The first hundred lobbyists have registered in Ukraine’s Transparency Register, an open public platform that collects, processes, and publishes data on lobbying entities and their reports, according to a statement posted on the website of the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) on Thursday.
“As of November 13, 2025, 101 lobbying entities are registered in the Register, of which 51 are legal entities (on behalf of which 141 representatives can lobby) and 50 are individuals. Two people have terminated their status as lobbyists. So, in total, 191 lobbyists can influence decision-making in the country,” the statement said.
Among the legal entities registered in the Register, there are 27 companies (limited liability and joint-stock), 16 public associations (associations, unions), five law firms (associations, offices), and three others.
“The most popular areas of lobbying are: financial, banking, tax, and customs policy—76 lobbying entities; economic development, regulatory policy, and property—74 entities; legal policy—70 entities; law enforcement—68 entities; innovation and digital transformation – 66 entities; transport, communications, and infrastructure – 65 entities; environmental policy and natural resource use – 64 entities; agricultural and land policy – 63 entities; regional development and urban planning – 62 entities. The smallest number of entities chose the area of “Youth and Sports” – 36 lobbying entities,” the statement said.
The NACP reminds that lobbying entities must submit their first reports on their activities from the date of registration in the Register until December 31, 2025, to the Register between January 1 and January 30, 2026.
As reported, the Lobbyist Transparency Register, provided for by the law on lobbying, officially began operating in Ukraine on September 1. At the same time, the NACP put into commercial operation a key tool for its implementation – the Transparency Register.
Immediately after that, the National Association of Lobbyists (NALU) was created in Ukraine to promote investment and protect business interests. Today, it has offices in London and Zurich.
Source: https://nazk.gov.ua/uk/u-reestri-prozorosti-nazk-zareestruvalysya-pershi-100-lobistiv/
The volume of tractor imports to Ukraine in January-October 2025 amounted to $703.83 million, which is 6.6% more than in the same period of 2024 ($660.51 million), according to statistics from the State Customs Service.
According to the published statistics, tractors were mainly imported from the US (22% of total imports of this equipment, or $154 million), China (17.2% or $121.1 million), and Germany (16.4% or $115.6 million), while last year Germany was the leader ($101.5 million), China was second ($91.6 million), and the US was third ($86.9 million).
At the same time, imports from other countries in January-October decreased by 17.7% to $313.1 million.
In October this year, tractor imports to Ukraine increased by 9.1% compared to October 2024, to $73.8 million, which is also slightly higher than in September 2025.
Since the beginning of this year, as reported, tractor imports to Ukraine have shown negative dynamics: in January, they were one-third lower than in January 2024, but by the end of the first half of the year, the figures were almost equal to last year’s.
According to statistics from the State Customs Service,
this year, tractors worth $5.1 million were exported in January-October, mainly to Romania (25%), Belgium, and Germany, while last year during this period, exports amounted to $4.6 million, mainly to Moldova (25.6%), the Czech Republic, and Kazakhstan.
As reported, tractor imports to Ukraine in 2024 amounted to almost $784 million, 5.6% less than a year earlier, while exports amounted to $5.44 million compared to $5.74 million.
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Rio Tinto Group has mothballed its $2.95 billion Jadar lithium project in Serbia, Bloomberg reported, according to the Serbian Economist.
The project will be transferred to “care and maintenance” mode in accordance with plans to simplify Rio Tinto’s asset portfolio and focus on more interesting opportunities in the short term, the document said.
A company spokesman confirmed to the agency the decision to mothball Jadar, which has large lithium-rich ore reserves.
The project, which never reached the production stage, faced many problems. The Serbian government has repeatedly changed its position on the issue of granting permits to develop the mine, which was strongly opposed by local communities.
“Given the lack of progress on the issue of permits, we can no longer maintain the previous level of expenditure and resource allocation,” the document said.
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French authorities have completely lifted the travel ban on Telegram founder Pavel Durov and canceled the requirement to regularly report to the police station in Nice, French media reported, citing a judicial source. Earlier in June 2025, the restrictions were eased with permission for short-term trips to Dubai, and now the measures have been completely lifted after “impeccable compliance with judicial control” for a year, Le Monde notes.
Durov was detained in France in August 2024 and placed under judicial control with a bail of €5 million, a ban on leaving the country, and an obligation to report regularly to the police. In the spring and summer of 2025, the court consistently allowed temporary trips to the UAE for up to 14 days. The investigation in France is ongoing and does not constitute an admission of guilt.
In the first ten months of 2025, imports of nickel and nickel products fell by 4.8% to $21.05 million, while in October, nickel imports amounted to $3.81 million, according to data from the State Customs Service.
At the same time, exports almost doubled to $1.13 million, compared to $0.57 million in 2024.
In 2024, nickel imports, on the contrary, rose sharply by 73.7% to $26.73 million after falling by 74% in 2023.
Nickel is used in the production of stainless steel and for nickel plating. Nickel is also used in the production of batteries, in powder metallurgy, and in chemical reagents.
