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Microsoft's market capitalization fell by $530 billion in June 2025 — the worst month since 2008. But the real problem isn't the size of AI spending, but rather who it has been made for.
From July 1, a 45 UAH delivery surcharge for villages served by mobile branches will be eliminated — the tariff will be equalized with urban rates. At the same time, courier delivery will increase by 5 UAH due to rising fuel costs.
Ukrenergo has recorded a sharp increase in electricity consumption due to the heat wave and is calling on consumers not to switch on powerful equipment in the evening — that is when the power system is most vulnerable.
# LNG Tanker Arctic Express Loads Gas From Sanctioned Saam Storage Near Murmansk The LNG-tanker Arctic Express has for the first time loaded gas from the subsanctioned Saam storage facility near Murmansk following a flag change to Russian and transfer to St. Petersburg-based company SMP Techmanagement. This is part of a system that Novatek is building to sell Arctic LNG 2 despite U.S. and EU bans.
160 MW of batteries and 9 MW of gas generation will be distributed across six sites throughout Ukraine — to ensure that a single missile strike cannot disable the entire system. The total budget for this phase is over 90 million euros.
At the reconstruction conference in Gdańsk, Klitschko met with the leadership of Pesa Bydgoszcz — the discussion now covers not only new trains, but also localization of assembly and a service center directly at the Kyivpastrans facility.
Agricultural holding "Volyn-Zerno-Product" has opened a new seed processing line with a capacity of 12 tons per hour based on its existing elevator complex. This is not a startup from scratch — it is scaling up the vertical integration of the company, which processes 52 thousand hectares across four regions.
The Kyiv Commercial Court has invalidated a 2021 auction in which two participants—effectively linked to each other—simulated competition to obtain a special license for the Nataliv deposit at an artificially reduced price. This is part of a broader problem: the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has been investigating over 50 similar auctions.
After four months of war, mining and double corridors, Oman made it clear to its allies: the pre-war rules of the game are over — and vessels may have to pay for passage.
The first competitive tender for long-range 155-mm ammunition has allowed Ukraine to save billions of hryvnias and contract more ammunition than originally planned. Now the State Arms Company is scaling up the model for a new batch — and according to Fedorov, drones are next in line.
# Baltic States Demand EU Commission Move from Words to Legislative Proposal on Oil The Baltic countries are calling on the European Commission to move beyond rhetoric and submit a legislative proposal regarding oil. So far, there is only a commitment to submit it "no later than the end of 2027" — along with exemptions for Hungary and Slovakia, which are purchasing more Russian oil than before the invasion.
# ARMA Competition for IDS Ukraine Collapsed Over Single Bid, But the Real Problem Runs Deeper The ARMA competition regarding IDS Ukraine fell apart due to receiving only one application, but the company claims the underlying issue is more serious: any management contract would be void due to a legal loophole, and within two to three months, the VAKS (anti-corruption court) could confiscate the asset in favor of the state.
The EU's methane regulation was supposed to reduce emissions, but from 2027 onwards it could make the import of 94% of global gas and oil products illegal. Germany is demanding the rules be rewritten — and it has an entire coalition backing it.
At the URC 2026 conference in Gdańsk, partners attracted nearly $18 million for Ukrzaliznytsia projects — ranging from situational security centers to a traffic management system complying with European standards. Context: the railway suffered 541 strikes in the first quarter of 2026.
H3Operations relocated a Mi-8MTV-1 helicopter from Juba to Greece following an emergency request to combat wildfires — and managed to do so despite some air routes through the Middle East being closed or marked as dangerous.
A fashion house with €450 million in debt is negotiating the sale of its own buildings in the city center — and will immediately lease them back. This is not a sales crisis, but a crisis of the architecture of independence.
Owner of Avtostrada Mykola Shkil explained why the metro project for Vynohradars was adjusted — and how much the equipment costs without which the tunnel cannot be laid.
Yum Brands divested Pizza Hut not from strength but from weakness — the chain is closing 250 restaurants in the US, system-wide sales have declined for the second consecutive year, and franchisees are suing the brand. Now the chain is split in two between private capital and a Chinese subsidiary.
A new British sanctions package of 70 designations at once targets three key areas: shadow fleet, financial intermediaries, and an intelligence network that purchased prohibited technologies for the Russian military through shell companies.
The first attempt to attract business to build a new generation of power plants failed on a large scale: instead of a gigawatt, only 78 MW of guarantees were secured. The second phase is being launched with revised rules and a new lot for Dnipropetrovsk region.
# QatarEnergy Promises Supply Restoration After Hormuz Opening — But Silent on Missile Strike Disabling Fifth of Ras Laffan for Years QatarEnergy promised to restore supplies following the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but remained silent on the fact that a missile strike disabled a fifth of the Ras Laffan facility for years. The difference between "restoration" and "full restoration" comes at a cost of $20 billion annually.
Polish volunteers collected over 500,000 zlotys in four days — more than they planned. This is a direct response to the blocking of official vehicle delivery by right-wing deputies in Kielce.
The former Etimesgut military base has become the second civilian airport of the Turkish capital. The hurry is explained simply: Esenboğa is 30 kilometers from the city, and NATO leaders' motorcades would have blocked Ankara for days.
Switzerland paid billions of francs in advance—and received a 4-5 year delay. Denmark abandoned Patriot in favor of SAMP/T NG. Now around 15 countries are looking in the same direction.
# Memorandum Between US and Iran Envisages Opening Strait of Hormuz Within 30 Days — But Insurance Premiums Are 30 Times Higher Than Prewar Levels, Buyers Have Already Restructured Supply Chains, and the Strait's Bottom Requires Mine Clearance. Market Reacts to Paper Rather Than Physical Reality.
TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook and X could become inaccessible to minors in Britain. London is studying Australian experience — but enforcement questions remain open.
100% tariff on champagne is not a new Trump idea, but the sixth year of the same bilateral conflict. This time the stakes are higher: Macron is hosting G7 at home and cannot back down.
Real estate agents have officially been financial monitoring subjects since 2010 — but in all that time they have submitted only one suspicious transaction report to the State Financial Monitoring Service. This is not an empty statistic: it is the anatomy of a system that exists only on paper.
Compact housing of 20–30 m² has become the sharpest indicator of a migration crisis: in some cities, rental prices have tripled over five years, while Lviv remains the most expensive despite no longer showing record growth.
Trump declared a "final determination" on peace with Iran — and oil reacted with a drop to a three-month low. But the text of the memorandum leaves the nuclear issue unresolved, and the signature remains undated.