In July 2025, 1,247 people with tuberculosis (TB) were registered in Ukraine, including 945 new cases and 238 patients with relapse.
As reported by the Center for Public Health (CPH), at the end of July, 233 people out of the total number had drug-resistant form of TB, 215 patients had HIV-positive status.
At the same time, according to the CDC in July 2025, 967 people were cured of tuberculosis.
Ukrposhta JSC (Kiev) on August 12 announced a tender for compulsory civil liability insurance for owners of motor vehicles (CMTPL).
According to the electronic public procurement system Prozorro, the expected cost of the service is UAH 3.369mn. Documents are accepted until August 20.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on August 11 announced its intention to conclude a contract with IC “VUSO” (Kiev) for medical insurance of employees, according to the electronic procurement system Prozorro. At the expected cost of purchasing the service of UAH 106.912 mln, the company’s price offer amounted to UAH 100.392 mln.
The tender was also attended by IC “Kraina” – UAH 98.896 mln. The offer of which was rejected because the participant of the procurement procedure indicated in the tender offer unreliable information, which is essential for determining the results of open bidding, which was revealed by the customer.
In addition, the participants of the tender were IC Universalna – UAH 100.450 mln, INGO – UAH 100.480 mln.
As reported, the winner of the tender for VHI of NBU employees in 2023 and 2024 was IC “Universalna”, in 2020 – IC “Kraina”.
IC “VUSO” was founded in 2001. It is a member of MTSBU and NASU, a participant of the agreement on direct settlement of losses and a member of the Nuclear Insurance Pool.
As it was informed, JSC “Oschadbank” on July 29, 2025 announced its intention to conclude with IC “VUSO” the contract of voluntary medical insurance of employees. The offer of the company, the only participant of the tender amounted to UAH 134,285 mln against UAH 134,3 mln expected cost.
The Council of the European Union has approved the fourth tranche of the Ukraine Facility program in the amount of more than EUR3.2bn, while its size was previously determined at around EUR3.05bn.
“The objective is to support Ukraine’s macro-financial stability as well as its recovery, reconstruction and modernization,” the EU Council said in a statement.
As reported, the size of the tranche was reduced from the planned EUR4.5bn due to delays in the implementation of 3 out of 16 indicators that Kiev had to fulfill according to the Ukraine Facility’s Ukraine Plan: the laws on the territorial organization of executive power (the so-called “decentralization reform”) and on the ARMA reform, as well as the selection of 25 judges for the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court in a competition in which only 2 candidates reached the finish line.
At the same time, the head of the Economy Ministry, Oleksiy Sobolev, noted that Ukraine will fulfill two of the three indicators (laws) before September, which will make it possible to receive EUR1.1bn tentatively in early November
As the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine reminded, in general, the state budget has already received EUR19.6bn within the framework of the Ukraine Facility program, the total amount of which is EUR50bn. In 2025 alone, about EUR12.5bn of financial support for Ukraine is envisaged, of which EUR3.5bn has already been attracted.
The European Union remains the largest donor of budget support for Ukraine – EUR53.5bn over more than three years, the Finance Ministry also noted.
Prices for construction and installation work in Ukraine in April-June 2025 increased by 5.5% compared to the same period in 2024, the State Statistics Service (Gosstat) reported. According to the State Statistics Service, in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the second quarter of 2024, prices increased in all segments of construction: in residential construction growth amounted to 6.6%, in non-residential – 5.6%, in engineering – 5%. Compared to the previous quarter, prices increased by 1.9%, 1% and 0.7% respectively.
In June-2025 to June-2024, prices of construction work increased by 5.1%, particularly in the residential sector by 5.9%, non-residential by 5.1%, and engineering by 4.7%. Compared to the previous month, prices increased by 0.4%, 0.5% and 0.3% respectively.
According to the results of six months, prices increased by 6.1%: 6.9% in residential construction, 6.3% in non-residential construction, 5.7% in engineering construction.
As reported, in 2024, prices for construction works increased by 7.9% year-on-year, and in 2023 – increased by 15.8% to 2022.
The State Statistics Committee pointed out that the figures are given without taking into account the temporarily occupied territories and part of the territories where hostilities are (were) conducted.
In today’s agribusiness, the quality of raw materials is becoming a currency that determines not only the success of processing, but also the profitability of the entire production chain. This is the topic of the new free online course of the AgriAcademy educational platform – “Sugar Beet. Quality of raw materials”, created by experts of Astarta-Kyiv, the leader in sugar production in Ukraine.
Quality is a calculation
The course focuses on the technological quality of sugar beet as a critical factor affecting sugar yield, storage time, logistics and processing efficiency.
The course is aimed at agronomists, technologists, farm managers and everyone working in the sugar beet industry. It describes in detail the key factors that determine the technological quality of sugar beet, in particular
The author of the course, Olena Lupekina, a practitioner with over 20 years of experience and Deputy Head of Raw Materials at Yareskiv Sugar Plant, explains complex topics in simple terms, using real production cases.
The interactive materials were developed by Olga Weiler, and Svitlana Semeniuk provided the methodological basis.
What the listener gets:
Why is it important?
The quality of sugar beet determines the profitability of production – from the field to the factory. That is why the new course will be a useful tool for those who want to improve the quality of raw materials, reduce losses and prepare for the season with the best technological knowledge.
We invite producers to join the training on the AgriAcademy platform now: “Sugar Beet. Quality of raw materials”.
In 2024, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Astarta-Kyiv agro-industrial holding signed a partnership agreement to develop distance education for Ukrainian farmers. The cooperation envisages the creation of 25 online courses on growing, storing, and processing field crops.
In addition to new training materials, the platform also offers courses from Astarta experts that have been published previously:
“Sunflower. Biological features of the crop”
“Sunflower. Growing technology”
“Corn. Biological features of the culture”
“Corn. Technology of cultivation”
“Winter rape. Cultivation technology“
AgriAcademy is a free online learning platform for agricultural workers and students of agricultural education institutions, launched by the EBRD in December 2022 as part of its food security support program in Ukraine. Its goal is to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainable development of agriculture, which has suffered significant losses due to the war.
Today, the platform offers about 30 online courses – more than 300 hours of practical training in agronomy, management, technology, processing, storage, etc. Each course includes a knowledge test and certification of participants.
The creation and management of the platform (including course development, study tours, etc.) is supported and funded by the EBRD, as well as
Astarta is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding in Ukraine, a public European company that conducts socially responsible business and produces food products with a focus on global markets. Its core business is concentrated in crop production, sugar industry, dairy farming, soybean processing, grain logistics, and bioenergy. More information here Astarta-Kyiv Agricultural Holding
