The number of concluded contracts “Green Card” in January-June 2024 decreased by 8.7% – to 716.7 thousand, according to the website of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTSBU).
According to the message, in general, accrued insurance premiums under such contracts for the first half of the year increased by 4.7% compared to the same period of 2023 – up to UAH 2.661 billion.
At the same time, the amount of claims paid increased by 19.04% to EUR 26.1 mln, while the number of paid claims increased by 12.8% to 8.028 thousand.
MTSBU also notes that if earlier “Green Card” policies were issued more for a short term of up to 3 months, now more and more drivers choose long-term or annual insurance contracts.
MTSBU is the only association of insurers carrying out compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of land vehicles for damage caused to third parties.
“Green Card” is a system of insurance coverage for victims of road traffic accidents regardless of their country of residence and country of vehicle registration. It covers the territory of 45 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.
According to the decision adopted by the General Assembly of the Council of the Bureau of the International Motor Insurance System “Green Card” in Luxembourg in May 2004, Ukraine is a full member of this system since January 1, 2005.
Geographical structure of Ukraine’s foreign trade (exports) in Jan-Apr 2024, mln USD
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
Geographic structure of Ukraine’s foreign trade in 2023
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
The negative balance of Ukraine’s foreign trade in goods in January-May 2024 increased 1.2 times compared to the same period of 2023 – to $10.716 billion from $8.882 billion, the State Statistics Service (Gosstat) said on Monday.
According to its data, exports of goods from Ukraine for the period increased by 1.7% to $16.832 billion compared to January-May 2023, while imports increased by 8.3% to $27.548 billion.
State Statistics Committee specified that in May compared to April this year, seasonally adjusted exports decreased by 1.3% to $3.442bn, while imports decreased by 3.9% to $6.089bn.
The seasonally adjusted foreign trade balance in May-2024 was negative at $2.647bn, while in the previous month it was also negative at $2.850bn.
The export-import coverage ratio for the first five months of 2024 amounted to 0.61 (0.65 in January-May 2023).
State Statistics specified that foreign trade operations were conducted with partners from 220 countries.
Earlier, the analytical center Experts Club and Maxim Urakin released a video analysis of how the GDP of the world’s countries has changed in recent years, more detailed video analysis is available here – https://youtu.be/w5fF_GYyrIc?si=BsZmIUERHSBJrO_3.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine starts the process of selecting candidates for the position of educational ombudsman.
“Educational Ombudsman is an important position in the system of protection of rights in the field of education. Its main task is to ensure the rights and freedoms of a person and a citizen in the field of education,” the ministry said in a statement.
Candidates for the post of educational ombudsman must have citizenship of Ukraine, higher education, work experience in the field of education or science for at least 5 years, reside in Ukraine for the last 5 years, fluent in the state language.
“Please note that the educational ombudsman can not be a person who has a criminal record, limited in capacity or recognized as incapable by a court decision. In addition, this position is incompatible with other types of paid activities, except for teaching, scientific and creative”, – added in the department.
According to the message, the documents will be accepted until July 28, they can be submitted in person or sent by mail to the Ministry at the address: Beresteisky Avenue, 10, comp. 136, 138, Kyiv 01135.
“MES invites to join the competition specialists who have extensive experience in the field of education and are ready to actively protect the rights of all participants of the educational process”, – summarized in the Ministry of Education.
In this regard, Minister of Education and Science Oksen Lisovy thanked the current educational ombudsman Serhiy Gorbachev for his work in the post for the last five years.
As reported, the Director of Kyiv specialized school № 148 Serhiy Gorbachev was appointed to the post of educational ombudsman in August 2019. He became the first educational ombudsman in Ukraine.
In June 2018, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the establishment of the educational ombudsman service from January 1, 2019.
Ukrainian enterprises, according to the customs authorities, in January-June this year reduced imports of lead and lead products by 3.9% – to $560 thousand (in June – $137 thousand).
Exports of lead and lead products decreased by 30.8% over the reporting period – to $5.404 million (in June – $1.070 million),
The main use of lead is in the production of lead-acid batteries for the automotive industry. In addition, lead is used to make bullets and some alloys.
