The Cabinet of Ministers approved the list of goods for 2022, the export of which requires licensing, as well as the list of ozone-depleting substances, goods and equipment from them, the export of which also requires licensing.
The government made the corresponding decision on Wednesday.
According to the draft resolution, the government established zero quotas for silver and gold, the quota for precious metal scrap was 2 tonnes.
As for the list of goods and equipment, which include ozone-depleting and fluorinated greenhouse gases, a number of drugs, dyes, paints and varnishes, cosmetics, lubricants, mixtures, etc. have been introduced.
On December 26, the Mykhailo Pozhyvanov Art Gallery “ABC-Art” and on December 28 at the meeting of the Academic Council of the International European University, the solemn awarding of the World Order of the Star “CREDO” took place.
The Order is given for the contribution to social development of Ukraine’s and world’s most famous people in the following nominations: state activities, public activities, science, medicine, education, culture, art, sports, news coverage, patronage, charity, businesses, law.
The awarding ceremony was initiated by the Committee on Public Awards of Ukraine, Honorary President Dmytro Cherednychenko, according to the decision of the Non-Governmental Organization of Grants, Ratings and Nominations, Honorary President Roman Kashyrin, and according to Cultural Diplomacy International Information Agency, Director Maksym Tiutiunnykov. The event was supported by International European University.
Award winners:
• Franz Vladimir von Habsburg-Lothringen, Grand Duke of Austria, President of International European University;
• Alla Navolokina – First Vice-Rector and Co-Founder of the International European University;
• Mykhailo Pozhyvanov, Ukrainian policymaker, Doctor of Engineering, professor;
• Pavlo Zibrov, People’s Artist of Ukraine;
• Ivo Bobul, People’s Artist of Ukraine;
• Oleksandr Zlotnyk, People’s Artist of Ukraine, Rector of R.Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music;
• Nataliia Shelepnytska, People’s Artist of Ukraine, Ambassador of Peace;
• Vira Revenko, People’s Artist of Ukraine;
• Maksym Zhaldak, Head of Kyiv Regional Center of the Association of Implantologists of Ukraine.
The event also awarded the Ecological Order of the GREEN AWARD to Ihor Beliakov, Director of Odesa Zoo.
The event was moderated by:
• Valery Potemkin – People’s Artist of Ukraine, President of the International Charitable Foundation “Chief Santa Claus”.
• Oleh Pinchuk, People’s Artist of Ukraine, international expert at Shanghai ArtCollection Museum of SRIC, Director of European Art School.
• Roman Kashyrin, Honorary President of the Non-Governmental Organization of Grants, Ratings and Nominations.
The World Order of the Star “CREDO” (motto: Ad Astra) is awarded for the achievements of mankind to the best of the best in various spheres of human life. The composition in the center of the award, the star system closest to the Sun with Alpha Centauri, the star closest to the Earth, the brightest star in the Centaurus constellation, and the third brightest star in the sky, symbolizes the aiming at the highest ideals. The star is a multi-valued image. It is a symbol of eternity, light, great achievements, ideals. Its symbolic aspects are related to the concept of multiplicity (stars in the sky are a symbol of vast varieties), organization and order.
Over the past 12 years, the Order has been given to scientists, cosmonauts, policymakers, artists, musicians, health professionals, diplomatic officials, public figures.
Borys Paton, Hero of Ukraine, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, President of the International Association of Academies of Sciences, the first-ever Hero of Ukraine, honorary member of the Rome club.
Semen Potashnyk, Hero of Ukraine, Ukrainian commercial figure, chairman of the board of Ukrhydroenergo PJSC, President of the Association of Ukrhydroenergo, member of the central board of the Scientific and Technical Union of Power Engineers and Electrical Engineers of Ukraine.
Leonid Kadeniuk, Hero of Ukraine, Major General of the Air Forces of Ukraine.
Bohdan Stupka, Hero of Ukraine, Ukrainian film and theater actor.
People’s artists: Larysa Kadochnykova, film and theater actress, Yevheniia Basalaieva, pianist and tutor, Lamara Chkoniia, opera singer, Oleksii Kuzhelnyi, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Liia Akhedzhakova, film and theater actress;
Oleh Pinchuk, People’s Artist, sculptor.
Andrii Chebykin, People’s Artist.
Tetiana Faberge, Honorary Head of the Faberge Memorial Fund.
In October 2010, the award was given to former US President Bill Clinton for encouraging the flight of Leonid Kadeniuk, a Ukrainian cosmonaut researcher, into outer space on board of the Columbia US spaceship.
In November 2010, the award was given to Shimon Peres, President of Israel.
Other award winners:
Opera singer Montserrat Caballe.
Actor Pierre Richard.
Singer Thomas Anders.
Michaela Rose (Arabesque).
Musician Gary Moore, etc.
The number of adult Ukrainians vaccinated against COVID-19 will soon exceed 50%, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.
“In the near future, 50% of adult Ukrainians will receive vaccinations. There are enough vaccines for everyone to be vaccinated. Since the beginning of the year, 40 million doses of vaccines have been delivered to Ukraine,” he said, opening a government meeting on Wednesday.
The Cabinet of Ministers has spent more than UAH 35 billion to finance the fight against COVID-19, Shmyhal said.
He added that in 2022 Ukraine would also be provided with a sufficient amount of vaccines against COVID-19.
The State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine has planted 240 million trees in 2021, it is planned to increase this figure by a quarter, to 300 million in 2022, according to a press release from the department on Tuesday.
“This year, enterprises subordinate to the State Forest Resources Agency have planted 240 million seedlings and saplings. In addition, additional 9 million woody plants have been planted on the lands of other forest users,” head of the agency Yuriy Bolokhovets said.
The State Forest Resources Agency clarified that 59.5 million out of 240 million trees have been planted as part of the presidential program Green Country, which provides for planting 1 billion trees in three years, its implementation began in the summer of 2021.
It is clarified that 51 million trees have been planted in Zhytomyr region, Rivne region – 29.5 million, Volyn region – 23.3 million, and Chernihiv region – 15.6 million.
In the forest-steppe regions, 66.5 million trees have been planted, including in Kyiv region – almost 20 million, Poltava and Sumy regions – almost 10 million each, Cherkasy region – 8.2 million, Kharkiv region – 6.2 million, Vinnytsia region – 5.2 million, Ternopil region – 4.4 million, and Khmelnytsky region – 3.7 million.
In addition, in the steppe regions of the country, foresters have planted 21.3 million trees, including in Luhansk region – 6.6 million, Zaporizhia region – 4.4 million, Kirovohrad region – 3.8 million, and Kherson region – 2.7 million.
According to the State Forest Resources Agency, 30.3 million trees have been planted in the Carpathians in 2021, including 15.1 million in Zakarpattia region, in Lviv region – 8.1 million, and in Chernivtsi and Ivano-Frankivsk regions – 3.5 million each.
Philip Morris tobacco company announced the beginning of recycling electronic devices that the company sells in Ukraine: IQOS, IQOS VEEV and lil.
“Users can return the old device at any IQOS Space store. From there, the electronics are sent for recycling to Philip Morris’s international partner Flextronics International Kft. (Hungary),” the company said in a statement.
According to it, about 608,000 products have already been received for recycling from Ukraine to Hungary, in particular devices, holders and chargers for devices that the company has collected thanks to exchange programs.
The company indicated that it is possible to hand over used sticks, pods, cartridges and even electronic cigarettes from other manufacturers for recycling; their utilization is provided by the Ukrainian partner of Philip Morris – Waste Management Center LLC.
Philip Morris International previously announced its goal to recycle 100% of its smokeless devices by 2025 and reduce plastic waste from its products by 50%. In 2020, the company achieved 84% recycling of IQOS devices (percentage of the weight of each device).
The mobile operator Vodafone Ukraine plans to expand its frequency portfolio in 2022, CEO of Vodafone Ukraine Olha Ustynova has said.
“Given the constant organic growth of traffic, we plan to expand our frequency portfolio as much as possible. We expect that additional frequencies will enable us to provide the transmission of traffic that is growing [by 17-18% quarterly],” she said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
Ustynova also stressed that the operator’s priority for 2022 is the fulfillment of licensing conditions for covering 90% of the population and cities with 2,000 inhabitants and more with 4G technologies.
“We must complete this stage in June. We have been building very actively last year. If last year our 4G coverage geography had 68%, then by the end of 2021 we will reach 83% of the population. In order to fulfill our obligations on coverage figures, we are left with a few percentages, while they are the most labor-intensive,” the CEO of Vodafone Ukraine said.
According to her, the operator has practically completed coverage of cities with a population of 2,000 or more residents – only isolated cases remain. “To reach the indicator of 90% of the population, we have to cover many small villages, each of which brings us one tenth of a percent closer to the target figure. The plans for the next year also include active construction on the roads of national importance,” Ustynova said.
Another big project of Vodafone Ukraine for 2022 will be to improve coverage in new buildings in Kyiv.
Vodafone Ukraine is the second largest mobile operator in Ukraine.
