Agrotrade’s agricultural holdings in Sumy and Chernihiv regions have begun harvesting corn from more than 13,000 hectares, with 5% of the area already threshed, according to its press service on Facebook.
The agricultural holding specified that the fields of Chernihiv region are currently showing the best yield — 114% of the planned indicators.
“At the moment, good yields are observed thanks to the correct selection of hybrids for the conditions of the year, timely feeding, and care for the crops. The high-quality work of modern equipment during sowing was also of great importance. For this, we used our new Fendt Momentum seeders with a liquid fertilizer application system,” said Gennady Maly, chief agronomist at Agrotrade, in a press release.
The structural divisions of the agricultural holding are harvesting during periods without precipitation. The campaign is planned to be completed by mid-November, according to the report.
The Agrotrade Group of Companies is a vertically integrated holding company with a full agro-industrial cycle (production, processing, storage, and trade in agricultural products). It cultivates more than 70,000 hectares of land. Its main crops are sunflower, corn, winter wheat, soybeans, and rapeseed. It has its own network of elevators with a one-time storage capacity of 570,000 tons.
The group also produces hybrid seeds of corn, sunflower, barley, and winter wheat. In 2014, a seed plant with a capacity of 20,000 tons of seeds per year was built on the basis of the Kolos seed farm (Kharkiv region).
The founder of Agrotrade is Vsevolod Kozhemyako.
At its meeting on September 25, 2025, the Union of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine summed up the results of the admission campaign and discussed ways to improve the rules for admission to universities in 2026.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science, relevant committees, rectors of leading universities from all regions of the country, as well as heads of frontline educational institutions.
The head of the Rectors’ Union, Petro Kulikov, opened the meeting and emphasized the key role of higher education in ensuring national stability during the war:
“Ukrainian universities not only continue education and science, but also form the personnel base for the post-war restoration of the state. Today, the Union of Rectors is a communication platform between universities, parliament, and the government.”
Deputy Minister of Education and Science Mykola Trofimenko stressed the importance of institutional strengthening of the Union:
“Today, the Union acts as a key partner of the state in shaping educational policy. We must consider the possibility of transforming it into the Association of Universities of Ukraine, which will allow us to represent the interests of higher education even more effectively.”
Deputy Chairman of the Union, Rector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Volodymyr Bugrov stressed the need to update the regulatory framework:
“The 2025 admission campaign was generally successful, but we see a need to improve admission rules and update legislation.”
Rector of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University Viktor Hreshta highlighted the challenges faced by frontline universities and the need for state support for such institutions.
Rector of Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture Oleksii Dniprov emphasized the importance of increasing the transparency of admission procedures.
Viktoria Petrushenko, Rector of Vinnitsa National Medical University named after Pirogov, highlighted the risks of lowering passing scores in medical specialties.
Vadym Tkachuk, Rector of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, drew attention to the problems of indicative cost.
Maksym Tymoshenko, Rector of the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy, called for ensuring the key role of creative competitions in art universities.
The meeting was also attended by members of parliament, representatives of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Education, Science, and Innovation, deputy ministers, heads of departments of the Ministry of Education and Science, in particular, Oleg Sharov, Director General of the Directorate of Higher Education and Adult Education, who answered questions from participants.
The approved document (decision of the Union of Rectors) states:
The Union of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine is an all-Ukrainian public organization that brings together university leaders to coordinate educational, scientific, and international activities.
Founded in 1992, the organization acts as an advisory partner to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and participates in the development of state educational policy and regulations in the field of higher education.
Source: https://interfax.com.ua/news/projects/1110091.html
Hreshta, KULIKOV, Trofimenko, TYMOSHENKO, Union of Rectors, UNIVERSITY, Бугров, Дніпров, Петрушенко, Ткачук, Шаров
Forecast of unemployment rate in Ukraine according to methodology of international labor organization until 2025
Source: Open4Business.com.ua
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) fined Elit Finance FC LLC (Kyiv) UAH 76,500 for violating ethical conduct requirements, according to the regulator’s website.
The decision was made based on the results of non-field supervision of compliance with the requirements of Ukrainian legislation on the protection of the rights of consumers of financial services, during which facts of non-compliance by the company with the requirements established by law regarding interaction with consumers and other persons during the settlement of overdue debts (requirements regarding ethical conduct) were revealed.
The relevant decision was adopted by the Committee for Supervision and Regulation of Non-Bank Financial Services Markets on October 6, 2025.
Elit Finance FC LLC was registered in March 2016 with a charter capital of UAH 20 million.
According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, 168 raiding cases were recorded in Ukraine in the first eight months of 2025. This is 36% less than in the same period last year. 80% of cases involve document forgery. At the same time, 830 complaints of raiding were considered during the same period, according to the Office for Combating Raiding.
168 criminal proceedings for raiding were opened this year. This is 36% less than during the same period last year. While in 2024, an average of 33 cases were opened each month, this year there were only 21. Overall, the number of raiding cases has decreased 3.4 times in four years.
The vast majority of proceedings involve document forgery (Article 205-1 of the Criminal Code). This year, 134 such cases were opened, or 80% of the total number. Suspicions were handed down in less than half of the cases (62), and only 40% (53) were sent to court.
There were 23 proceedings registered for obstruction of economic activity (Article 206 of the Criminal Code), which is 42% less than last year. However, no charges were brought and no cases were brought to court.
Even fewer cases were opened for unlawful seizure of enterprise property (Article 206-2) — only 11, which is more than half the number last year. Charges were brought in only one case, and no cases were brought to court.
At the same time, the Office for Combating Raiding, where victims file their complaints, reviewed 830 appeals during the same period. However, this is also 40% less than last year.
Most complaints concerned real estate — 676 (81%), while another 154 cases were related to business. It is worth noting that there were 43% fewer complaints about illegal seizure of real estate this year. As for business, complaints decreased by 15%.
While in 2024 most complaints were filed by businesses, this year the situation has changed. In 2025, half of the complaints were filed by individuals (411). Companies filed 232 complaints (28%), local authorities filed 162 (20%). The rest of the complaints were filed by state authorities and registration entities.
The vast majority of complaints (818 out of 830) were considered collegially. Of these, 247 were upheld (30%), 243 were rejected (30%), and 328 were left without consideration (40%). Ten complaints regarding businesses and two regarding real estate were upheld by individual decisions this year.
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