The Danish company Aarsleff Pipe Technologies, engaged in trenchless rehabilitation and repair of pipelines, has handed over equipment to Ukraine for the repair of water supply and drainage systems in war-affected areas, the press service of the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine has reported.
According to the report, equipment worth UAH 1.2 million was delivered to Zhytomyr, Malyn, Berdychiv, Korosten (all in Zhytomyr region), Kramatorsk (Donetsk region), Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Sumy.
Earlier, Aarsleff and the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development agreed to supply equipment valued at EUR 400,000.
Aarsleff Pipe Technologies is engaged in trenchless pipeline renewal. The company is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S and the group has annual revenue of EUR 1.6 billion.
Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko believes that Ukraine will be able to host Eurovision 2023 at the highest level.
“The organization of such a large-scale forum is neither easy nor cheap, but Ukraine already has experience, we hosted Eurovision twice. Therefore, I have no doubts that we will do everything at the highest level,” Tkachenko said on the air of the national telethon on Sunday afternoon.
As for the possible venue for Eurovision 2023 in Ukraine, the minister noted that both the city of Mariupol and the city of Kalush would be symbolic, like many other cities, but it is too early to talk about it.
“Several European ministers of culture wrote to me, who congratulated me on the victory … and offered assistance in organizing Eurovision,” Tkachenko added.
As reported, on the night of May 15, the Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra with the song Stefania won the International Song Contest Eurovision 2022 in Turin (Italy).
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken agreed in Berlin to work together to deliver Ukrainian food exports to Africa and Asia.
“I met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Berlin. More weapons and other support are sent to Ukraine. We agreed to work together to ensure that Ukrainian food exports reach consumers in Africa and Asia. I am grateful to my colleague and the United States for leadership and unwavering support,” he wrote Kuleba on Twitter on Sunday.
Zaporizhia metallurgical plant Zaporizhstal has mastered the production of double-mass cold-rolled coil without a welded seam – the first batch of a new type of rolled metal for the construction industry has already been shipped.
According to the information of the company on Friday, the plant mastered the first new type of product this year – a cold-rolled coil of double mass without a seam with dimensions of 1.5-2.0×1370-1500 mm. The enterprise has already shipped 3,600 tonnes of a new type of rolled metal for the construction industry.
The company said that a request had been received from potential consumers from Europe.
“They wanted rolls of the fourth type of rolled products with a width of 1500 mm, but at the same time the weight of the rolls would be at least 9 tonnes. We had already produced similar products before, but it was necessary to review the technology. We almost immediately began to develop a new type of rolled products,” Deputy Head of the cold rolling shop (CHP) in charge of production Serhiy Kuzmenko, who is quoted by the company’s press service, said.
He added that the new technology was developed quickly: 14 days passed from the client’s request to the production of the first trial batch of rolls.
At the same time, earlier the company produced rolls weighing up to 8 tonnes and 3.8 mm thick. To obtain such a coil, two lightweight coils were welded in the BTA-4 line in the cold rolling shop and coils with seams were obtained. Now the production technology has changed. New coils are produced in the hot rolling shop, and their thickness is changed in the cold rolling shop. Thanks to the new production technology, it was possible not only to master a new type of product, but to save about UAH 1 million due to its implementation.
In addition, the efficiency of the pickling unit and the efficiency of the rolling mill have increased. Also, due to the fact that products are packaged not in small rolls up to 8 tonnes, but in large ones, up to 16 tonnes, the cost of packaging materials is almost halved, the company said.
The Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra won the International Song Contest Eurovision 2022 in Turin (Italy).
As the correspondent of the Interfax-Ukraine agency reports, on the night of May 15, the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was held in Turin, Italy.
The Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra with the song Stefania, according to the results of voting by the national juries of the participating countries, took 4th place. The highest score 12 was given to Ukraine by the jury in Poland, Moldova, Latvia, Romania and Lithuania, and Ukraine received 10 points from Germany and Iceland.
After the audience voting, Ukraine moved to the first place and won the competition.
The top five also included: Great Britain, Sweden, Spain and Serbia
In general, performers from 25 countries took part in the final of the competition: Czech Republic: We Are Domi – “Lights Off”; Romania: WRS – “Llamame”; Portugal: MARO – “Saudade Saudade”; Finland: The Rasmus – “Jezebel”; Switzerland: Marius Bear – “Boys Do Cry”; France: Alvan & Ahez-Fulenne; Norway: Subwoolfer – “Give That Wolf A Banana”; Armenia: Rosa Linn – “Snap”; Italy: Mahmood & Blanco – Brividi; Spain: Chanel-SloMo; Netherlands: S10 – “De Diepte”; Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra – “Stefania”; Germany: Malik Harris – Rockstars; Lithuania: Monika Liu – “Sentimentai”; Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli – “Fade To Black”; Belgium: Jérémie Makiese – “Miss You”; Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – “Die Together”; Iceland: Systur – “Með Hækkandi Sól”; Moldova: Zdob si Zdub & Frații Advahov – “Trenulețul”; Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer”; Australia: Sheldon Riley – “Not The Same”; UK: Sam Ryder – SPACE MAN; Poland: Ochman – “River”; Serbia: Konstrakta – “In Corpore Sano”; Estonia: STEFAN – “Hope”.
As reported, on February 12, the national final of the selection for Eurovision 2022 was held in Kyiv. According to the results of the competition, it was determined that in 2022, performer Alina Pash will represent Ukraine at the international song contest with the song “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”. The second place was taken by the group “Kalush Orchestra”, the third – by the singer Wellboy. Roxolana, Barleben, Michael Soul, Cloudless and Our Atlantic also fought for the victory in the final.
After a series of conflict situations and scandals, Pash was disqualified for providing the organizing committee with a fake certificate from the State Border Service. In this regard, it was decided that the Kalush Orchestra would represent Ukraine at the competition.
Ukraine made its debut at Eurovision in 2003, and already in 2004 the Ukrainian singer Ruslana won the contest with the song “Wild Dances” and brought the country the right to host Eurovision in Ukraine. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine was represented by the group “Grinjoly” with the song “Together we are rich”.
In 2016, after a year-long pause, Ukraine was represented at the contest by the singer Jamala with the song “1944”, which became the winner and once again brought the country the right to host Eurovision. In 2017, at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine was represented by the group “O.Torvald” with the song “Time”.
In 2019, Ukraine did not take part in the competition due to public criticism of the singer Maruv because of her performance in the Russian Federation. The National Public Broadcasting Company and the winner of the 2019 National Selection refused to sign the contract.
In 2020, Eurovision was not held in the usual competitive format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, at Eurovision, Ukraine was represented by the electro-folk band Go_A, who took fifth place in the final of the competition.
In general, until 2022, Ukraine took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 16 times and won twice. 5 more times Ukraine got into the top five finalists: Verka Serdyuchka (2nd place), Ani Lorak (2nd), Zlata Ognevich (3rd), Mika Newton (4th) and Go_A (5th).
More than 700,000 people have left Ukraine for Germany since the start of Russia’s special military operation at the end of February, European media reported.
According to the newspaper Welt am Sonntag, which refers to the data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, from February 24 to May 11, 727,205 people were registered in the Central Register of Foreigners of Germany, among which 93% have Ukrainian citizenship. The number of women among refugees reaches about 81%. About 40% of refugees are minors.
The newspaper points out that a significant number of these people could go to other countries of the European Union or return to Ukraine.
According to the International Organization for Migration, about 6 million Ukrainians have left the country since the end of February, going to neighboring countries.
