastructure (terminals, storage facilities) around the world.
Law enforcement officials have notified a Kyiv resident of their suspicion that he built premises in the coastal zone of Lake Telbin without permits and leased them as a clinic, according to the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.
“Under the procedural guidance of the Podil District Prosecutor’s Office of Kyiv, a resident of the capital has been notified of suspicion of unauthorized construction on an illegally occupied land plot,” the capital’s prosecutor’s office said in a statement on its Telegram channel on Wednesday.
It was established that a 63-year-old Kyiv resident, the director of a limited liability company, built a non-residential building attached to an existing building on a plot of land near Lake Telbin without any permits.
“He then leased the building to a private medical facility,” the prosecutor’s office said.
“The plot of land where the building was erected without permits is part of the coastal protection zone, where any construction is prohibited,” the statement said.
Source: https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/1116427.html?utm_source=telegram
Unemployment in Germany remained at the previous month’s level of 6.3% in October, according to the Federal Employment Agency. The figure has remained unchanged since March 2025 and is the highest since September 2020.
The number of unemployed in Germany fell by 1,000 compared to the previous month and amounted to 2.97 million people. Analysts had predicted an average increase of 8,000 in the number of unemployed and unemployment remaining at the previous level, according to Trading Economics.
Source: http://relocation.com.ua/almost-3-million-registered-in-germany/
Rapeseed exports from Ukraine in October will not exceed 135-140 thousand tons, compared to 535 thousand tons last year (-73.8%). As of October 28, 125 thousand tons have already been exported, according to the analytical cooperative “Pusk,” created within the framework of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council (VAR).
“Exports are moving very slowly—everything is hampered by duties. It is they that have effectively stopped the normal work of exporters,” analysts noted.
At the same time, they noted that domestic processing volumes are growing.
“In September, we processed more than 100,000 tons of rapeseed, and in October, the figure will be no less. Against the backdrop of problems with sunflower, rapeseed is currently supporting the sector. Rapeseed prices in ports are quoted in the range of EUR 540-545/ton. At the same time, processors offer from UAH 25,000/ton and above,” analysts noted.
The European market is showing positive price dynamics.
“Over the past week, rapeseed exchange quotations have risen by EUR 10. January-February is traditionally expected to be the period of highest prices for this oilseed crop,” added Pusk.
