Kiev citizens have been warned about heavy fog in the capital, drivers and pedestrians have been urged to be careful.
According to Ukrhydrometcenter, fog will remain in the capital till the end of the day, visibility will be 200-500 meters. Specialists recommend drivers to be careful while driving and follow the rules of the road in such conditions, in particular, reduce speed, turn on fog lights, keep a safe distance from other cars.
Pedestrians were urged to wear reflective elements – flickers to be visible to drivers during fog and at night.
In January of this year, Unica Insurance Company (Kyiv) paid UAH 190.13 million in insurance claims, which is 30.9% more than in the same period a year earlier (UAH 145.3 million).
According to the company’s website, the total amount of insurance payments under motor insurance contracts amounted to UAH 68.29 million (+7.6% compared to January 2014), of which UAH 49.6 million (+16.1%) for hull insurance and UAH 18.67 million (+35.9%) for MTPL.
The total amount of payments under voluntary health insurance contracts amounted to UAH 84.6 million (+33.5%), property insurance – UAH 436.3 thousand, and other types of insurance – UAH 36.79 million.
UNIQA Group (Austria) entered the Ukrainian market in 2006. Its companies in Ukraine – Uniqa and Uniqa Life with headquarters in Austria – offer most types of risk and life insurance.
Housing commissioning in Ukraine in 2024 increased by 21.1% compared to 2023 – up to 9 million 758.8 thousand square meters, the State Statistics Service reported.
According to the press release, 51% of the total housing was commissioned in single-family houses, 49% in houses with two or more apartments, and 0.02% in collective housing.
In 2024, Kyiv region commissioned the most housing – 1 million 946 thousand square meters (19.9% of the total), which is 17.9% more than in 2023. This is followed by Lviv region – 1 million 62.4 thousand square meters (10.9%), which exceeded the previous year’s figure by 31.9%; Ivano-Frankivsk region – 651.5 thousand square meters (6.7%), plus 22.1% by 2023; Odesa region – 581.2 thousand square meters (6%), plus 58.6%, respectively.
Last year, 1 million 412.1 thousand square meters of housing (14.5%) were commissioned in Kyiv, which is 36.1% higher than in 2023.
According to the State Statistics Service, the largest increase in housing commissioning in 2024 was recorded in Donetsk region, where the figure increased 5.5 times year-on-year to 26.9 thousand square meters (0.3% of the total).
The growth of housing commissioning compared to the previous year was also recorded in Kherson (+178%, to 6.1 thousand sq. m.), Kirovohrad (+107.4, to 72 thousand sq. m.), Zaporizhzhya (+61.5%, to 42 thousand sq. m.), Rivne (+45.7%, to 391.4 thousand sq. m.), Zhytomyr (+44.7%, to 179.3 thousand sq. m.), Chernihiv (+38.1%, to 109.7 thousand sq. m.), Volyn (+0.3%, to 0.3% of the total). sq. m), Volyn (+35.5%, to 443.5 thousand sq. m), Chernivtsi (+34.9%, to 330.4 thousand sq. m), Zakarpattia (+27.8%, to 483.9 thousand sq. m), Khmelnytsky (+25.1%, to 349.7 thousand sq. m) and Dnipropetrovs’k (+25.1%, to 349.7 thousand sq. m). sq m) and Dnipropetrovs’k (+16.3%, to 304.2 thousand sq m), Poltava (+15.8%, to 170.7 thousand sq m) and Ternopil (+0.2%, to 229.7 thousand sq m) regions. Other regions showed a decrease in the volume of housing commissioned.
In total, 118.4 thousand apartments were commissioned last year, of which 30.1% were in single-family houses and 69.9% in apartment buildings.
In terms of the number of apartments commissioned in 2024, Kyiv is the leader with 22 thousand apartments and Kyiv region – 21.1 thousand. This is followed by Lviv region – 12.6 thousand apartments, Vinnytsia region – 8 thousand, Odesa region – 7.9 thousand, Ivano-Frankivsk region – 7.7 thousand, and Volyn region – 5 thousand apartments.
The data are based on housing commissioned in accordance with the temporary procedure for commissioning houses built without a building permit, as well as excluding the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and parts of the territory where hostilities are taking place, the State Statistics Service reminds.
As reported, by the end of 2023, the commissioning of housing in Ukraine increased by 3.8% compared to 2022 – up to 7 million 380.7 thousand square meters. At the same time, in 2022, the figure decreased by 37.8% compared to 2021.
Last year, Dila Medical Laboratory opened 14 partner branches and expanded its network to 238 branches.
According to the laboratory in a press release, partner branches were opened in Kyiv, Lviv, Poltava, Dnipro, Rivne, and other cities.
Dila currently has the largest number of branches in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernivtsi, Chernihiv, Rivne, and Kirovohrad regions.
In addition, in 2024, Dila performed 9.3 million tests for 1.3 million patients.
Last year, the most popular tests were complete blood count, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), vitamin D (25-hydroxycalciferol), complete urine count, ferritin, fasting venous blood glucose, and C-reactive protein (CRP). At the same time, vitamin D and glycated hemoglobin were not among the top 10 most popular tests in 2023.
It is also reported that last year the share of clients who used comprehensive tests was growing.
According to the press release, last year Dila paid about UAH 380 million to the budgets of various levels, which is 24% more than in 2023, and provided UAH 56.7 million in aid, including almost UAH 35 million for medical tests for the military in the departments, UAH 5 million for the program of assistance to military hospitals “Helping the Strongest”, UAH 13.5 million to charitable organizations, and UAH 2.2 million of targeted assistance to the military. On the occasion of the Day of the Doctor, Dila donated UAH 200 thousand to the needs of the volunteer medical battalion “Hospitallers”. The Dila Foundation opened an additional fundraising campaign and raised UAH 110 thousand.
In partnership with Superhumans, a center for rehabilitation, prosthetics and reconstructive surgery for war-affected people, Dila Laboratory conducted about 32 thousand tests worth UAH 8.6 million.
In fact, the partnership of the Feman organization, represented by the ambassador of Transcarpathia Eduard Burash, the Czech organization Way of Hope Life, represented by Marian Bizub, and Franz-Wladimir von Habsburg, who is in charge of humanitarian projects in Kyiv and Chernihiv, has realized a wonderful idea to provide one of the units of the National Guard of Ukraine in Kyiv with a special GigiBus.
This is a bus that is fully equipped for water and hygiene and laundry procedures.
The bus has washbasins, showers, washing machines and many hygiene products.
“Our friendship and common example of cross-border cooperation to help those who are in great need has resulted in the implementation of a wonderful project called HygiBus. This bus was handed over to the leadership of the National Guard of Ukraine in Kyiv.
We have created and implemented a unique humanitarian aid project and an example of “neighborly”, cross-border cooperation between three countries, three friends, three organizations,” said Eduard Burash.
