The Ministry of Infrastructure is mulling several options for cooperation with foreign partners on the project for building high-speed railways, according to the ministry’s website.
Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Vladyslav Krykliy on October 16 met with the director of the Hyundai Corporation representative office in Ukraine. First Deputy Minister Dmytro Abramovych also took part in the meeting.
Krykliy noted that Ukraine is interested in cooperation with Hyundai Corporation.
“The selection of a partner for the implementation of the project for construction of high-speed railways will be carried out on the basis of analysis of the proposed conditions, which should be beneficial for Ukraine. The project requires an integrated approach, in particular, in terms of financing, timing of implementation, the possibility of preparing a feasibility study using grant funds, etc.,” the ministry said.
During the meeting, the director of the Ukrainian representative office of Hyundai Corporation announced his interest in the implementation of infrastructure projects in Ukraine.
During the meeting, the parties also discussed the use of rolling stock on high-speed railways and models for financing infrastructure projects.
Top 20 countries of Ukraine’s foreign trade partners in Jan-July of 2020 (thousand USD).
The deficit of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in January-August 2020 decreased 59.4% compared to January-August 2019, to $2.399 billion from $5.915 billion, the State Statistics Service reported on Thursday.
According to its data, the export of goods from Ukraine for the reporting period compared to the same period in 2019 decreased 6.6%, to $30.843 billion, imports fell by 14.6%, to $33.242 billion.
The State Statistics Service said that in August 2020, compared with July 2020, the seasonally adjusted volume of exports increased 5%, to $4.068 billion, imports grew by 1.6%, to $4.462 billion.
The seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance in August 2020 also saw a deficit and amounted to $393.6 million, which, however, is better than the previous month ($517.2 million). The export coverage ratio of imports in January-August this year amounted to 0.93 (in January-August 2019 it was 0.85).
The State Statistics Service said that foreign trade operations were carried out with partners from 225 countries.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 16/10/20
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of October 16
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
The Parliamentary Committee of the Nation’s Health, Medical Assistance and Health Insurance recommended for consideration at the first reading the draft law on the public health system (No. 4142), which provides for the creation of a competent authority in the field of public health.
The committee made the corresponding decision at a meeting on Thursday.
Introducing the bill, Deputy Minister of Health, Chief Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Viktor Liashko said that the bill provides for the creation of a single vertical of public health from the national to the local level, which will, in particular, be able to quickly respond to emergency events in the public health system, including responses to outbreaks of diseases, epidemics and accidents of various origins.
The structure of the proposed model provides for the creation of an authorized body in the field of public health at the national level.
“It can be created both from the so-called scratch and on the basis of existing structures with the status of a central executive body. This authorized body in the field of public health is subordinate to the Cabinet, and its activities are directed and coordinated by the Minister of Health. The head of the authorized body becomes and exercises powers of the chief state sanitary doctor of Ukraine,” said Liashko.
According to him, the bill provides that territorial departments of the authorized body will be created at the regional level, and the head of the territorial department will be the chief state sanitary doctor of the corresponding administrative territory.
In addition, the bill provides for the creation of a network of centers for the control and prevention of diseases, which will be formed on the basis of laboratory centers, as well as regional public health centers, which have begun to be created as part of the formation of the public health system.
Centers for control and prevention of deseases at the regional level will be subordinate to the territorial body of the authorized body in the field of public health.
The bill provides that the Center for Public Health will retain its functionality and expertise and will enter the new system as a state institution.
It is assumed that the financing of the new system will be carried out from the state budget provided for expenditures on state public health programs; it is also additionally provided for the possibility of attracting funds from local budgets allocated for financing local public health programs.
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