At a session at the end of this week, the Transcarpathian Regional Council decided to increase the authorized capital of the Uzhgorod airport located near the border with the EU by UAH 26 million in order to resume its work without waiting for the end of the war.
“We have significantly raised the funding of the Uzhgorod airport … in order to carry out the necessary procedures, obtain permits, build the necessary buildings and, finally, start earning, and not count losses,” Volodymyr Chubirko, head of the Transcarpathian Regional Council, wrote on Facebook.
“The former minus – the runway, which starts abroad, has become its plus. We must use it,” he said.
The international airport “Uzhgorod” is located in a mountainous area in such a way that the threshold of the runway 10 is located a few hundred meters from the Ukrainian-Slovak border. Therefore, Slovak airspace is used for instrument landings at this aerodrome.
In September 2020, Ukraine and Slovakia signed an intergovernmental agreement, and a year later, the airport accepted the first flight using a certain part of the Slovak airspace.
Local media also report Chubirko’s words, who expressed confidence that the airport will be launched “in a month or two”, and Ukrainian companies based in Europe today will use it.
As part of a new project to announce the events that should take place in the next seven days, a video material with an analysis of the planned events in Ukraine and in the world was released on the Expert Club YouTube channel.
In the new issue, the founder of the club of experts Maxim Urakin, together with the host Olga Levkun, analyzed the most important events in Ukraine and the world from August 1 to August 7, 2022.
In particular, a number of round tables, press conferences and seminars will be held in Ukraine on the development of the country’s economy in the post-war period, doing business on international marketing platforms, as well as the security of citizens in the current conditions. Also, residents of our country will be able to visit a number of cultural events.
On the world stage, by far the main event of the next week is the tour of the third person in the US hierarchy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, to Southeast Asia, as well as her possible visit to the island of Taiwan and the reaction of the Chinese authorities to this trip.
In addition, a number of the largest EU economies will publish data from statistical services on the state of their economy, and the Bank of England will publish a decision to change the base interest rate.
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Dynamics of balance of payments of Ukraine in 2020-2022 (USD mln)
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International research conducted at the University of South Florida has shown that caffeine affects what we buy and how much we spend on shopping.
An international team of researchers conducted three experiments in shopping malls.
Caffeine is a powerful mind and body stimulant by releasing dopamine into the brain. It can cause a surge in energy levels, making the body more irritable and reducing self-control. And as a result, being overly impulsive, people make rash purchases and spend more money than planned, explains study lead author Deepayan Biswas, a professor at the University of South Florida.
As part of the study, one coffee machine was placed near the entrance to a home goods store, the second was placed near a chain retailer in France, and the third was installed in Spain in a large shopping center. More than 300 participants in the experiment received their drink and went shopping.
After the subjects had made their purchases, they had to give all receipts to the researchers. According to the data obtained, it turned out that those who drank the caffeinated drink spent and bought more goods.
Scientists have also found that caffeine affects what people buy. Those who drank coffee were more likely to spend money on non-essential items, such as scented candles or perfumes.
The scientists conducted another experiment in the lab, only this time the participants had to shop online. 200 business school students were divided into two groups. One drank coffee with caffeine, the other without. All participants had to choose goods from the proposed list, consisting of 66 items. Those who drank caffeinated drinks were much more likely to make impulse purchases, like a neck massage machine, while others were more likely to make more practical purchases, like a laptop or a washing machine.
“Caffeine can indeed have a beneficial effect on a person’s well-being, but it can cause disappointing consequences after shopping. Anyone who wants to control their spending should limit their coffee intake before going to the store,” says Biswas.
The Qatar Fund for Development, as part of the UNITED24 initiative, donated $5 million to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the press service of the Ministry of Health reports.
“For the first time in two months of UNITED24’s operation, a large fund contributed to medical assistance. Such donations from foundations are critically important for us, because we understand that we can close a large need with one payment. We thank the Qatar Fund For Development for a significant contribution to saving lives We invite other organizations to cooperate so that the funds raised to help Ukrainians are used effectively and purposefully,” Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko emphasized.
It is noted that the funds will be used to purchase ambulances and anesthesia and respiratory apparatus for inhalation anesthesia during surgical interventions in medical institutions.
The volume of the German economy in the second quarter did not change compared to the previous three months, according to preliminary data from the German Federal Statistical Agency (Destatis).
In annual terms, GDP growth, adjusted for the number of working days, was 1.4%.
Analysts on average expected the first indicator to rise by 0.1% and the second by 1.7%, according to Trading Economics.
In the first quarter, GDP grew by 0.2% qoq and increased by 3.8% yoy.
The volume of the German economy is still 0.2% lower than in the fourth quarter of 2019 – that is, in the last quarter before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Destatis said.
Destatis will publish final data on the dynamics of the country’s economy in the second quarter on August 25.
At the same time, the statement of the statistical office notes that due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the data is subject to more uncertainty than usual. This indicates the possibility of a stronger revision of the figures compared to those originally announced.
