Civil society should become a driving force for Ukraine on its way to the EU, – Yuliia Svyrydenko Ukraine's European integration processes, deepening economic cooperation with the EU and engaging civil society and social partners. These and other important issues of cooperation were discussed by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, during a meeting with Oliver Röpke, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).

Interim results of the deregulation reform: IWG has reviewed more than a thousand permits, next, we will focus on processing entrepreneurs' appeals, – Yuliia Svyrydenko The Government's Interagency Working Group on deregulation (IWG) has reviewed more than a thousand business permits since the beginning of the year. However, the deregulatory reform is not complete. In the future, the IWG will focus, in particular, on reviewing instruments at the business's request, working on deregulation of certain sectors and helping to implement recommendations for the abolition or optimisation of instruments into concrete decisions.

Summit on President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky’s Peace Formula implementation: Yuliia Svyrydenko presented concrete steps to achieve global food security Global food security and overcoming hunger should be priorities for the world, and the functioning of the global food system should be protected from the effects of crises and conflicts. This was stated by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy of Ukraine, during her speech at the summit of diplomatic and security advisors of state leaders and political directors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dedicated to the implementation of the Peace Formula, proposed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The first domestic machine to prepare soil for demining will clear the lands of the Kharkiv oblast The first machine for preparing soil for demining, developed and produced in Ukraine, was placed at the disposal of the State Emergency Service. The presentation of the machine took place on October 27, 2023 at the base of the Interregional Center for Humanitarian Demining and Rapid Response of the State Emergency Service. Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, handed over the equipment, purchased with the funds of the regional budget of the Kharkiv oblast, to sappers.

Mine clearance and food exports. Ukraine and Spain will strengthen cooperation in ensuring global food security The key areas of strengthening economic cooperation between the countries and cooperation in the field of humanitarian demining were discussed between Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy of Ukraine, and Ricardo López-Aranda Jagu, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to Ukraine, during a meeting on 25 October.