At a meeting on June 29, the shareholders of VUSO Insurance Company (Kyiv) decided to allocate 20.013 million UAH from the net retained earnings for 2025—which total 279.7 million UAH—for the payment of dividends.
As the company reported in the National Securities and Stock Market Commission’s (NSSMC) disclosure system, the remaining portion of retained earnings, amounting to 259.7 million UAH, will remain undistributed.
It is noted that dividends will be paid at a rate of 0.73 UAH per share. Dividends will be paid in full directly to shareholders in accordance with the procedure established by law within six months from the date of the relevant resolution by the general meeting of shareholders.
VUSO Insurance Company was founded in 2001. It is a member of the Motor Transport Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU) and the Ukrainian Insurance Federation (UIF), a participant in the Direct Loss Settlement Agreement, and a member of the Nuclear Insurance Pool.
The company’s gross premiums for 2025 amounted to 5.136 billion UAH, which is 48.36% more than in 2024; net premiums grew by 47.92% to 4.593 billion UAH, and net earned premiums rose by 48.74% to 4.071 billion UAH.
The share of individual policyholders in the insurer’s gross premiums at the end of 2025 was 60.56%, while the share of reinsurers was 0.84%.
In 2025, VUSO Insurance Company paid out UAH 1.791 billion to its clients, which is 26.64% higher than the volume of insurance payments and reimbursements for 2024; the payout ratio decreased by 5.98 percentage points to 34.87%.
As of January 1, 2026, the insurer’s assets grew by 63.43% to 3.133 billion UAH; equity increased by 32.49% to 1.001 billion UAH; liabilities rose by 83.57% to 2.132 billion UAH; and cash and cash equivalents by 59.50%, to 1.210 billion UAH.
The ban on crayfish fishing in Ukraine’s water bodies, which had been in effect since the end of last year, has ended, the State Fisheries Agency’s press service reported on Wednesday.
“The lifting of the ban on crayfish fishing is a long-awaited event for many fishing enthusiasts. However, when heading to a body of water, please remember to treat river inhabitants with respect and strictly comply with environmental protection laws,” the press service quoted agency head Ihor Klymenko as saying.
As noted in the statement, each person is allowed to catch no more than 30 crayfish. Crayfish may be caught by hand or using a single crayfish trap meeting the specified parameters, a landing net, or a “spider” trap in accordance with the requirements of the Recreational Fishing Rules.
At the same time, it is prohibited to catch crayfish by hand after dark using artificial lighting.
The minimum size of crayfish permitted for catch is 11 cm in the Dnipro reservoirs, 10 cm in other inland water bodies and the Black Sea region, and 9 cm in the Azov region.
Illegal crayfish harvesting is subject to administrative or criminal liability, as well as compensation for damages to the fisheries sector. Compensation for each illegally caught crayfish amounts to 3,332 UAH.
body of water, CATCH, crayfish, State Fisheries Agency, фишинг
Starting July 1, 2026, Ukraine will begin accepting applications through the State Agrarian Registry (DAR) for participation in the open rapeseed export program, according to a press release from the Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture.
“The launch of the open export program for soybeans and rapeseed is another step toward creating transparent and clear rules for the agricultural sector. We have digitized the process as much as possible so that producers can quickly submit an application through the SAR, and the government has an effective tool for administering exports,” the press service quoted Taras Vysotsky, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture, as saying.
As noted in the announcement, legal entities and individual entrepreneurs who are agricultural producers may participate in the program. Applications will be submitted exclusively through the DAR system.
For rapeseed, applications will be accepted from July 1 of this year through April 1 of next year; for soybeans, from September 1 through June 1 of next year.
The program sets a maximum export volume of 5 metric tons of rapeseed per hectare of farmland and 3.5 metric tons of soybeans per hectare. During the application period, producers will have the right to adjust information regarding their planned or actual harvest once.
According to Vysotsky, the mechanism provides for maximum automation of the process without additional bureaucratic procedures or the need to obtain opinions from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
As previously reported, in May 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers amended the procedure for confirming the right of agricultural producers and agricultural cooperatives to be exempt from export duties when exporting their own soybeans and rapeseed. The new mechanism provides for automatic verification through the State Agrarian Register instead of obtaining opinions from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
agricultural producer, EXPORT, RAPESEED, SOYBEANS, State Agrarian Register
According to “Serbian Economist”, the Serbian company NIS has been granted another month to operate without restrictions from the U.S. OFAC has extended the company’s special license until July 31, said Serbia’s Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Jedović-Khandanović.
The previous license was valid until July 1. For Serbia, this means that the country’s key oil company will continue its normal operations for the time being, including the operation of the refinery in Pančevo and its network of gas stations.
At the same time, negotiations are ongoing between Hungary’s MOL and Gazprom Neft regarding the purchase of a stake in NIS. Earlier reports indicated that the deal involves a 56.15% stake. Additional regulatory approvals are required to finalize the deal, the most important of which remains approval from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Serbia and MOL have already signed a shareholders’ agreement regarding the future management of NIS. The potential deal structure may also include the subsequent sale of a minority stake held by ADNOC of the UAE and the possibility for Serbia to increase its stake in the company by 5%.
Currently, Gazprom Neft remains NIS’s largest shareholder with 44.85%, while another 11.3% is held by an entity managed by Gazprom Capital. The Serbian government owns 29.87%.
NIS’s problems arose after the company, as a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, was added to the U.S. SDN List in early 2025. President Aleksandar Vučić stated at the time that the U.S. was demanding the complete withdrawal of Russian capital from the company.
For Serbia, NIS is not just a major business but a strategic asset. The company is the only one in the country engaged in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons; it owns an oil refinery in Pančevo with a capacity of 4.8 million metric tons per year and dominates the petroleum products market. Its network includes more than 400 gas stations in Serbia and neighboring countries.
The extension of the license until July 31 eliminates the short-term risk to the fuel market, but does not resolve the main issue—who will control NIS after Russian capital withdraws, and under what conditions Serbia will retain influence over the country’s key energy company.
Количество сделок купли-продажи на рынке жилья в январе–марте 2026 года существенно снизилось по сравнению с предыдущим кварталом, спрос остается волатильным, говорится в отчете о финансовой стабильности Национального банка Украины (НБУ) за июнь 2026 года.
«Спрос на рынке жилья в течение последних шести месяцев был волатильным. В четвёртом квартале прошлого года было заключено наибольшее количество сделок купли-продажи с 2022 года, а вот в первом квартале 2026 года их количество существенно сократилось. В совокупности за последние четыре квартала количество сделок выросло на 11% по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года», — сообщил НБУ.
По его данным, в первом квартале 2026 года было заключено около 70 тыс. договоров купли-продажи на рынке жилья против 71,5 тыс. договоров за аналогичный период прошлого года. Из них налогооблагаемых договоров – около 40 тыс. против 45,8 тыс. в первом квартале прошлого года.
Почти половина всех сделок с октября 2025 года по март 2026 года заключена в Киеве, Киевской, Днепропетровской, Харьковской и Львовской областях, отмечается в документе. Покупатели отдают предпочтение квартирам в городах. Средняя площадь приобретенной квартиры остается на уровне 48 кв. м, дома — 70 кв. м.
Впрочем, в структуре предложения по-прежнему преобладают более просторные квартиры — средняя площадь свыше 65 кв. м. Кроме того, расхождения между спросом и предложением наблюдаются и в разрезе возраста жилья. Так, в объявлениях преобладает более новое жилье – почти две трети квартир предлагаются в зданиях, построенных менее 15 лет назад, тогда как медианный возраст приобретенной в Киеве квартиры вырос до 33 лет, в западных регионах – до 39 лет.
Несоответствие характеристик спроса и предложения продолжает сдерживать активность на рынке, считает регулятор. Также на спрос продолжают влиять существенные перебои в поставках электроэнергии и тепла, вызванные российским террором, и подорожание недвижимости из-за ослабления гривны по отношению к доллару. Инвестиционный спрос на жилье в большинстве регионов остается неизменно слабым из-за высоких рисков для безопасности.
После относительного затишья цены на жилье снова растут, отмечается в отчете. На рост повлияли как ослабление гривны по отношению к доллару, так и резкое повышение себестоимости строительства вследствие скачка цен на топливо. По данным НБУ, стоимость жилья по объявлениям на первичном рынке за полгода выросла соразмерно девальвации, тогда как на вторичном — на 5–10 процентных пунктов быстрее. Динамика средних цен в объявлениях и фактических сделках схожа, прирост цен между регионами практически не различается.
Как отмечает регулятор, цены на жилье остаются исторически низкими по отношению к доходам домохозяйств — для первичного жилья показатель соотношения в первом квартале составил 8,7х, для вторичного — 8,6х.
Кроме того, Нацбанк сравнил обновленные индексы цен на жилую недвижимость с динамикой цен фактических сделок по приобретению жилья. По его данным, индексы на основе сделок были более волатильными, но расхождение между показателями несущественно.
Из-за зимних обстрелов энергоинфраструктуры рост цен на рынке аренды жилья замедлился. В Киеве, на юге и в центре страны стоимость аренды практически не изменилась с прошлой осени, только в западных областях продолжалось подорожание аренды. Соотношение цены на вторичное жилье и аренды в первом квартале несколько повысилось и составило 10,4х, однако все еще не превысило долгосрочный средний показатель, отмечается в отчете.
NBU, ЖИЛЬЕ, НЕДВИЖИМОСТЬ, СДЕЛКА, СПРОС
PJSC “Slavuta Brewery” (Slavuta, Khmelnytskyi Oblast) will begin paying dividends for the 2025 fiscal year on July 15.
As the company reported on Tuesday via the disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), the supervisory board adopted the relevant resolution on June 30, also setting July 15 as the record date for shareholders.
Dividends will be paid directly to shareholders by November 4, 2026.
As previously reported, the annual general meeting of shareholders on April 23 approved the allocation of 1.75 million UAH from the 2025 net profit for dividend payments. The dividend amount is 2 UAH per ordinary registered share, representing an annual yield of 117.6%.
According to data from the Opendatabot service, at the end of 2025, PrJSC “Slavutsk Brewery” reported UAH 16.97 million in net profit, which is 27.1% higher than the 2024 figure. At the same time, the company’s net revenue increased by 28.2% to 120.07 million UAH.
The number of employees at the plant rose from 95 to 105 over the course of the year. The company’s authorized capital currently stands at 1.49 million UAH.
PJSC “Slavuta Brewery” (Slavuta, Khmelnytskyi Oblast) was founded on January 31, 2008. The company specializes in the production of beer and malt, and also manufactures plastic containers.
According to the company’s website, the plant has its own malt house and three production workshops: the brewhouse, the fermentation and lagar workshop, and the bottling workshop. Its production capacity allows it to produce more than 10 varieties of unpasteurized beer, which are sold under the brand names “Slavutskoye,” “Prince Sangushko,” “Princess Sangushko,” and “Zhigulivskoye.” The company operates its own retail chain of draft beer stores, as well as a network of distributors in the western and central regions of Ukraine.
The main shareholders of the private joint-stock company are Tetiana Kmytiuk (17.89%), Stanislav Pavlovskyi (14.65%), Larysa Lavreniuk-Ulyanich (6.72%), and “Greenesis Plus” LLC (5.7%).
