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Peeter Helme

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Peeter Helme is a business journalist based in Lviv, Ukraine. Living in Ukraine since 2023, he first worked from Odesa and now reports from Lviv. Before joining Euromaidan Press, Peeter worked in Ukraine for an international logistics company in 2023–2024. Earlier, he worked across print, radio, and television journalism in Estonia, in both public and private media. His background also includes commercial and editorial copywriting. Peeter studied in Estonia and Germany, earning a BA in History from the University of Tartu in 2003. For Euromaidan Press, he covers Ukraine’s economy and wartime resilience, as well as energy issues, fiscal policy, and other major economic developments..

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viktor domontovych and the cover of theenglish edition of his novel thegirl with the teddy bear

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Culture of Ukraine

The Girl With The Teddy Bear—a 1928 Ukrainian novel that survived Stalin’s purges—reaches English after 97 years

Viktor Domontovych’s 1928 novel survived Stalin’s purges, Soviet censorship, and nearly a century of neglect. Euromaidan Press publishes an exclusive excerpt.

lng tankers: ukraine opened its fourth us gas corridor on 26 february 2026

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Money Matters

How did Ukraine build four US gas corridors in 14 months while under constant bombardment?

Germany and Lithuania routes launch in the same week.

zelenskyy and fm of ghana, samuel okudzeto ablakwa

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Money Matters

Ghana negotiates Ukrainian drone deals as 1,780 Africans fight—and die—in Russia’s ranks

Incoming AU chair pledges to expose Moscow’s recruitment networks across the continent.

belgiam fm prévot and german fm wadephul

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Money Matters

Belgium and Germany hold the key to €210 billion in Russian assets—and just locked the door

Wadephul and Belgium’s FM shut the door Kallas tried to open.

antónio costa, volodymyr zelenskyy and ursula von der leyen in kyiv on 24 february 2026

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International

EU plans to ban Russian oil permanently—three days after Hungary votes

The pipeline Orbán is fighting over has an expiration date.

ursula von der leyen and volodymyr zelenskyy at the meeting of the coalition of the willing

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International

Ukraine won’t fix Druzhba pipeline—EU asks for repairs while planning to ban Russian oil anyway

Russia attacks repair crews. Why rebuild what Moscow keeps destroying?

zelenskyy and european leaders in kyiv on 24 february 2026

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Latest news Ukraine

EU leaders rally in Kyiv as Hungary and Slovakia sabotage support for Ukraine from within

Orbán blocks a €90 billion loan and sanctions. Fico orders an electricity halt. Allies sanction the pipeline that both men fight over.

smoke rises over azovstal steel plant in mariupol, may 2022

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Money Matters

How Ukraine’s economy survived four years of war—and what it cost

10 million missing people, every power plant hit, and a €90 billion lifeline held hostage by Hungary.

viktor orban

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Money Matters

Hungary blocks EU sanctions AND $106 billion loan for Ukraine, risking a domino collapse

Budapest broke its December pledge. Now, an $8.2 billion IMF program could be lost with the loan, and Ukraine’s budget runs dry by April.

National Bank of Ukraine

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Money Matters

Three-year loans up 50%, five-year up 72%—but Ukraine’s workforce just keeps shrinking

Three-year-plus loans grew 50% as companies bypassed cheap government programs. The binding constraint isn’t capital—it’s people.

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Money Matters

War created Ukraine’s biggest publishing boom in modern history

New data shows 117 new publishers registered in 2025—60% above prewar levels.

robert fico visiting viktor orbán in budapest.

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Money Matters

Hungary and Slovakia demand Ukraine fix pipeline Russia bombed—or no diesel

Czech, Croatian, and Polish routes expose Budapest and Bratislava’s shrinking energy leverage.

Novozybkivska oil pumping station of the Druzhba pipeline

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Money Matters

Why is the EU asking Ukraine to repair a pipeline it plans to shut down?

The Commission’s own roadmap commits to ending Russian crude imports by 2027.

mosco patriarchate’s church in johannesburg, south africa

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International

Why Ukraine keeps losing African allies—and what Russia and China built while no one watched

While Kyiv opens embassies, Moscow opens churches, and Beijing opens markets.

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