Active Group and Experts Club have conducted a joint study on the attitudes of Ukrainians towards the countries of East Asia and the Middle East. The research was presented at the Interfax-Ukraine news agency in June 2024. The research was presented by Maksym Urakin and Oleksandr Poznyi. The results of the study are as follows:
The results of the study are as follows:
Completely positive – 1.7
Mostly positive – 5.0
Mostly negative – 22.7
Completely negative – 53.6
Difficult to answer – 17.0%.
Positive – Negative – 69.6%.
On January 22, 1992, diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Iran were established. Since the end of January 1992, the Iranian Embassy has been operating in Kyiv.
The joint research by Active Group and Experts Club on the attitudes of Ukrainians towards the countries of East Asia and the Middle East was conducted in April-May 2024. It covers such countries as Turkey, Iran, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, India, China, Republic of Korea, DPRK, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Syria, and Iraq. Full information on the research is available on the website of the Club of Experts at
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Shipping company Ukrferry (Odesa) will resume ferry service Chornomorsk-Batumi on July 9, according to the schedule on the company’s website on Wednesday.
According to the schedule, the Kaunas ferry is scheduled to depart from the Chornomorsk port on July 9 at 20:00, and arrive in Batumi 60 hours later, on July 12 at 9:00.
It is assumed that flights will depart from the ports on a weekly basis.
It is noted that the Kaunas ferry is a 250-passenger cargo and passenger vessel built in 1989 in Germany, is under Lloyd’s classification supervision, the length of the vessel is over 190 m, the width is 28 m.
The company warns that the dates/time of departure and arrival of the vessel may be changed both before and during the voyage.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale aggression in February 2022, there has been no maritime connection between Ukraine and Georgia.
Active Group and Experts Club have conducted a joint study on the attitudes of Ukrainians towards the countries of East Asia and the Middle East. The study was presented at the Interfax-Ukraine news agency in June 2024. The research was presented by Maksym Urakin and Oleksandr Poznyi. The results of the study are as follows:
The results of the survey are as follows:
Completely positive – 7.7
Mostly positive – 47.4
Mostly negative – 14.1 %.
Completely negative – 2.4
Difficult to answer – 28.5%.
Positive – Negative – 38.5
On November 20, 1991, Ukraine and Turkey established consular relations. On February 3, 1992, the Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the two countries was signed. On April 3, 1992, the Embassy of Turkey was opened in Kyiv.
A joint study by Active Group and Experts Club on the attitudes of Ukrainians towards the countries of East Asia and the Middle East was conducted in April-May 2024. It covers such countries as Turkey, Iran, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, India, China, Republic of Korea, DPRK, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Syria, and Iraq. Full information on the research is available on the website of the Club of Experts at
Fewer and fewer cases of domestic violence in Ukraine go to court
1,521 criminal proceedings under Article 126-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “Domestic Violence” were registered in the first 5 months of 2024, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office. The number of such cases has been steadily increasing, and the percentage of cases that go to trial has fallen sharply this year.
Since the beginning of the year, 1521 domestic violence proceedings have already been opened – 36% more than in the same period last year. Back then, 1121 proceedings were registered. For comparison, in 2021, 1343 such cases were opened during this time.
Currently, an average of 300 such cases are registered per month. For comparison, in 2021, about 200 were opened per month.
The number of cases that go to court has significantly decreased. While in 2022 and 2023, the number was about 83%, this year it is only 64%, the lowest figure in the last 5 years.
This year, more than 1,000 Ukrainians have been served with a suspicion of committing such a crime.
Context:
On June 20, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada ratified “the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention). The document proposes to criminalize and punish violence against women and men.
In May 2024, the Verkhovna Rada adopted Law No. 8329, which prohibits the closure of domestic violence cases, increases the terms of liability, introduces administrative liability for sexual harassment, etc.
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/domestic-violence-2024-5
On June 17, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has agreed with MetLife PJSC, specializing in life insurance, to expand the scope of the license for direct insurance and incoming reinsurance.
According to the regulator’s website, the company has received the right to carry out insurance in the classes of accident insurance (including industrial injury and occupational disease) and sickness insurance (including health insurance).
The message also underlines that taking into account this extension the license of PJSC “MetLife” is considered to be reissued.
According to the statements of PJSC “MetLife”, the volume of insurance premiums of the company in the specified period amounted to UAH 2,489 billion, insurance reserves – UAH 6,186 billion.
For 2023 the insurer has paid out insurance indemnities in the amount of UAH 516,6 mln.
The share of the company by the volume of insurance reserves in the life insurance market is 31,3%.
Private JSC “MetLife” is a part of the leading world corporation MetLife. The company has been operating in Ukraine since 2002. The main lines of business are accumulative life insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, corporate insurance and bancassurance.
On June 17, JSC “Oschadbank” opened offers of bidders for voluntary medical insurance of employees with a budget of UAH 114.8 million, according to the e-procurement system “Prozorro”.
According to the report, the price offer of the only bidder IC “VUSO” amounted to UAH 114.2 million.
As reported, the company was the winner of a similar tender a year earlier.
IC “VUSO” was founded in 2001. The company holds 50 licenses: 34 – for voluntary and 16 – for compulsory types of insurance. It is represented in all regions of Ukraine. It is a member of ITSBU and UFS, a participant of Direct Loss Settlement Agreement and a member of Nuclear Insurance Pool.
