The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has added Insurance Broker Atrius LLC to the Register of Insurance Intermediaries in accordance with the electronic application submitted by the company. According to the central bank’s website, the NBU has removed the company from the State Register of Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers and revoked its certificate of entry in the register.
The relevant decisions were adopted by the NBU’s Committee for Supervision and Regulation of Non-Bank Financial Services Markets on May 9, 2025. Atrius LLC was registered in May 2018 in Kyiv. Its authorized capital is UAH 1,077 thousand.
According to the results of a survey conducted by Active Group in collaboration with the information and analytical center Experts Club, the vast majority of Ukrainians do not have a formed opinion about Guyana — 71.8% chose the neutral option.
A positive attitude was expressed by 8.8% of respondents: 6.2% said “mostly positive” and 2.6% said “completely positive.” In contrast, only 3.9% expressed a negative attitude (of which 3.2% said “mostly negative” and 0.7% said “completely negative”). At the same time, 15.5% of respondents were unable to answer this question at all.
“Such a high percentage of neutrality and ‘difficult to say’ responses indicates that Ukrainians are very poorly informed about Guyana. This country is almost absent from the Ukrainian information field and is therefore perceived without strong emotions,” comments Oleksandr Pozniy, co-founder of Active Group.
Ukrainians’ attitude toward Guyana remains largely neutral due to the country’s lack of media presence. This is a typical example of a “blank spot” on the geopolitical map in the mass consciousness.
The presentation of the study is available at the link.
ACTIVE GROUP, DIPLOMACY, EXPERTS CLUB, Pozniy, SOCIOLOGY, URAKIN
Agriculture is among the industries with the greatest shortage of personnel. Currently, almost 39% of agricultural companies in Ukraine face difficulties in finding staff, according to the study “Assessment of the Labor Market in Ukraine 2024–2025,” conducted by Helvetas Ukraine in cooperation with the State Employment Service and the Federation of Employers of Ukraine.
“In all the surveys we conduct among UAA members, labor market issues consistently remain among the most pressing. This primarily concerns staff shortages, especially qualified specialists. But to be honest, the main problem is mobilization,” said Dmytro Kokhan, deputy chairman of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council, during the presentation of the study.
He stressed that the defense of the country and the protection of Ukrainian land are undoubtedly a priority. At the same time, the agricultural sector, like many other sectors of the economy, is acutely feeling the pressure on human resources caused by mobilization processes. Urbanization and the outflow of young people from rural areas are significant challenges for the agricultural sector, making it difficult to find workers locally.
“It is a big challenge to attract young people to agriculture. But we are already working at our level: the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council, together with SvitOsvit, has introduced the Agrosphere educational program in schools. This is an optional course that introduces students to the modern agricultural sector. It is currently being implemented in 150 schools, with another 85 teachers undergoing training so that next year we will cover more than 230 educational institutions,” said the deputy head of the UAA.
Kokhan also drew attention to the problem of the quality of vocational education.
“The agricultural machinery used by our enterprises changes radically every five years. But educational institutions often lack modern material and technical resources. If a teacher shows students old models of equipment, but the company needs to work with modern ones, it takes another year and a half to train the employee on the job. The state must invest in education and develop it in partnership with business,” concluded the UAA representative.
About 55,000 employers, who provide jobs for over 4.2 million people, took part in the study “Assessment of the Ukrainian Labor Market 2024-2025.”
The results of a sociological survey conducted by Active Group in collaboration with Experts Club show that Ukrainians’ attitude toward Venezuela is generally more negative than positive.
19.6% of respondents rated their attitude as negative, of which 15.1% said it was “mostly negative” and 4.5% said it was “completely negative.” At the same time, 17.6% of respondents expressed a positive attitude, including 13.1% who said it was “mostly positive” and 4.5% who said it was “completely positive.” The largest share, 55.7%, took a neutral position, while another 7.1% abstained from answering.
“Negative associations with Venezuela are mainly related to the economic and political crisis in the country. It often appears in the news as an example of a country where the socio-economic situation has deteriorated due to populist decisions. This creates a wary attitude among Ukrainians,” says Maksim Urakin, PhD in Economics and founder of the Experts Club information and analytical center.
Ukrainians perceive Venezuela mainly through the prism of problems that have become known from international news. Although a significant proportion of respondents take a neutral position, the negative image prevails over the positive.
ACTIVE GROUP, DIPLOMACY, EXPERTS CLUB, Pozniy, SOCIOLOGY, URAKIN
According to the results of a joint survey conducted by Active Group and the Experts Club analytical center, most Ukrainians have a neutral or positive attitude towards Thailand.
Thus, 54.8% of respondents rated their attitude as neutral, while 36.4% responded positively (of which 28.4% said “mostly positive” and 8.0% said “completely positive”). Only 3.2% of respondents expressed a negative attitude, while 5.6% were unable to answer the question.
“Thailand has long been one of the favorite destinations for Ukrainian tourists, especially in winter. Tourism shapes a positive image of the country in the Ukrainian public consciousness,” comments Maxim Urakin, PhD in Economics and founder of the Experts Club information and analytical center.
Overall, more than a third of Ukrainians have a favorable attitude toward Thailand, and more than half are neutral. These data indicate a positive tourist image of the country among Ukrainians, which creates potential for further development of cultural and economic ties.
The presentation of the study is available at the link.
ACTIVE GROUP, DIPLOMACY, EXPERTS CLUB, Pozniy, SOCIOLOGY, URAKIN
In April 2025, the sociological company Active Group, in collaboration with the analytical center Experts Club, conducted a study to find out how Ukrainians perceive Georgia in the context of modern geopolitical realities. The results show a consistently high positive attitude with a certain critical background.
According to the survey, 54.8% of Ukrainians expressed a positive attitude toward Georgia, with 37.9% expressing a mostly positive attitude and 16.8% expressing a completely positive attitude. At the same time, 27.9% of respondents held a neutral position. 14.8% of citizens have a negative attitude, of which 12.9% are mostly negative and only 1.9% are completely negative. Another 2.6% of respondents were undecided.
“Georgia remains one of the closest countries to Ukrainians in the post-Soviet space, but the political inconsistency of some of its leaders in recent years has partially undermined this trust,” said Maksim Urakin, PhD in Economics and founder of the Experts Club information and analytical center.
The majority of Ukrainians maintain a positive attitude toward Georgia, despite the growing share of neutral and critical assessments.
The presentation of the study is available at the link.
ACTIVE GROUP, DIPLOMACY, EXPERTS CLUB, Pozniy, SOCIOLOGY, URAKIN
