{"id":12580,"date":"2026-04-22T11:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/12580\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:14:08","slug":"eu-ukraine-business-forum-launches-in-brussels-leaders-seek-investment-and-cooperation-ukraine-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/12580\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Ukraine business forum launches in Brussels, leaders seek investment and cooperation | Ukraine news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:500;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\">High-level ministers and investors will debate defense, energy, and infrastructure priorities while Ukrainian firms pitch projects to secure European financing and partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>In Brussels, the Ukraine\u2013EU Business Forum has kicked off. The event will feature a series of panel discussions, practical workshops, and meetings between Ukrainian and European business partners with the aim of building cooperation and exploring investment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>At the official opening, key figures from both regions will speak: the European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, Ukraine\u2019s Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka, Ukraine\u2019s Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture Oleksiy Sobolev, and the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage Marta Chenkovska.<\/p>\n<p>Main topics of the forum<\/p>\n<p>During the rounds, issues will include strengthening Ukraine\u2019s defenses and Europe\u2019s security, supporting industrial capacities and technological innovations; opportunities for European private investors in transport and logistics infrastructure, as well as reducing investment risks in critical raw materials; Ukraine\u2019s economic recovery and the EU\u2019s role in this process; the needs of the energy sector; supporting small and medium-sized enterprises through reforms of the business environment, trade liberalization, and investment-support tools; as well as lessons from the war to ensure European defense readiness.<\/p>\n<p>On the sidelines of the forum, meetings of special representatives on Ukraine\u2019s recovery are also planned, and Ukrainian manufacturers will be able to present their projects to European investors and potential partners.<\/p>\n<p>Dates and venue<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary data, on June 25\u201326 in Gda\u0144sk, Poland, another Ukraine recovery conference will take place.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the event underscores the shared interest of the EU and Ukraine in finding ways to accelerate the economy\u2019s recovery and modernize key sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High-level ministers and investors will debate defense, energy, and infrastructure priorities while Ukrainian firms pitch projects to secure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[18,8473,8474,8475,5061,144,8476,8472],"class_list":["post-12580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-brussels","tag-defense-cooperation","tag-economic-recovery","tag-energy-investment","tag-investment-opportunities","tag-news","tag-ukraine-eu-forum","tag-ukraine-eu-forum-investment-opportunities-economic-recovery-energy-investment-defense-cooperation"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116448071922313972","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}