New quarantine rules will take effect in the country from August 1, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said during a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
“From August 1, new rules regarding quarantine restrictions begin to operate in Ukraine. We have made a distribution into four zones, each will have different restrictions. The softest will be in the ‘green’ zone – mask mode, keeping a distance, one person per 5 square meters at public events, when visiting cinemas and theaters, the occupancy of the hall is no more than 50%, in public transport transportation is exclusively within the seating area. Regarding the crossing of the border between the ‘red’ and ‘green’ zones within the country, traffic will be limited in the ‘red’ zone, appropriate posts will be set up at the crossing,” he said.
The minister stressed that new rules are introduced for the division of countries into “red” and “green” zones.
“Regarding the arrival from abroad from August 1, the statistics will be updated every seven days. We will also change the indicators – if we are currently measuring the number of active patients in the country, then from August 1 this will happen like in European countries. There will be two indicators – if the increase in patients over the past 14 days exceeds such an increase in the territory of Ukraine and if the percentage of increase in the last 14 days compared to the previous 14 days is more than 30 people,” Stepanov said.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Iryna Stavchuk as Deputy Head of the Ministry for European Integration, government spokesman in the Verkhovna Rada Vasily Mokan said.
According to the statement, the relevant decision was made at a government meeting on Wednesday.
In addition, the government appointed Deputy Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Oleksandr Krasnolutsky as Deputy Head of the Ecology Ministry.
The State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre said on its website that Krasnolutsky served as Deputy Head of the department since February 20, 2019
Privatization of large-sized enterprises in Ukraine could bring $1 billion to the national budget in the coming years, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.
“We also have high expectations from large-scale privatization, which should bring about $1 billion to the budget in the coming years,” the prime minister said during a government meeting on Wednesday.
On August, 1 and 2 the «Kyivan Rus Park» invites to make an exciting time travel into the epoch of Kyivan Rus and see the show with the participation of horses of rare historical breeds. Slavic amusements, museums, horse riding, tasty dishes prepared on bonfire, master-classes and a lot of interesting things from the life of a real medieval city will be waiting for the guests.
Ancient Kyiv opens at 10:00. The program starts at 13:30.
The ticket price: a full adult ticket – 200 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 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) could provide a senior sovereign-guaranteed loan of up to EUR 53 million for the acquisition and equipping of postal vans and for the development of modern automated sorting hubs in the cities of Kyiv, Lviv and Dnipro.
According to a report on the bank’s website, the project is pending approval of the bank’s board until September 30, 2020.
Tranche 1 of up to EUR 23 million is intended for the acquisition and equipping of postal vans to be deployed in rural areas across the country and Tranche 2 of up to EUR 30 million for the development of modern automated sorting hubs in the cities of Kyiv, Lviv and Dnipro and an associated network of regional sorting depots.
According to the EBRD, the total cost of the project is EUR 102 million, which includes EUR 53 million of EBRD loan, a EUR 30 million loan of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EIB) and own funds of Ukrposhta in the amount of EUR 19 million.
The net profit of Ukrgasbank (Kyiv) in January-June 2020 amounted to UAH 437.18 million, which is 1.6 times more than in the same period of 2019 (UAH 275.99 million), according to the bank’s quarterly report posted on the bank’s website on Tuesday.
According to it, in the second quarter, Ukrgasbank’s net profit amounted to UAH 98.11 million, which is 2.3 times less than in April-June 2019 (UAH 221.71 million).
The bank’s net interest income for six months decreased 5.8% compared to the same indicator a year earlier, to UAH 1.44 billion, and net fee and commission income grew by 18.6%, to UAH 555.81 million, while the cost of creating reserves for expected credit losses decreased by 91.3%, to UAH 34.89 million.
Ukrgasbank’s assets in the first six months of 2020 increased 24.2%, to UAH 148 billion, including loans to customers and finance lease fell by 2.6%, to UAH 37.97 billion, and cash and cash equivalents decreased 9%, to UAH 42.24 billion.
At the same time, the bank’s investments, which are measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, increased 2.1 times over this period, to UAH 64.59 billion.
Liabilities of Ukrgasbank in January-June grew by 25%, to UAH 138.64 billion, including customer funds – by 27.4%, to UAH 131.63 billion.
The bank’s equity capital rose by 13.5% in the first six months of this year, to UAH 9.37 billion, while the charter capital remained at the level of UAH 13.84 billion.
JSB Ukrgasbank was established in 1993. The state, represented by the Ministry of Finance, owns 94.94% of the shares of the financial institution.
According to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), as of June 1, 2020, Ukrgasbank was ranked fourth in terms of total assets among 75 banks operating in the country.
