With the participation of the Colliers Ukraine team, a lease agreement for the historic building of the River Station was signed with American University Kyiv (AUK), Colliers Ukraine Managing Director Oleksandr Nosachenko has told Interfax-Ukraine.
According to him, the lease agreement for the building of the River Station with an area of 7,700 square meters signed for 10 years.
“It is planned that simultaneously 2,000-3,000 students will study at the world-class American University Kyiv,” Nosachenko said.
As reported, the new American University Kyiv was presented in the summer of 2021. It will provide educational services in partnership with Arizona State University (ASU), the number one innovator among U.S. universities.
A number of investors were involved in the implementation of the AUK project, both from the United States and Ukraine. Kurt Volker represented U.S. investors at the presentation of the university in Ukraine.
Built in Kyiv in 1961, the River Station (3, Poshtova Square) is a monument of urban planning and architecture, monumental art (security number 971-Kv). It is expected that after the restoration of the historic building, the university will accept its first students in the next academic year.
Vodafone Ukraine Group has closed a deal to purchase 99.99% of shares in PrJSC Farlep-Invest, which operates under the Vega brand, as well as at least 95% of the charter capital of Cable TV-Finance LLC, the press service of the mobile operator reported on Wednesday. “Vodafone Ukraine plans to continue to carry out the same types of economic activities, which are now carried out by PrJSC Farlep-Invest and Cable TV-Finance LLC. For Vodafone Ukraine, the purpose of the purchase of these companies is the further development of business in the field of telecommunications, in particular, fixed-line services,” the report says.
The company said that PrJSC Farlep-Invest and Cable TV-Finance LLC own a frequency resource in the 2.3 GHz range (15 MHz in six regions), as well as in the 2.5-2.7 GHz range.
As reported, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on August 19 allowed PrJSC VF Ukraine to buy the telecom operator Vega (Farlep-Invest).
Vodafone Ukraine is the second largest mobile network operator in Ukraine.
The national telecom operator Vega is part of the telecommunications division of Rinat Akhmetov’s SCM group. The operator offers comprehensive solutions in the field of fixed-line telephony, broadband Internet access and data transmission. The company is present in 22 regions of Ukraine.
When calculating the updated electricity forecast balance, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine does not consider the import of a resource from the Russian Federation and Belarus, First Deputy Energy Minister Yuriy Vlasenko has said.
“When calculating the forecast balance, we do not envisage the import of electricity from Russia and Belarus,” he said on the margins of the energy forum in Kyiv, organized by Energy club, on Wednesday.
At the same time, he drew attention to the fact that imports are prohibited until October 1, but are not considered in the future.
At the same time, Vlasenko said that a feature of this autumn-winter period will be the operation of the Integrated Power System, as well as Burshtyn TPP energy island in an isolated mode, providing for their disconnection from all power systems.
“We need to work this way for three days in winter and summer. As for winter, we are also working on it with Ukrenergo, when we will work in an isolated mode – in late January or early February,” Vlasenko said.
The first All-Ukrainian census since 2001 is scheduled for 2023, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said.
“The Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada has just approved the allocation of UAH 82,474,900 to prepare for the census of Ukraine in 2023,” Honcharenko wrote on a telegram channel on Wednesday.
According to the draft decision published by Honcharenko, the funds allocated from the budget will be spent on creating a service to identify respondents using a mobile phone number – to conduct an online round of the census, as well as technical training for the state statistics agency.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted at second reading law on amendments to certain Laws of Ukraine concerning the enhancement of the activity of science parks (bill No. 4236), which, in particular, grants the right to universities and scientific institutions to create science parks without the consent of the Education Ministry.
The law was supported by 321 MPs with the required 226 votes.
The law also provides for preferential rental conditions for premises for science parks (UAH 1 per one square meter).
According to it, students, graduate students, researchers and employees of universities and research institutions should be involved in work in such parks.
At the same time, science parks can provide services such as research and development work, financial and economic support of investment (innovation) projects, as well as services for professional communication and harmonization of terminology, development and implementation of marketing strategies.
According to the Education Ministry, there are 36 scientific parks registered in Ukraine, the founders of which are budget institutions, including universities and research institutions.
During the discussion, parliamentarians said that current science parks are not an effective tool for innovation. In particular, due to the complex and lengthy process of creation, as well as the vaguely expressed legal status.
Stadler (Switzerland) has provided Kharkiv with a modern three-section tram for operational tests, the press service of Kharkiv City Council reports with reference to Dmytro Lipovoy, the director of municipal enterprise Trolleybus Depot No. 2.
“The car is equipped with all the necessary systems for the movement and comfortable transportation of passengers. But first, we must conduct operational tests, that is, to familiarize the technical staff with the design features of the car, to understand how these trams are suitable for our tram tracks, how we can serve this equipment from the point of view of the capabilities of our depots,” he said.
He did not rule out that, based on the results of the tests, the issue of purchasing such trams will be considered.
“In fact, this is the first step in our cooperation, and what it will result in – we’ll see. Perhaps the issue of purchasing such cars will be considered,” Lipovoy said.
As reported, earlier in July the secretary of Kharkiv City Council, Ihor Terekhov, announced the need to update the tram fleet within 3-4 years.
