The U.S. international radio company “The Voice of America” (VOA) has appointed journalist Myroslava Gongadze as Eastern Europe Chief, due to which she will move to Kyiv in 2022, the Voice of America press service said.
As explained in the broadcaster, as a Russian troop buildup intensifies along the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied Crimea, Gongadze will be covering for a global audience the Kremlin’s aggressive posture in Eastern Europe as well as the impact of Russia’s and China’s influence throughout the region.
Voice of America expects in this new role, she will lead “expanded coverage of a region threatened by hybrid war and disinformation,” the broadcaster said.
Thus, Gongadze, who has been working for the Voice of America in the United States since 2004, will move to Kyiv in 2022.
In turn, Gongadze said she is honored to build on my seventeen-year career at Voice of America in my new role as Eastern Europe Chief.
The supervisory board of the pharmaceutical company Farmak (Kyiv) has re-elected Volodymyr Kostiuk as Executive Director.
According to the company’s press service, the relevant decision was made on December 17.
As reported, JSC Farmak (Kyiv) over 2020 received net profit of about UAH 1.138 billion, which is almost 7.8% more than in 2019 (UAH 1.056 billion). Over 2019, Farmak received net profit of UAH 1.056 billion, which almost coincided with the figure for 2018 – UAH 1.05 billion; and over 2018, it increased its net profit by 25.16%.
Farmak is the leader in the pharmaceutical market with a 5.9% share in monetary terms. The company manufactures medicines in all fourteen therapeutic groups. The main directions are anti-cold, endocrine, gastroenterological, cardiovascular, and neurological portfolios. Every year Farmak introduces to the market about 20 new complex-component modern drugs, about 100 drugs are currently in development.
According to the State Register, the ultimate beneficial owner of Farmak is head of the supervisory board, Filya Zhebrovska, who owns 80% of the company’s shares.
Payment of assistance in UAH 1,000 to vaccinated Ukrainians is provided within the framework of the eSupport budget program and is not included in the total monthly or annual income of a taxpayer, that is, it is not subject to the personal income tax and the military fee, the Ministry of Finance said on the website.
“Since payment of a benefit is carried out under the eSupport budget program, as well as at the expense of funds provided in the state budget for the corresponding year, the amount of such assistance is not included in the total monthly [annual] taxable income of a taxpayer, that is, it is not subject to the personal income tax,” the ministry said on Monday.
The taxation of income of individuals is regulated by Section IV of the Tax Code of Ukraine. According to Subparagraph 165.1.1 of the Code, the total monthly (annual) taxable income of a taxpayer does not include, in particular, the amount of state and social material assistance, state assistance. And in the final provisions of the Code it is indicated that such income is exempt from tax levy, which, according to Section IV of the Tax Code, is not included in the total taxable income of individuals, the Ministry of Finance explained.
Ukraine has registered 6,029 new cases of COVID-19 and 346 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
“Over the past day, December 20, Ukraine recorded 6,029 new cases of COVID-19 (including 390 children and 180 medical workers). In the past 24 hours, 1,061 persons have been hospitalized, 346 have died, and 18,850 have recovered,” the ministry said on Telegram.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Ukraine has seen a total of 3.617 million coronavirus cases, including 3.357 million recoveries and 93,608 deaths.
The profit of Ukrainian banks in January-November 2021 increased by 52% – to UAH 65.728 billion, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said.
According to the regulator, bank incomes for the 11 months of this year increased by 6.1% against the indicator for the same period last year – up to UAH 243.568 billion. In particular, fee and commission income increased by 32.6% – up to UAH 83.5 billion.
At the same time, the result from revaluation and from sales and purchases was negative and amounted to UAH 2.7 billion, which is 8.4 times less than in the same period last year (minus UAH 22.5 billion).
The expenses of the banking system in January-November 2021 decreased by 4.5% compared to this indicator in 2020 – to UAH 177.84 billion, including deductions to reserves – by 3 times, to UAH 8.3 billion. At the same time, commission expenses increased by 46% – to UAH 31.5 billion.
As reported, Ukrainian banks in 2020 reduced their net profit by 29% – to UAH 41.3 billion, but in the fourth quarter the decline was 63% due to increased allocations to reserves.
