Real GDP in 2021-2025 (forecast)
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
The volume of revenues of telecom operators from international roaming services in Ukraine in 2023 increased 1.3 times compared to 2022 – up to UAH 3.96 billion and 3.3 times more than in 2021, follows from the report of the National Commission carrying out state regulation in the spheres of electronic communications, radio frequency spectrum and provision of postal services (NKEC) on Thursday.
“The above is due to the forced migration of the Ukrainian population to other countries of the world, primarily to the EU member states, due to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation,” the report said.
Revenues from mobile services in 2023 increased by 9% to UAH 61.7 billion. Of this amount, UAH 41 billion (66.4% of the total_ came from data transmission. Including Internet access – UAH 7.4 billion (12%) were voice telephony services, UAH 1.1 billion (1.8%) were number portability services.
The National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) has added brokerage platform CapitalProf, cryptocurrency exchanges Crypto Lloyds / Crypto Lloyds LTD, IncCrypto, ABNBITFX, RWB Group and seven more cases to the list of questionable investment projects.
As the Commission clarified in a statement on Wednesday, in particular, the list was supplemented by the trading platform Advanced Mining, trading platforms DotBig, ParadTrade and xChief Ltd, RoboForex, Fondexx, as well as Avalon Technologies, a platform that trades IT assets, positioning itself as “one of the fastest growing investment projects in Runet”.
The total number of positions in the list reached 268 investment projects.
Last week, as part of the work to protect the rights of investors, the SECP held an online meeting with specialists from BaFin (German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority). The Commission again reminded potential investors of the significant risks associated with investing: through persons whose activities on the territory of Ukraine are not regulated in any way, as well as persons indicating false information about licensed and allegedly official activities in countries with developed financial markets.
The final of qualification for the European Football Championship-2024 allowed to determine all 24 national teams that will fight for the Henri Delaunay trophy, the national team of Ukraine entered Group “E” together with Belgium, Slovakia and Romania, the official website of the tournament reports.
On Tuesday, March 26, after the decisive play-off matches of Euro-2024 qualification, the last three participants of the final part of the tournament were determined. They were the national teams of Ukraine, Georgia and Poland.
Georgia defeated Greece in a penalty shootout and will play for the first time in history at a big forum of national teams, Poland also defeated Wales in a series of 11-match penalty shootout, and Ukraine snatched a willful victory over Iceland.
Ukraine responded to a goal by Iceland’s Albert Gudmundsson after the break with goals by Viktor Tsygankov and Mykhailo Mudryk. The Ukrainians will meet Belgium, Slovakia and Romania at the European Championship.
The European Championship in 2024 will be hosted by Germany. It automatically got into Group A. Bundestim in the opening match of the tournament will meet Scotland in Munich.
The composition of all groups of the European Championship-2024:
Group A: Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland
Group B: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania
Group C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England
Group D: Poland, Netherlands, Austria, France.
Group E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine
Group F: Turkey, Georgia, Portugal, Czech Republic.
The tournament will begin on June 14 and end on July 14.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated the Ukrainian national soccer team on its 2-1 victory against Iceland and qualification for the Euro 2024 Championship.
“Thank you, guys! Thank you, national team! For the most important emotions for the whole country. For the super important victory and exit to the Euro,” Zelensky wrote in Telegram on Wednesday night.
He noted that with this victory the Ukrainian national team “once again proved: when Ukrainians have a hard time, but they do not give up and continue to fight, then Ukrainians are sure to win.”
“In times when they want to destroy us every day, we prove every day: Ukrainians are and will be! Ukraine is and will be! Thank you for the victory!” – summarized the President.
The Ukraine-Iceland game was held in Wroclaw, Poland.
At the beginning of the game Ukraine had an advantage in possession of the ball, but the first half hour of the game ended with a goal by Iceland.
Ukraine restored parity in the 54th minute. Viktor Tsygankov struck the bottom corner of the goal – 1:1. The second goal was scored by Mykhailo Mudryk in the 84th minute.
The other two last two tickets to the final part of Euro 2024 were won by Georgia and Poland in penalty shootouts on Tuesday.
Ukraine will play its first match at the tournament in Munich on June 17 against Romania. The opponents in Group E will also be Slovakia and Belgium, with whom the Ukrainian team will play on June 21 and 26 in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, respectively.
JSC “OTP BANK” has the highest index “A” of financial reliability according to the calculations of the FinScore tool from YouControl for the fourth quarter of 2023. Compared to the third quarter, the Bank has risen one step in the rating, thus taking the fourth place.
The updated research includes 40 Ukrainian banks. The highest index “A” indicates a minimal probability of unfavorable financial consequences.
Bank_FinScore is a scoring index of a bank’s financial reliability calculated by the analytical department of YouControl and based on 25 indicators. Among them are NBU standards and financial ratios that comprehensively reflect the state of liquidity, capital adequacy, profitability, credit, investment and currency risks of the bank.
The financial scoring of Ukrainian banks is available at the following link.
We would like to remind you that JSC OTP BANK entered the TOP-10 banks included in the Index of the best enterprises of Ukraine with impeccable business reputation and the highest revenue for 2023 in the Banking category. In February, the Bank took a leading position in the Bank Viability Rating – 2024, compiled by the business publication Mind.
