Share of remittances from abroad sent via Privat24 application of state-controlled bank PrivatBank amounted to 48% in January-August 2020 as compared for the same period in 2019, to 35%.
“Every second money transfer that Ukrainians received from abroad with the help of PrivatBank in 2020 was paid via Privat24 mobile bank,” stated PrivatBank’s press service.
According to the bank data, over the past year, the share of remittances received at the bank’s cash desks decreased by 1.3%, to 24%.
Since the beginning of 2020, the share of money transfers performed through PrivatBank stands at 54% of the total volume of remittances being 1.4% up as compared to 2019.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 17/09/20
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of September 17
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
Milk production in Ukraine in January-August 2020 (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, Sevastopol, the JFO zone) decreased by 0.2% compared to the same period in 2019, to 6.46 million tonnes.
According to the State Statistics Service, 2.15 million tonnes of meat (in live weight) were produced in the first eight months of this year, which is 0.2% less than in January-August of the previous year.
Egg production in January-August 2020 decreased by 0.9%, to 11.54 billion eggs.
On September, 19 and 20 in the «Kyivan Rus Park» the Medieval Combat Festival «The Call of Heroes» known worldwide will take place!
The best fighters of Ukraine will enter the Big tilting-yard and will lead full contact fights in knightly armor and with real medieval weapons!
Competitions will be held according to the rules of medieval combat, in the format of single fights “shield-sword” and group battles “5 х 5. The co-organizer of the competition is the Ukrainian Federation of Medieval Combat.
Sportsmen will put on heavy metal armors and show their prowess fighting with real medieval weapons made according to historical patterns. Those will not be staged battles, but real medieval battles!
Between the fights – an entertaining program, introducing the history and traditions of Kyivan Rus, horse shows, flash mobs and master-classes, contests and lotteries. And in the evening real delight and admiration will be provided by the bright shots of the fireballs from the Trebuchet.
The event will be carried out in accordance with the quarantine measures.
Ancient Kyiv opens at 10:00, the program will begin at 14:00.
The ticket price: a full adult ticket – 250 UAH, for pensioners and students – 150 UAH, for schoolchildren – 80 UAH, for preschool children – for free.
Ancient Kyiv in the «Kyivan Rus Park» is located in Kyiv region, Obukhiv district, the vill. Kopachiv.
Details on the website www.parkkyivrus.com
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The Vodafone Ukraine mobile operator expanded its 4G network in 18 Ukrainian regions in August 2020.
According to company’s press service, in particular, the operator has launched 4G coverage in 660 settlements of Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil, Kherson, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy and Chernivtsi regions over the past month.
To date, according to the data given, Vodafone Ukraine provides 4G coverage to 80% of Ukrainians.
