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The war in Ukraine continues, the material and human losses are enormous. The reconstruction of the country will be a tour de force that must be supported by the international community for a long term and should go hand in hand with EU integration, write Robert Kirchner and Garry Polushkin in ifo Schnelldienst.

Ukrainian exports plummeted last year – with the exception of IT services. The sector proved to be very resilient. The March issue of the CES Economic Review series looks at the Ukrainian IT sector and its prospects under wartime conditions.

GET has participated at Café Kyiv and organised a panel on economic reconstruction.

February 24th marked the day of the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In hindsight to this day, Reiner Perau, Director of the German-Ukrainian Chamber of Industry and Commerce talked with Robert Kirchner on the state of the Ukrainian economy.

On 7 December, the German Economic Team presented its study on possible measures to improve the business climate in Kosovo. The event, which was organised together with the Kosovar-German Economic Association (KDWV), was attended by numerous business representatives as well as representatives of the Kosovar government.

On November 8^th, the National Bureau of Statistics presented the first results of a business climate survey. The survey was conducted in accordance with EU standards and accompanied by the German Economic Team.

Our newsletter, which up to now were strictly country-specific, have been extended to an additional format, which covers the region as a whole.

The German Economic Team and Berlin Economics participated at the Belarusian Business Forum in Warsaw, a meeting place for the Belarusian exile business community.

On September 2nd, the second part of the 21st information event on government consultation, organised by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), took place. After Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia and Georgia had been in the focus on Tuesday, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kosovo were this time on the agenda.

On August 30, the first part of the 21st information event on government consultancy at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) with the German Economic Team took place. The focus was on Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Armenia.  The event was moderated by Mrs. Yildiz Götze, Head of Unit at the Federal Ministry. Dr Andreas Nicolin, Head of Subdivision for the promotion of foreign trade, held the opening remarks.   

On 23 June, Berlin Economics participated in the Twinning Annual Meeting of the National Contact Point for Twinning and TAIEX at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWK).

From July 5th to 7th, the German-Kosovar Economic Forum took place in Pristina. The German Economic Team also participated in the event, which was organised by the Kosovar-German Economic Association and the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations.