Following the historic decision taken at the Samarkand Summit to establish a strategic partnership between Central Asia and the European Union, the region is already beginning to see the tangible economic results of this cooperation.
Under the EU’s Global Gateway program, an investment package worth €12 billionwas presented, covering four key sectors:
– transportation (€3 billion)
– critical minerals (€2.5 billion)
– hydropower and climate initiatives (€6.4 billion),
– satellite Internet (€100 million).
In addition, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is developing a portfolio of projects worth about €7-8 billion to support transport, critical minerals, and renewable energy development, to be implemented by 2027.
Euronews international news channel has announced on its official LinkedIn page the opening of a new office in Tashkent.
According to the published recruitment information, the new office will start operating on May 1, 2025.
According to the Pension Fund of Ukraine, there are currently more than 10.3 million pensioners in Ukraine. The number of pensioners decreased by 176 thousand over the year. After indexation, the average pension is UAH 6341. However, every third pensioner currently receives UAH 3,340.
There are 10,331,375 pensioners in Ukraine as of the beginning of April 2025. This is almost 177 thousand less than in April 2024.
The average pension in Ukraine has increased to UAH 6,341 (about $152) after annual indexation. In hryvnia terms, this is 10% more than last year. However, inflation over the same period amounted to 14.6%, meaning that pension payments actually decreased.
One in three Ukrainian pensioners receives UAH 3,340 ($80) in pensions. In total, this is more than 3 million people. At the same time, indexation has reduced the number of Ukrainians whose payments are less than UAH 3,000 by almost 7 times. Currently, 398 thousand people (3.9%) have such a pension.
At the same time, 1.5 million Ukrainians (14.5% of the total) receive more than UAH 10,000 in pensions. The average amount of payments in this group is UAH 15,640 ($374).
Another 3 million (29%) have pensions slightly higher than the national average of UAH 6,860 ($164). In addition, 20% of pensioners (2.1 million people) receive about 4,500 UAH ($107).
The highest pensions are traditionally in Kyiv: UAH 8,708 (37% higher than the average). This is followed by Donetsk region – UAH 7,814 (+23%) and Luhansk region – UAH 7,314 (+15%). The lowest payments are in Ternopil region (UAH 4,931) and Chernivtsi region (UAH 5,100).
The largest number of pensioners lives in Dnipropetrovs’k region – 873 thousand, in Kyiv – 748 thousand, and in Kharkiv – 707 thousand. The lowest number of pensioners is in the Chernivtsi region, with only 206 thousand.
It is worth noting that almost a third of all Ukrainian pensioners work – 2.9 million (28%). Their pension payments amount to an average of UAH 6,863.
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/pensions-2025
Ukrainian State Postal Communications Enterprise (USPS) Ukrposhta (Kiev) on April 10 announced a tender for services of mandatory insurance of drivers against transport accidents, 5 thousand people, according to the electronic public procurement system Prozorro.
According to the system, the expected cost of the purchase of services is UAH 2.160 million. The deadline for submission of proposals for the tender is May 12. As reported, the winner of a similar tender a year earlier was IC Expo-Insurance.
Ukraine has received $50m from the World Bank under the health care project “Transforming Health Care through Reform and Investing in Efficiency” (THRIVE), the Finance Ministry has said. It noted that the condition for receiving these funds was to raise the level of the capital rate of primary health care (payment for care of one patient who filed a declaration on the choice of a doctor who provides primary health care) to a minimum of 825 UAH, and according to the government decision of December 2024, such rate for 2025 is 844.4 UAH instead of 786.65 UAH in 2024.
THRIVE is one of the projects implemented using the financial instrument “Program for Results” (PforR), which provides for the achievement of indicators, upon verification of which Ukraine will attract funds determined by the relevant agreements, said the Ministry of Finance.
The purpose of the project is to assist the government in improving the Medical Guarantee Program (MGP) to create a reliable health care system. The Loan Agreement and Financing Agreement totaling $449 million were signed on December 10, 2024, of which $249 million was provided by Japan. Last year, Ukraine has already received $220 million, which is stipulated in the Loan Agreement (100% of the disbursed funds).
On Sunday, April 13, Ukraine is mostly without precipitation, only at night in the south-east of the country in some places a little wet snow, at night and in the morning in some places fog, reported Ukrhydrometcenter. Wind of variable directions, 3-8 m/s. At night, frosts in the air 0-5°; daytime temperature 10-15° of heat, in western regions up to 18°. In the Carpathians, no precipitation; temperatures at night 3-8° frost, daytime 6-11° warm.
In Kiev on April 13, no precipitation. Wind of variable directions, 3-8 m/s. At night, frosts in the air 0-2°; daytime temperature 13-15° warm.
According to the Central Geophysical Observatory im. Borys Sreznevsky, in Kiev on April 13, the highest daytime temperature was 25.6° in 1972, the lowest nighttime temperature was -4.7° frost in 1923.
Monday, April 14, without precipitation, only in the afternoon in the western regions in some places light rain, in some places thunderstorms. At night and in the morning in the southern part in some places fog.
Wind south, south-west, 7-12 m/s, in the Carpathians, most of the northern, Khmelnytsky and Vinnitsa regions gusts of 15-20 m/s in the afternoon.
Temperatures at night 1-6° of heat, in Ukraine, except western regions, on the surface of the soil frost 0-3°; in the daytime 13-18° of heat. In the Carpathians, no precipitation at night, light rain in places during the day; temperature at night 0-5° frost, daytime 8-13° warm. In Kiev on April 14, no precipitation. The wind is south, 7-12 m/s. The temperature at night is 2-4° of heat, during the day 15-17°.
