Fixed rental rates for shopping gallery stores with the area of 50-200 square meters for the year increased by 1.3% – to $22.4 in 2025 from $22.1 in 2024, the press service of UTG told the agency “Interfax-Ukraine”.
“Next year we can forecast a slight rent growth from 2 to 5% depending on the region. Further growth of mall maintenance costs (OPEX) and mandatory additional costs for uninterrupted power supply, which will undoubtedly increase the total costs of the tenant. Now there are more significant factors that may influence further increase of rent payments. Among them: growth of demand among tenants to open stores for the development of networks, reduction of offers of quality space and entry of new operators in Ukraine”, – commented the director of UTG Eugenia Loktionova.
She specified that among the factors that stimulate the growth of rates first of all is a stable increase in demand for quality space on the part of retailers.
Regarding individual categories, according to UTG research, as of December 2025 the highest fixed rental rates were for kiosks (1-10 sq. m.) – from $70 to $250 per sq. m/month. (without VAT TA EP), for fashion galleries – up to $32, fashion department stores – up to $18, grocery supermarkets, cafes, restaurants – up to $15, electronics supermarket – $8, children’s entertainment center – $6, cinema – up to $6 sqm/month.
Overall, the market for the end of 2025 shows cautiously optimistic trends. Average daily attendance is growing, although the indicators of the pre-war years have not yet been restored. For example, district format – 680 people per 1,000 sqm GLA in 2025 vs. 660 in 2024 and 760 in 2021. Regional – 318 in 2025, 308 in 2024, and 407 persons per 1,000 square meters of GLA in 2021, respectively.
As of December 2025, 12.8% of space in the capital’s malls was vacant, compared to 13.1% in 2024 and de facto vacancy of 21.4% at the end of 2022. According to UTG estimates, the temporary closure of Gulliver shopping mall had an insignificant short-term negative effect, de facto vacancy was 13%.
In terms of formats, the highest vacancy was in regional malls – 14.9%, in district malls – 13.9% of space was vacant, in specialized malls – 10.1%, in district malls – 6.5%.
UTG company was established in 2001. It has developed more than 1.3 thousand concepts of real estate objects. During the years of work with the company’s participation 4.7 million square meters of commercial space in Ukraine have been leased out.
In 2025, the State Fisheries Agency’s water management organizations provided farmers with a full range of services for supplying water for irrigation in the Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions, with the total area of irrigated land exceeding 40,500 hectares, according to its press service on Telegram.
It is specified that to achieve this result, the pumping stations of state irrigation systems supplied 130.8 million cubic meters of water and used about 51.5 million kWh of electricity.
According to the State Fisheries Agency, the largest irrigation areas in 2025 were serviced by the Kiliya Interdistrict Water Management Administration (MUVG), where 78.5 million cubic meters of water were supplied to nearly 10,000 hectares of agricultural land, The Dniester MWH supplied 24.3 million cubic meters of water to irrigate 8,600 hectares of fields, and the Izmail WMD irrigated 8,300 hectares of fields, the agency specifies.
Various irrigation methods were used for maximum efficiency: sprinklers, drip irrigation, and flooding. Thanks to this, in addition to traditional cereals and legumes, vegetables, and fruits, farmers grew the “white gold” of the south—cotton, which began to be cultivated in Ukraine last year, the agency said.
Employees of the State Fisheries Agency’s water management departments have already begun preparing water management and reclamation facilities for the winter period and the 2026 irrigation season.
Bitcoin rose above $90,000 on Monday amid improved risk appetite, but has since corrected. According to CoinDesk, the price reached approximately $90,300 at the height of the session, after which profit-taking began. BTC is currently trading at around $87,300 per coin.
Recall that the autumn crash was exacerbated by the forced closure of shorts worth nearly $19 billion, and the cryptocurrency market as a whole has not yet recovered these losses. The autumn-winter “Santa Claus rally,” which pushed the S&P 500 index to new highs, had virtually no impact on crypto assets, but investor sentiment is gradually improving.
Source: https://www.fixygen.ua/news/20251229/bitkoyn-podolav-riven-90-tisyach-vpershe-za-dva-tizhni.html
In Ukraine on Tuesday, December 30, a light snow is expected (in places during the day), only at night in most southern regions without precipitation, the roads are icy, reports Ukrhydrometcenter. The wind is westerly, 7-12 m/s, in the afternoon in the western, Zhytomyr and Vinnitsa regions gusts of 15-20 m/s. The temperature at night is 1-6° frost, in the north-east of the country up to 9° frost; during the day from 4° frost to 1° warm, in the extreme south of the country 2-4° warm.
In Kiev on December 30, light snow (in places in the afternoon), icy roads, westerly wind, 7-12 m/s. Temperatures will be 4-6° frost at night and 1-3° frost during the day. According to the Central Geophysical Observatory named after Boris Sreznevsky. Borys Sreznevsky, in Kiev on December 30, the highest daytime temperature was 10.5 in 2023, the lowest nighttime temperature was -26.3 in 1895.
On the last day of 2025, December 31, in Ukraine, except for the south and southeast, light snow. On the roads in some places icy. The wind is predominantly north-western, 7-12 m/s, in western regions gusts of 15-20 m/s. Temperature at night 4-9° frost, in the east, north-east of the country and in the Carpathians up to 13° frost, during the day 2-7° frost; in the south of the country at night 1-6° frost, during the day about 0°.
Weather forecast for Kiev on December 31 – light snow, wind mainly north-west, 7-12 m/s. The temperature will be 6-8° frost at night and 4-6° frost during the day.
The crypto market for the week of December 22-28, 2025 spent most of the time in low holiday liquidity and limited fluctuations. At the end of the week, bitcoin was down about 0.7% (closing at around $87.8k on December 28), while ether was down about 1.9% (to around $2.95k).
The year-end factor remained the key backdrop for the week, with a thinner market amplifying the impact of individual flows and derivatives. In the focus of participants’ attention was the large expiration of options on Deribit on December 26, which the market discussed as a possible trigger of short-term volatility after the “realignment” of positions.
In the segment of altcoins the picture was heterogeneous. Among the largest assets by capitalization, as of December 28, Zcash showed a noticeable growth over 7 days (about +20%), Bitcoin Cash added about +5%, Avalanche – about +4%, while Dogecoin declined by about -5.5% over the same period, which reflected point rotation within the market.
The “sideways plus risk of sharp spikes on thin liquidity” scenario was broadly in line with Fixygen’s assessment, which had previously indicated an increased likelihood of disproportionate movements during the holidays and dependence on news background and flows.
https://www.fixygen.ua/news/20251229/oglyad-rinku-kriptovalyut-za-tizhden-vid-fixygen.html
The Greek authorities plan to pass a law in January 2026 reforming the Golden Visa program for investors in order to speed up the processing of applications and eliminate the problem of “backdating” the validity period of residence cards.
The key change concerns the calculation of the five-year validity period of the residence permit: currently, it is often counted from the date of application, which means that due to lengthy processing of documents, the actual validity period of the card obtained is less than five years. It is proposed to start counting from the date of issue of the card so that holders receive the full five-year period from the date of actual receipt of the document.
The reform is also aimed at reducing the administrative burden – it is planned to simplify the procedures for extending permits and reuniting families by reducing the number of stages of consideration.
According to IMI Daily, the number of pending applications under the program exceeded 49,000 in July, although the pace of processing applications has accelerated significantly in 2025. The Golden Visa program provides investors with a renewable residence permit, and in 2024-2025, Greece has already changed the parameters of the program, including real estate investment thresholds and transitional conditions.
Source: http://relocation.com.ua/greece-changes-rules-for-obtaining-golden-visas-from-january/
