EU approves loans' allocation schedule (Ukraine)

The European Union has approved the schedule of allocation of loans under the program of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine.

This has been announced by the European Commission press office, an Ukrinform correspondent reports from Brussels.

"The EU Council has approved the proposal of the European Commission for a new macro-financial assistance to Ukraine. This opens the way for allocation of a 1.8 billion medium-term loan, in particular allocation of 1.2 billion in 2015 and allocation of 600 million in 2016," the European Commission notes.

In addition, in April Ukraine will receive the final tranche of EUR 250 million, which is allocated within the first package of macro-financial assistance (EUR 610 million).

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