JSC “Closed non-diversified venture capital corporate investment fund ”Khartoum“ on behalf in the interests and at the expense of which acts PJSC ”Asset Management Company, administrator of the pension fund ‘Brokbiznesinvest’, announced its intention to acquire 49.995 thousand shares or 24.995% of shares of JSC “Brokbusiness-Life” (Kiev), specializing in providing services of insurance agents and brokers. As reported in the system of the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market (NCSSM), at the time of publication of this message, ZNVKIF Khartoum did not own shares of Brokbusiness-Life.
As reported on July 1, 2025, the insurance company BBS Insurance (Kiev) reduced its stake in JSC Brokbusiness Life from 99.99% to 24.9975%,
At the beginning of June 2025, the intention to acquire 49.995 thousand shares, or 24.995% of shares in Brokbusiness-Life JSC, was announced by Alexander and Sergey Buryaki.
A new group of Ukrainian children left for Baku on Monday as part of a rehabilitation program, Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Ukraine Seymur Mardaliev said.
“A new group of Ukrainian children left for Baku today as part of a children’s rehabilitation program offered by Azerbaijan. I am grateful to my colleagues from the Azerbaijani embassies in Ukraine and Moldova, who facilitated their smooth departure from Chisinau,” he wrote on social media.
According to the ambassador, 360 Ukrainian children have joined the program so far.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) records cases of unlicensed activity in the market of non-banking financial services, in particular the exchange of cryptocurrencies for currency, transfer of funds and provision of loans and will strengthen its supervision over this.
“We are systematically working to limit any opportunities to use banking and payment infrastructure to serve the shadow sector of the economy(…) In the future we will intensify activities,” NBU head Andriy Pyshnyy said on his Facebook.
He stressed that detenization will contribute to the formation of a sustainable investment resource for the economy, and also reported the launch of a new area of work of the NBU – identification of unlicensed activities in the market of non-banking financial services and payment market.
“Unfortunately, we see that outside the legal framework of Ukraine and the appropriate supervision of the NBU citizens are offered services that have signs of financial: transfer and disbursement of funds, granting loans, exchange of crypto for currency”, – wrote Pyshnyy.
The head of the NBU noted that the goal is not only to identify unauthorized market participants, but also to return them to the legal field or initiate prosecution.
As reported, the National Bank continues to investigate the work of companies that may provide financial services without appropriate licenses, these are “Exchange24”, “X-Change”, “Liberty Finance” (“KYT GROUP”), “Tsarsky.io”, ‘FinMobile’ and “Trustee Plus”.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has added Insurance Broker Insurance Space LLC and On Time Insurance LLC to the Register of Insurance Intermediaries in accordance with submitted electronic applications. According to the NBU website, its committee for supervision and regulation of non-banking financial services markets made the relevant decision on August 1, 2025.
SB “Insurance Space” (Kiev) was registered in May 2025. The size of the authorized capital is UAH 5 th.
On Time Insurance LLC (Kyiv) was registered in June 2025. The size of the authorized capital – UAH 100 thousand.
In the final match of the European Championship, Ukrainians Marina Gladun and Tatiana Lazarenko defeated Frenchwomen Clemence Viera and Aline Chamereau, the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine reports.
Ukraine won a historic gold medal at the European Beach Volleyball Championships.
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The business confidence indicator in the Ukrainian construction market rose by 2.5 percentage points (pp) in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the second quarter, to “minus” 32.6%, according to the State Statistics Service (Gosstat).
According to a survey of construction companies conducted by the agency, the assessment of the shortage of current orders improved by 3.6 pp to minus 47%. Thus, 51% of the companies surveyed assessed their current order volume as insufficient, while 45% considered it normal for the season.
Fifty-four percent of respondents expect prices for their services to increase in the third quarter of this year. Only 2% of respondents predict a decrease in the cost of construction work, while 45% do not expect any changes in pricing policy.
According to the State Statistics Service, the companies participating in the survey have orders for an average of six months, which corresponds to the pre-war level at the beginning of 2022.
The statistics agency notes that in the third quarter of 2025, the negative impact on construction will be caused by labor shortages (55.2%), financial constraints (42.7%), insufficient demand (22.9%), and other factors (42.8%).
Twenty-nine percent of the companies surveyed expect a reduction in the number of employees in July-September, while 56% believe that their number will remain unchanged, and 15% predict an expansion of staff.
According to the State Statistics Service, 37% of respondents noted an increase in the volume of construction work completed in the last quarter, while 24% reported a decrease. The survey showed that 99% of Ukrainian construction companies find it difficult to predict the future development of the business situation.
Statistical data are provided without taking into account the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and parts of the territories where hostilities are (were) ongoing.
