Ukraine has signed a two-year cooperation agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) online, Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov has said.
“This agreement defines a clear ‘roadmap’ for our further joint work, in particular, regarding the solution of such challenges of our time as the still excessively high incidence of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and tuberculosis in Ukraine. After all, the fight against the pandemic does not stop our efforts to implement strategic and qualitative changes in the health care system,” the minister wrote on his Facebook page.
Due to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the agreement was signed online simultaneously in Kyiv and Copenhagen.
Pharmacies receive UAH 226 mln from National Health Service under reimbursement program for July-September.
The seaports of Ukraine in January-October 2020 handled 132.05 million tonnes of cargo, which is 2.2 million tonnes more than in the same period in 2019.
According to the results of the reporting period, the transshipment of export cargo increased to 101.36 million tonnes (+ 3.8%), cabotage – up to 2.07 million tonnes (+ 23.3%), the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reported with reference to minister Vladyslav Krykliy on Friday.
Above all, the ports handled grain cargo and ore – 39.4 million tonness and 37.2 million tonnes, respectively. At the same time, the transshipment of ore in 10 months of the current year has grown by 22.3%, ferrous metals – by 9.5%, oils – by 4.6%, and oil fuel – 2.4 times.
Transshipment of containers has reached 869,500 TEU and exceeded the last year’s figure by 7.1%.
Ukraine, WHO sign two-year cooperation agreement – Stepanov
The head of the investment group Concorde Capital, Ihor Mazepa, has announced the entry into a project of a cottage village and a hotel in the Shelest suburban complex and the construction of phase two of Goodlife Park in Vyshgorod district of Kyiv region.
At this stage it is planned to send more than $25 million to the implementation of the projects, and the total amount of investments in them, taking into account previous investments, will exceed $60-65 million.
“Previously, the main focus was on the growth of consumption, so we invested in the production of cardboard and cement, now we are betting on de-urbanization and suburban real estate. There are at least three more projects similar in scale to Goodlife and Shelest in the pipeline,” Mazepa said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
Thus, the group is investing about $10 million in the Shelest cottage community project, located next to the Shelest suburban complex near Kyiv. The housing area in the project will be 10,000 square meters.
In addition, on the territory of the Shelest complex, the construction of its hotel part with 100 rooms, including a SPA, continues. Investment in the hotel project is $15 million.
“In total, Shelest will have $30-35 million [of investment], taking into account previous investments,” Mazepa said.
The construction of phase two of the elite cottage town Goodlife Park has also started. The project provides for the construction of 30 cottages and additional infrastructure. According to Mazepa, the total investment in Goodlife Park is $35 million.
“In addition, we are considering a couple of similar projects in other directions, and we will look for co-investors for them. Accordingly, we expect a decent return on investment,” he said.
As Mazepa said, the de-urbanization trend and quarantine restrictions significantly increased the demand for suburban real estate, which stimulated an increase in rental rates and prices.
“We are witnessing a boom in the suburban real estate market: rental rates have grown by 1.5 times, especially in the premium segment. There are cases when they have doubled. We have simply sorted out everything decent that could be rented. And this, of course, affects the sale of new suburban real estate. If rents go up, then property prices also go up. And along with this, buying activity grows. This is what we have seen for the past nine months. This applies to Goodlife, Shelest, as well as many other suburban stories – everything is perfect there: a new demand began to appear, which we have not yet seen and which we did not expect,” he said.
Ukrainian seaports increase transshipment of cargo to 132 mln tonnes in 10 months
Agro-industrial holding Astarta plans to sell sugar assets in Kharkiv region – Savyntsi and Novoivanivsky refineries, co-owner of the holding Viktor Ivanchyk has said.
“Last year we worked without Savyntsi refinery, and this year without Novoivanivsky refinery in Kharkiv region. Sugar beet is not grown around these enterprises due to the weather conditions. Kharkiv region is one of the regions where the drought is felt most acutely,” he said in an interview with NV.
At the same time, Ivanchyk did not indicate at what amount the enterprises are being evaluated. He also did not rule out that Astarta may announce their sale by the end of the year.
When asked whether the company is interested in investing in leased land, the co-owner of the holding said: “Yes, if these are long-term lease agreements.”
“When the relevant legislation comes into force and we are allowed to do this [to buy land], then we can think about whether it is profitable for us to invest in this long-term asset and what rate of return we could consider acceptable for ourselves comparable with the opportunities that we have when leasing land,” he said.
Concorde Capital invests over $25 mln in three suburban real estate projects near Kyiv
Salamandra insurance company (formerly DIM Insurance, Dnipro) collected UAH 78.857 million in gross premiums in January-September 2020, which is 11.5% more compared to the same period in 2019.
According to the company’s report in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, the volume of net premiums amounted to UAH 77.762 million (a rise of 59.2%).
Premiums in the amount of UAH 3.720 million were transferred to reinsurance, which is 61.5% less than in the same period in 2019.
Over the reporting period, the insurer’s payments increased 37.6%, to UAH 36.307 million.
Net profit of Salamandra in January-September 2020 amounted to UAH 157,000, while for the same period a year earlier it was UAH 108 thousand
According to the official report, the company’s administrative expenses amounted to UAH 16.086 million, which is 34.7% more.
Salamandra insurance company is part of the non-banking financial group Salamandra, the ultimate beneficiary and owner of which is Yuriy Yavtushenko.
Astarta plans to sell two sugar refineries in Kharkiv region
Delta Wilmar Ukraine LLC, a member of the group of the transnational agro-industrial corporation Wilmar International, launched in November a shop for bottling sunflower oil under the Chumak trademark, in particular, filling it into PET bottles.
According to the company’s Facebook message, the investment amounted to more than $5.5 million, and 45 jobs were created.
Delta Wilmar plans to export bottled products, which the company will produce at the new workshop, abroad, mainly to the countries of Asia, Africa and Europe.
The company also said that this year a new shop for processing and packaging of margarine and fat products was opened, investments in which amounted to more than $29 million.
Delta Wilmar Ukraine LLC is part of the group of the transnational agro-industrial corporation Wilmar International, which market capitalization today is about $22 billion.
Salamandra insurer sees 11.5% rise in gross premiums in Jan-Sept
