The Ukrainian government on Friday approved the draft state budget for 2025 with revenues (excluding official transfers and grants) of the general fund at UAH 2 trillion 7.4 billion and expenditures of the general fund at UAH 3 trillion 643.6 billion, the Finance Ministry said on its website.
“The forecast of state budget financing for 2025 provides for a reduction of the state budget deficit to 19.4% of GDP (in the current law on the state budget for 2024 – 20.6%), which corresponds to the indicators agreed with international partners,” the press release said.
According to it, with a projected deficit of UAH 1 trillion 640.6 billion, state borrowings of the general fund are planned in the amount of UAH 2 trillion 237.6 billion, including internal – UAH 579.2 billion and external – UAH 1 trillion 658.4 billion. “Not the entire volume of external borrowings has yet been confirmed by international partners – which requires further painstaking and perseverance,” the Finance Ministry pointed out.
The ministry specified that external financing is envisaged in the amount of $38.4 billion, privatization – UAH 3.2 billion, debt service of UAH 480.8 billion.
In the draft amendments to the state budget-2024 on the growth of general fund expenditures by UAH 434.6 billion, which the Verkhovna Rada adopted in early September, general fund revenues are envisaged in the amount of UAH 1 trillion 811.1 billion, expenditures – UAH 3 trillion 546.7 billion, deficit – UAH 1 trillion 846.1 billion, state borrowing – UAH 2 trillion 348.0 billion, including internal – UAH 742.0 billion, and total external financing – $41.3 billion.
DIM is one of the leaders in the capital region, constantly implementing and expanding the list of state housing programs at its facilities.
To the already popular programs “eHousing” and “eRestoration” in the eco-city Lucky Land, the opportunity to purchase real estate with cash compensation for the purchase of housing has been added. This became possible thanks to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 280 of April 18, 2018, which helps to provide housing for internally displaced persons who defended the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
“Resolution No. 280 is extremely important for IDPs, as it provides a mechanism for receiving financial compensation for the purchase of housing, which is extremely important for people who have suffered from the actions of Russian invaders and lost their homes,” says Daria Bedia, Head of Marketing at DIM.
In order to receive financial compensation for the purchase of real estate under CMU Resolution No. 280, a potential buyer needs to follow several steps:
Meet the criteria of the resolution, namely, be an IDP who defended Ukraine.
Submit an application to the social security authorities at the place of residence on the housing register.
After reviewing the application and based on the submitted documents, the need for compensation will be assessed.
After the subvention is allocated, the applicant can receive compensation to a bank account opened at a branch of Oschadbank.
Next, the applicant contacts the Lucky Land sales office at 6 Berkovetska St., Kyiv, where our managers will help you choose the best housing for you and your family and support the transaction.
“LUCKY LAND is the best embodiment of the “city within a city” concept. A huge location next to a coniferous forest will allow you to breathe fresh air and live in harmony with nature. The entire space was designed by Archimatika, the country’s leading architectural firm. It is centered on a person, his or her lifestyle and development. Active entertainment or relaxation, shopping or meeting friends – all this is possible without leaving the territory of the complex.”
PJSC Kyivvodokanal and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine are preparing for the pollution coming along the Desna River to Kyiv, which is forecast to reach Kyiv region on September 14-16, but treatment facilities should cope with it, said the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Svetlana Hrynchuk.
“If initially Ukrgidrometcenter predicted that the pollution will reach the water intakes of Kievshchyna somewhere on September 10-11, now this forecast has already shifted to 14-16. It should also be said that pollution is not recorded in Kyiv region,” she said on the air of the Unified National Telethon on Wednesday.
The Minister added that now the Department sees an improvement in the situation, water treatment facilities of the water channel should cope with this type of pollution.
“Also installed additional nets, additional such physical barriers to prevent and dead fish, in order to additionally not polluted,” – said Grinchuk.
According to her, the pollution recorded in the areas of the Desna River in Chernihiv region is no longer as homogeneous as it was before, and is fixed point by point.
According to Hrynchuk, to help all living things in the river, in particular fish, aeration units have been installed. Three of them worked in the Chernihiv area. It was decided to install two more such systems additionally from September 10.
“That is, to date the situation is controlled, we carry out constant monitoring and (take – IF-U) those measures that can improve the situation,” – summarized Hrynchuk.
About half of Ukrainians believe that the unified telethon is currently irrelevant. About 16% of citizens have a neutral attitude to it, another 15% have no answer. At the same time, only 17% of Ukrainians believe that the telethon has not lost its relevance.
This is evidenced by the data of the survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center together with the Foundation “Democratic Initiatives” named after Ilk Kucheriv on behalf of the Movement “Honestly” from 9 to 15 August 2024.
“The level of support for the telethon by citizens has significantly decreased compared to the last wave of sociological research conducted in December 2023. At that time, 5% more respondents considered the telethon relevant. Neutral attitude to the relevance of the telethon also had 5% more citizens”, – stated in the message of the Movement ‘Honestly’ on the official website on Monday.
In addition, Ukrainians have a request for the resumption of openness in the work of the parliament. About 57% of citizens are in favor of online broadcasts of meetings on the Rada TV channel – this figure has not changed.
As the results of the survey show, the number of viewers of the telethon is becoming less and less, and therefore the expediency of its existence is in question. 35% of Ukrainians completely agree with the thesis about the loss of relevance of the telethon format. Another 16% of citizens rather support this position. At the same time, as noted in the report, the newly appointed Minister of Culture Mykola Tochytskyy in his first speeches in office notes that the telethon will continue to exist.
He says that constructive changes in the format of the telethon will be positively received. It is noted that the need to change the format was also mentioned in an interview with “Honestly” by the chairman of the Committee on Freedom of Speech, Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, but there have been no significant changes during the existence of the telethon.
It is reported that the survey recorded certain differences in the regional context. The southern regions of Ukraine are more negatively disposed to the telethon, while the indicators of other regions are almost the same.
It is also noted that Ukrainians who call Russian their native language are 10% more likely to call the telethon irrelevant. At the same time, the percentage of those who consider the format of the telethon relevant is the same among Ukrainian and Russian speakers.
Regarding the online broadcasting of parliamentary sessions on the TV channel “Rada” the position of all regions is very similar. Residents of different regions do not show any significant differences in this issue.
The head of NPC Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, has been dismissed from his post, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak (Voice faction) has said.
According to his message on Telegram on Monday evening, the decision was made by the Supervisory Board of Ukrenergo by a majority vote of 4:2 after the demand for dismissal was voiced at the Commander-in-Chief’s meeting on August 30.
At the same time, the MP noted that there will be a reaction from international partners and the consequences of this decision.
“I think the payoff will also be quick and quite painful,” Zheleznyak said.
As reported, on September 1, EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova, regional heads of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in a letter to Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal stated the need to stop making any management decisions regarding NPC Ukrenergo until the final formation of the company’s supervisory board, which includes six members instead of seven.
The authors of the letter emphasized that the immediate dismissal is not an option: “Such an event could jeopardize our collective ability to support Ukrenergo and other priorities for Ukraine’s vital energy security.”
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the total amount of international assistance (loans and grants) attracted by Ukrenergo amounted to EUR 1.5 billion.
On April 23, 2024, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine announced a competitive selection for the position of an independent member of the Supervisory Board of Ukrenergo, but it still operates with one vacant position, although, according to Ukrenergo’s charter, it should consist of seven members, including four independent members.
Currently, Ukrenergo’s Supervisory Board consists of Peder Andreasen, Daniel Dobbeny, Roman Pionkovsky – independent members, Yuriy Tokarsky, Oleksandr Baraniuk, Yuriy Boyko – state representatives. The decision to resign the chairman of the board is made by a majority vote. The market noted that, despite the major shareholder’s desire to force Kudrytskyi’s resignation, he managed to avoid it several times thanks to the support of Ukraine’s international partners, as well as half of the supervisory board (according to the market, the head of the supervisory board, Daniel Dobbeny, as well as Peter Andersen and Yuriy Boyko).
“Ukrenergo is a private joint-stock company with 100% of its shares managed by the Ministry of Energy.
Earlier, a number of media outlets cited sources as saying that at a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Staff on August 30, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanded that Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi write a letter of resignation in the near future, but he refused.
The international golf tournament “Diplomatic Golf for Good” was held at the Lisnyky Golf Club as part of the celebration of Ukraine’s Independence Day.
The sporting top event of the year – the annual international golf tournament “Diplomatic Golf for Good” was held at the new Lisnyky Golf Club, which was built during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The tournament was supported by Ukrainian Junior Golf Champion Ulyana Novozhilova and Lisnyky Golf Club.
This is the sixth traditional Independence Day tournament among foreign and Ukrainian diplomats, world-class athletes, and representatives of international and Ukrainian business.
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, as well as government officials, business elite, world-class athletes and veterans joined the game.
The main goal of the event is to create a platform for informal communication between representatives of different countries, to promote friendship and sports partnership among the nations of the world.
“’Diplomatic Golf for Good’ is an event that goes beyond the field and helps promote a positive image of the country, expand business ties, and most importantly, implement joint ideas and projects. This is true cultural diplomacy in action,” emphasized Inna Kostyria, the founder of the golf tournament.
The event was also attended by Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and representatives of diplomatic missions: Italy, France, Vietnam, Brazil, Argentina, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Indonesia, Egypt, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan.
