There are almost 7 million internally displaced persons in Ukraine, of which 4.8 million are registered, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk said.
“Today we have 4.8 million registered internally displaced persons. There are almost 7 million IDPs in total,” she said on the air of the national telethon on Monday afternoon.
Vereshchuk noted that 1 million IDPs are children.
According to her, out of 4.8 million registered IDPs, 1.1 million people became IDPs twice.
The NovaPay payment system from Nova Posta group will start a public offering of its debut issue of three-year bonds worth UAH 100mn on April 14.
According to the prospectus, the bonds are issued with one coupon to be paid simultaneously with maturity – from April 14 to April 20, 2026, with nominal yield of 20% per annum.
NovaPay will independently place the bonds on the PFTS stock exchange; the planned sale price is at par, but it can be revised upwards depending on demand.
The issuer does not offer a mandatory offer, but allows early redemption by agreement of the parties at an agreed upon cost between them.
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First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Japarova, who arrived in India on a two-day visit, held a meeting with the Secretary of the Western Direction of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Sanjay Verma.
“Pleased to meet with the Secretary of the Western Direction of the Ministry of External Affairs of India Sanjay Verma in New Delhi. Informed about Ukraine’s efforts to combat unprovoked Russian aggression. Invited India to join the “peace formula” initiated by President Zelensky and the “Grain from Ukraine” initiative. It is important to have India on board,” Japarova wrote on Twitter.
In turn, Verma on Twitter welcomed Japarova to India.
“Nice to receive the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Emine Japarova. Shared views. Discussed bilateral commitments and further cooperation. We wish her a successful trip,” Verma noted.
According to the website of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, First Deputy Foreign Minister Japarova will pay a visit to India on April 10-11.
The program of stay in New Delhi includes meetings with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs – Minister of State for Culture of India Minakashi Lekhi, Deputy Foreign Minister of India Sanjay Verma and Deputy National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of India Vikram Misri.
“The parties will discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation, in particular, holding political consultations, exchange of visits at high and high levels, the resumption of the work of the intergovernmental Ukrainian-Indian commission on trade, economic, scientific, technical, industrial and cultural cooperation, as well as ways to enhance relations between the two countries. within a comprehensive partnership,” the statement said.
Dzhaparova will also take part in a round table with the Indian Strategic Community and interactive communication with representatives of the Indian Council of Foreign Affairs, as well as give interviews to leading media in India.
The Netherlands will provide Ukrainian farmers with EUR10 million for the demining of agricultural land and EUR40 million for the purchase of seeds and agricultural equipment as part of a total package of EUR180 million in aid to Ukraine, members of the Dutch Parliament’s Agriculture Committee said at a meeting in the Verkhovna Rada.
“We would welcome the Netherlands’ assistance in demining to speed up this process. After all, this is one of the most pressing problems of farmers, especially in the southern and eastern regions,” said Oleksandr Haidu, head of the Parliamentary Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy.
He suggested paying attention to projects to restore and modernize irrigation and drainage systems, expanding new logistics routes with the EU to help Ukrainian farmers export agricultural products.
The European Dairy Association (EDA) supports the extension of preferential treatment for Ukrainian dairy exports to the EU, according to the March issue of Dairy Flash.
“As EDA, we have made clear our support for the extension of the European Commission’s “zero quota, zero tariff” approach when it comes to Ukrainian dairy exports to the EU. It goes without saying that we expect compliance with the principle of reciprocity in the trade approach,” the EDA stressed.
The corresponding statement was made at the 6th Forum “Civil Society EU-Ukraine” that was held by the Trade Service of the European Commission with the participation of business organizations, environmental groups and non-governmental organizations of the EU and Ukraine.
EDA is a European platform of dairy processors, uniting cooperatives, private dairies, world dairy industry leaders, as well as small and medium-sized companies operating in the dairy sector. It has a major think tank. EDA committees and working groups work to ensure a sustainable dairy base in Europe, to unlock the potential of EU domestic markets, and to ensure growth in global dairy processing.
