The Greek residential real estate market 2025 continues to show steady growth despite global economic challenges. Demand for housing remains high among both local residents and foreign investors, which contributes to higher prices and the development of new projects.
The state enterprise Boryspil International Airport (Kiev) on April 16 announced its intention to conclude a contract with IC “Euroins Ukraine” (Kiev) for the purchase of services of compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of land vehicles (OSAGO), according to the system of electronic public procurement. The expected cost of the purchase of services is UAH 596,360 thousand, the company’s price offer is UAH 279,334 thousand.
In the tender participated IC “Guardian” with the offer of UAH 279,335 thousand, “Arsenal Insurance” – UAH 279,336 thousand, “Kraina”-358,2 thousand, “Universalnaya-390,4 thousand, IC ‘VUSO’-415,4 thousand, ‘Oranta’-523,5 thousand.
IC “Euroins Ukraine” is a universal insurance company, which has been working in the Ukrainian market since 1992. It is a part of the Bulgarian insurance group Euroins, one of the largest independent insurance groups in the countries of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.
Ukraine has received 111.1 thousand doses of diphtheria and tetanus vaccine (DPT) as part of the supply within the framework of the Ministry of Health’s cooperation with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi).
According to the Ministry of Health, Gavi is funding some of the vaccines to support the national immunization program. UNICEF purchases and delivers vaccines to the country. The distribution of drugs to the regions is coordinated by the Public Health Center.
The vaccine is intended for vaccination of children according to the National Immunization Schedule and will be distributed to medical institutions between the regions.
In the first quarter of 2025, imports of lead and lead products to Ukraine increased 7.4 times to $2.09 million ($863 thousand in March).
Exports decreased by 25.2% to $2.12 million ($773 thousand in March).
In 2024, imports also increased by 2.4 times to $2.39 million, while exports fell by 22.9% to $11.4 million.
Lead is currently mainly used in the production of lead-acid batteries for the automotive industry. In addition, lead is used to make bullets and some alloys.
Quotes of interbank currency market of Ukraine (UAH for $1, in 01.12.2024-31.12.2024)
Source: Open4Business.com.ua
Logistics remains one of the most difficult problems for Ukrainian exporters of processed grain products since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, said Rodion Rybchynskyi, Director of the PU “Millers of Ukraine” Rodion Rybchynskyi at the Baltic Grains & Oils Conference in Riga on April 16.
“The commonwealth routes, i.e. the open routes provided by European countries to their railways, including here to the Baltic ports and to Polish ports, helped us a lot. But this still does not allow us to fully compensate for the losses we have suffered since the beginning of the war,” APK-Inform news agency quoted him as saying.
According to him, there is a possibility to ship products to the port of Constanta via the Danube, but there are still military risks, insurance companies assess these risks as high, and the cost of logistics remains significant.
“The Baltic ports are interesting, on the one hand, because they have direct container lines and the possibility of shipping to North America, South Asia, and so on. But this is a very large circle for the goods to get there… In fact, we see that compared to 2021, only the port of Ventspils transshipped slightly more Ukrainian products, while all other ports have decreased. For example, the port of Klaipeda actually halved its transshipment volumes in 2023,” Rybczynski said.
At the same time, Polish ports have significantly increased transshipment volumes of Ukrainian products, in particular grain products.
According to Rybczynski, Baltic ports remain important alternative routes for exports from Ukraine. The main advantages include access to Northern and Western Europe, delivery times, climate stability, modern infrastructure, less congestion and, most importantly, safe navigation. The disadvantages include logistics costs that are 2-3 times higher compared to the Danube ports, higher cargo handling costs, and railroad bottlenecks.
