As part of its reconceptualization, Darynok market mall has opened a family entertainment complex, Smile Park, the mall’s press service reports.
“We have planned a number of dramatic changes for 2025. The first step was the opening of a new children’s anchor. We expect that with the emergence of the largest Smile Park on the left bank, we will be able to attract an additional 10% of traffic. We also plan to further renovate the facility to ensure comfortable shopping, recreation and entertainment,” said Andriy Fedorov, CEO of the management company of Darynok market mall City Capital Group, said Andriy Fedorov, CEO of Darynok market, City Capital Group.
It is specified that Smile Park is located on the ground floor, in the Boulevard sector. With an area of 5 thousand square meters, it is currently the largest on the left bank. Smile Park combines four entertainment concepts in one place: an extreme park for adults and children (rope park, climbing wall, extreme towers and extreme mazes), a rollerdrome (a comfortable and safe area for recreation and rollerblading training), a family complex with trampolines (town of professions, creative zones, playpen for kids) and a VR park with rides and racing simulators.
The entertainment complex also has an 800-square-meter family restaurant and five themed rooms for birthday parties.
“Darynok is the largest family-type market mall in Kyiv. In 2024, it was visited by 3.9 million people, with approximately 60% of visitors being family audiences. The total area is 68 thousand square meters, the leasable area is 45.1 thousand square meters. It has seven sales halls with approximately 2 thousand shops and retail spaces. The market mall’s assortment is widely represented by clothing and footwear categories for the whole family, large separate sectors of outerwear and wedding wear, household goods and furniture. The vacancy rate at the end of 2024 was 4%.
In January-February 2025, accrued insurance premiums under international insurance contracts “Green Card” concluded by member companies of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU) increased by 6.43% compared to the same period in 2024 – up to UAH 835.6 million.
According to the MTIBU website, the number of Green Card contracts concluded during this period decreased by 11.8% to 191.3 thousand.
The amount of compensation paid on claims also decreased by 6.79% to EUR 7.131 million, the number of paid claims – by 12.3% to 2.209 thousand.
MTIBU is the only association of insurers that provide compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of land vehicles for damage caused to third parties.
“Green Card is a system of insurance coverage for victims of road traffic accidents, regardless of their country of residence and country of registration of the vehicle. “The Green Card covers 45 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.
According to the decision adopted by the General Assembly of the Council of the Bureau of the International Motor Insurance System “Green Card” in Luxembourg in May 2004, Ukraine became a full member of the system on January 1, 2005.
Prices for more than 200 more items of medicines may be reduced by an average of 30%, predicts Petro Bahriy, chairman of the Association of Manufacturers of Medicines of Ukraine (AMPU).
“This work (to reduce drug prices) has not been completed yet, it is ongoing, and we are now working on the next 200-250 items of drugs that will also be reduced. It will not be reduced by all 30%: some will be reduced by 30%, some by 40%, some by 20%. This will be determined by the market situation,” he said at a press conference at the Ukraine Media Center on Friday.
He noted that if one manufacturer reduces the price of one molecule, a competitor will also be forced to reduce its price.
At the same time, Bagriy noted that price cuts will have a positive effect on patients, but will lead to “huge losses” for pharmaceutical plants.
“For example, if we are talking about Darnitsa, it is about one billion hryvnias that it will lose from the price reduction. Of course, this cannot but affect the company’s investment policy, salary payments, and even some layoffs are possible,” he said.
The Slovenian industrial giant Cimos, known in the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for the production of Citroën cars, plans to close its plant in Slovenia and move production to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to Dnevnik, a layoff program has been prepared that does not suit the representatives of the Union of Employees of the Metallurgical and Electrical Industry of Slovenia (SKEI) for the Kras and Primorska and Primorska regions.
According to Saša Ristić, the program was recognized as unprofessional because it did not specify the specific positions that would be retained. He noted that this is the worst layoff program he has ever seen.
Cimos has long been planning to move production to Gradac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Kikinda (Serbia). However, according to Ristić, this move is controversial because management should have first informed the works council, which did not happen, although the relocation of production is the official reason for the layoffs.
Cimos has had a plant in Hradac for many years. Ristić explained that the upcoming layoffs are also related to the planned relocation of production. He told Dnevnik that the Cimos management requires the trade union and the works council to give their urgent consent to the dismissals.
Of the 175 employees to be laid off, about 120 work in Senožec, while the rest are employed at Cimos’ production sites in Maribor and Vuzenice.
About Cimos
Cimos is a Slovenian company specializing in the production of components for the automotive industry. In 2020, the company was acquired by the German investment fund Mutares.
Financial results
As of 2022, Cimos’s revenue amounted to about 200 million euros. The company continues to work on improving efficiency and expanding production capacity.
Products and customers
Cimos produces a variety of components for the automotive industry, including braking systems, suspensions, and powertrains. The company’s customers include automakers such as Renault, PSA Group and Volkswagen.
Exports.
Cimos products are exported to various European countries, including Germany, France, and Italy.
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In February 2025, TAS Insurance Group (Kyiv) collected UAH 465.6 million in insurance premiums, which is 49.2% more than in the same period in 2024.
According to the insurer’s website, last month’s motor hull insurance premiums amounted to 14.3% of the total, or UAH 66.7 million, motor third party liability premiums – 50.97%, or UAH 237.3 million, which is 2.4 times more than in February 2014, and Green Card premiums – 23.12%, or UAH 107.65 million (+28.1%).
Under voluntary health insurance contracts, TAS Group collected UAH 22.1 million in premiums, and under property insurance contracts, it attracted UAH 6.4 million in insurance premiums.
Under other insurance contracts, the insurance group collected UAH 25.46 million.
TAS Group also reported that in February 2025 it paid UAH 188.6 million under the concluded insurance contracts, which is 26.8% more than the amount of indemnities for the same period last year.
Out of the total volume of payments, hull insurance accounted for 27.66% (UAH 52.2 million), which is 9.6% more than in February 2014, MTPL – 32%, or UAH 60.37 million (+14.1%), and Green Card – 22.4% (42.23 million).
The share of VHI in the company’s claims portfolio in February amounted to 15.4%, or UAH 28.95 million (+27.8%).
The company paid out UAH 4.88 million under other insurance contracts.
TAS was registered in 1998. It is a universal company offering more than 80 types of insurance products in various types of voluntary and compulsory insurance. It has an extensive regional network: 28 regional directorates and branches and 450 sales offices throughout Ukraine.
Ukraine, together with its European partners, is launching a new EU4Green Recovery East project aimed at developing a circular economy, sustainable water management and environmental data management, said Svitlana Hrynchuk, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine.
“The initiative covers the Eastern Partnership countries and will help them promote reforms. It will last for four years and has a total budget of 21.5 million euros. For Ukraine, which is on the verge of large-scale reconstruction, this is a great opportunity and significant assistance,” Hrynchuk wrote on Facebook.
She pointed out that, together with UNDP, Ukraine is currently working on a draft law “On Green Recovery,” which is fully consistent with the Green Taxonomy and EU experience. It will become Ukraine’s strategy for sustainable recovery, the minister emphasized.
“In addition, EU4Green Recovery East is an opportunity for Ukrainian businesses to increase resource efficiency and create new jobs,” she added.
The first steps have already been taken in preparing a work plan to adapt the Program’s activities to the specific needs of Ukraine. Technical meetings of experts in the relevant fields are ahead.
“The strategic partnership with the EU has already had its results, including in the field of environmental protection. In times of war, it is our support and our rear. I am confident that in the time of Ukraine’s reconstruction, these will be our joint successes and achievements,” summarized Hrynchuk.
