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UBTA unites Ukrainian businesses together with national and regional authorities to ramp up global support for Ukraine.

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India banned exports of broken rice and levied a tax on other key varieties in a move that would add to global inflationary pressure and exacerbate food supply pains caused by war in Ukraine, writes The Wall Street Journal. This ban is driven by concerns over shrinking supplies.

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Liz Truss will become the new prime minister of Great Britain.
She won with 81,326 votes, ahead of Sunak’s 60,399.
In this position, Truss will replace Boris Johnson, who resigned in July. Since 2019, Truss has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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Ukraine exported a million tons of products within "the grain agreement".
Ukraine's goal is to reach a volume of 3 mln tons of grain exports by sea every month, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This is a really important result for Ukraine, for the Black Sea region and the whole world!

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The United States will contribute $68 million to the World Food Program for the purchase of Ukrainian wheat to resolve the acute food crisis in the world. “We strive to support global food security for the most vulnerable segments of the population”, - said Antony Blinken.

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275 votes for: Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the law on "customs visa-free" with the EU and the accession of Ukraine to the Convention on the Common Transit Procedure (NCTS) with EU countries.
The EU Commission approved the decision to invite Ukraine to the NCTS in July.

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This initiative will allow for the storage of an additional 2.4 mln tons of grain in 2022-2023, along with appropriate technical support and equipment. It complements the USD 17 mln assistance provided by the Japanese government to ensure the storage of 1 mln tons of grain.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the financial support of Canada, has launched a new project worth 40 million US dollars (52 million Canadian dollars) to further solve the problem of grain storage shortages in Ukraine.

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The first Turkish grain carrier was loaded with Ukrainian grain for further export in the Chornomorsk sea trade port. Exports may begin in the coming days with the shipment of several ships that were loaded but could not set sail due to the outbreak of war.

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Ukraine, Turkey and the UN signed Agreement on the export of grain. Control over "Odesa", "Chornomorsk" and "Yuzhny" ports remains completely under Ukraine. No vessels other than those intended to export grain, related food products and fertilizers must be there.

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The Parliament of Ukraine has ratified today as vital: the international agreements with the European Investment Bank and Belgium, Lithuania, the Netherlands; the Convention on ecology; the withdrawal from CIS Agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters.

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The Federal Council of Switzerland announced the launch of Swiss Climate Scores, based on a number of indicators aimed at ensuring transparency regarding companies' compliance with SDG, which will allow investors to better assess the relevance of their investments to the climate.

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The Ministry of Defense of Turkey announced, that on July 13, in Istanbul, the military delegations of the Ministers of Defense of Ukraine, Turkey, the Russian Federation and the UN delegation will hold negotiations regarding export of Ukrainian grain from the ports of Istanbul.

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Full information at the link: https://t.co/FrExEmKOMZ

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has launched a new project worth $ 17 million to help Ukrainian farmers to preserve the expected July-August harvest and to ensure the export of the most important agricultural products to international markets.

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Denys Shmygal, the PM of Ukraine, at a joint press conference with Ignatius Cassis, the President of Switzerland, stated that National security and EU integration will be the main vectors of the Recovery Plan of Ukraine. Digitization and green course will run through projects.

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Today, during Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, Switzerland, the “green” recovery plan was signed. The UA business will get access to investments for the implementation of projects, such as: reduction of carbon emissions; advance the "green" transformation of the country.

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Full text of the interview at the link: https://t.co/bIfPx725AL

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Dmytro Los gave an exclusive interview to UNN in which he shared his personal vision of how Ukraine will develop after being granted the status of a candidate for the EU, what reforms need to be implemented and why there is still a lot of work ahead.