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During a working trip to the Chernihiv region, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with business representatives the problems that concern entrepreneurs.

During a working trip to the Chernihiv region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Regional Center for Emergency Care and Disaster Medicine of the Chernihiv Regional Council, where reconstruction is underway within the national program "Great Construction".

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that initially the IMF had planned to allocate $ 1.9 billion in the first tranche. However, due to his personal arrangement with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, the Fund will allocate $ 2.1 billion.

The President of Ukraine noted that the updated lending program "Affordable Loans 5-7-9%" should envisage a simplified procedure for obtaining a loan at an acceptable interest rate for any representative of small and medium business.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with members of the Cabinet of Ministers, representatives of the Verkhovna Rada committees, as well as the leadership of the law enforcement agencies. The participants of the meeting discussed the implementation of the State Budget of Ukraine for 2020 in the context of the economic crisis.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, representatives of parliamentary committees, as well as the leadership of law enforcement agencies. The Head of State informed that the government is ready to present an updated version of the action program by the end of this week.

More than 80 outbreaks of various infections have been reported in children's camps over the previous summer. Therefore, the work of such institutions in the context of the coronavirus epidemic poses increased risks. This was discussed at a traditional meeting chaired by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on preventing the spread of COVID-19.

The priorities of the Foreign Intelligence Service should be effective identification of potential threats and challenges, assistance in the return of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, protection of national economic interests, promotion of the defense-industrial complex, countering hostile information operations and protection of Ukrainians abroad, as stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced the newly appointed Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Valeriy Kondratiuk to the staff of the state agency.