The test systems that are used in Ukraine can detect a mutated strain of coronavirus, which was recorded in the UK, Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov told reporters on Thursday.
“The complexity of the situation with the mutated strain of coronavirus in the UK is that, according to preliminary data, it is 70% more infectious. At the same time, they have no evidence that it causes more complications, more severe disease or increased mortality. We increased control. Our test systems are able to detect this strain,” he said.
The minister noted that no cases of the mutated strain of coronavirus have been registered in Ukraine yet.
“We have a small number of flights from the UK. Basically, our citizens, who work there or study, come. We do not consider it necessary to close air traffic and then send planes to pick up our citizens,” Stepanov added.
Caris Ukraine LLC (Kyiv), controlled by South Korean Caris, intends to buy out the shares of minority shareholders of Strila crane building company (Brovary, Kyiv region), in which it owns 89.837% of shares.
According to the public irrevocable demand published in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine, the shares from the minority shareholders will be redeemed at UAH 129.4 per share (with a par value of UAH 110).
The charter capital of JSC Strila is UAH 6.21 million.
At present, Strila plant, which employed ten people by the beginning of this year, does not carry out production activities (since 2015), and receives main income from the sale of materials and partial lease of premises.
Caris, according to its information, has enterprises in many countries of the world, construction, logistics companies, companies for the production of innovative materials and components for road construction and traffic safety, and also has an R&D center that owns patented innovative technologies for the production of polymer and superhard materials used in heat power engineering, industrial electronics and mechanical engineering.
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Ukrainian Insurance Group (UIG, Kyiv) has paid insurance compensation in the amount of $1.333 million for a cargo of grain damaged as a result of an explosion in the port of the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020, the insurance company has said.
The company said in a press release on its website that the blast wave spread 10 km from the explosion site. As a result, buildings and cars were damaged, the main port of Beirut, through which 60% of all Lebanese imports pass, was put out of action.
Among other things, a cargo of wheat insured by the UIG in the port was also destroyed. According to the insurance contract, the cargo was insured against all risks.
Ukrainian Insurance Group is a company with 100% foreign capital. It has been working in the Ukrainian conventional insurance market since 2000. It is part of one of the world’s largest insurance groups, the market leader in Central and Eastern Europe – Vienna Insurance.
Some 20 new residential complexes appeared in the primary housing market in the business and premium class segment in 2020, increasing their share in the overall market structure by 4 and 1 percentage points (p.p.), respectively.
“Now the market knows about almost 90 business class residential complexes compared to the supply of 70 residential complexes at the end of last year, thus the share of this class in the market structure rose by 4 points (up to 29%), and the share of premium class by one point (up to 6%). There is a growing trend towards better and more comfortable housing,” NAI Ukraine told Interfax-Ukraine.
So, according to its data, up to 30% of layouts in the supply of business and premium projects are options with increased comfort, providing for the presence of terraces, apartments with improved view characteristics, increased areas, penthouses and two-level housing. The increased areas of premises allow the use of various functional and design solutions.
For example, an average two-room business class apartment has an area of 70-80 sq m, and premium up to 90 sq m. Three-room apartments range from 90 to 150 sq m, and it is here that consumers’ demands are concentrated.
“The main discovery of AIA Home Design Trends Survey, which summed up the U.S. housing market in 2020, was the catastrophic drop in popularity of dense buildings and smart solutions, and among the design trends – the increased size and number of windows. Significant spending time at home due to the pandemic and remote work prompted many to reconsider their housing requirements in favor of increasing the area, space, attractiveness of the environment. These trends are equally relevant for the Ukrainian market,” Maryna Hurevych, the head of the consulting department at NAI Ukraine, said.
JSC Dniprotiazhmash (Dnipro), a large enterprise of heavy engineering, part of the scientific and production group Dniprotechservice, in 2020 plans to increase the number of products shipped for the coke industry by 24% (or 153 units) compared to 2019, to 795 units, Viacheslav Pronsky, the marketing director of the enterprise, has said.
“We’ve mastered the equipment for coke oven batteries relatively recently – we had to do it after the related plant Slovtiazhmash in Sloviansk (Donetsk region), also part of Dniprotechservice, unfortunately, did not survive the conflict time, a particularly acute period of events in the east of Ukraine in 2014-2015. We have adopted technologies, documentation and expertise from our colleagues, and for the fifth year we have been producing this equipment,” he told the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
According to the top manager, in 2020 Dniprotiazhmash intends to increase the share of coke-chemical equipment in the total sales of equipment for the mining and metallurgical sector from 23% in 2019 to 25% (or about UAH 186 million) in the current year, which was also facilitated by the shipment of two coal loading machines worth more than UAH 30 million each one.
“Our customers are almost all coke-chemical enterprises in Ukraine (in Avdiyivka, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, Kamyanske, Kryvy Rih and Mariupol) and Kazakhstan (Temirtau), as well as several enterprises in Russia. This year, negotiations have begun, and we are already participating in tenders for coke-chemical products for Western consumers, in particular for all of ArcelorMittal’s assets in Europe,” Pronsky said.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) is launching corporate air excursions over Kyiv lasting one hour.
According to the airline’s website, departure and arrival will be carried out from Boryspil International Airport on board an Embraer 195 aircraft with a maximum capacity of 116 seats.
The service is available only for corporate clients, the cost of one seat with a full load of the aircraft is the equivalent of $ 70 in hryvnias.
“A flight over Kyiv is not only an incredible experience, but also an opportunity to learn how aviation works from professionals. During an hour-long excursion, the pilots will tell what they have only heard about before: what are flight maps, echelon and briefing, what kind of weather is considered unfavorable for the flight, and much more,” UIA said in a statement.
The airline also offers custom pricing.
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