Number of unemployed in Ukraine and job opportunities, Mar 22 – Mar 23
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The Swiss city of Lugano, where the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2022) was held in July 2022 and relevant Lugano Principles were adopted, will host the first Lugano Business Forum on May 11-12.
“The forum will bring together representatives of European business, first of all from Switzerland and Ukraine, associations, organizations, officials and opinion leaders to discuss topical issues of private sector participation in real projects of post-war reconstruction of Ukraine,” the announcement of the forum says.
The organizers are the Ukrainian-Swiss Business Association, the Swiss Trade Association SGV and the Blockchain Association of Ukraine.
It is pointed out that Lugano Business Forum is officially recognized as a part of URC2023 and a stage of preparation of the main Conference on Recovery of Ukraine, which this year will be held on June 21-22 in London.
“The Lugano Business Forum is held to give foreign business and capital access to the largest global project of the next decade: the reconstruction and transformation of Ukraine,” the organizers point out.
Seven key topics will be discussed at the forum: energy resources, food technologies, Digital, FinTech and IT, medicine and biotechnology, construction and industry, venture capital and startups, as well as the extraction of raw materials.
Among the speakers are heads of the Ministry of Reconstruction Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ministry of Natural Resources Roman Strelets, Ministry of Agrarian Policy Oleksandr Kamyshyn, State Agency for Environmental Protection Roman Opimakh, and Zhytomyr Mayor Serhiy Sukhomlin.
Business will be represented, in particular, by the Head of the Board of Directors of Oshchadbank Sergiy Naumov, founder and managing partner of TA Ventures Viktoriya Tigipko, Head of the EFI Group Board of Directors Igor Liski, CEO of UMGI Andrei Gorokhov, co-owner of HD Group and GFS Group Boris Shestopalov, CEO of Geo Alliance Lyudmila Kuchmenko, CEO and owner of APK-Resurs Darya Didkovskaya, President of Ozdogu Murat Kavak.
Prime Minister Denis Shmygal held a meeting in Kiev with a delegation from the Portuguese Parliament, during which the parties discussed support for Ukraine and assistance in its reconstruction. “Held a meeting in Kiev with the delegation of the Assembly of Portugal, headed by the head of Parliament Augusto Santos Silva. The focus of our conversation – support and assistance in reconstruction,” – wrote Shmygal in Telegram channel.
The prime minister invited Portuguese businesses to invest in the country now, because the reconstruction of Ukraine will be the largest project since World War II.
“We hope for Portugal’s support of Ukraine’s European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations,” he wrote.
German media report about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s planned visit to Germany on 13-14 May, but there is no official confirmation from the Ukrainian side.
Thus, Bild reports that on May 14 Zelensky will be received by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the president of Ukraine will hold a meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. In addition, Zelensky will visit Aachen, where he will be awarded the Charlemagne Prize.
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Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, has extended for three years the terms of office of all seven members of its supervisory board, including former Naftogaz-Ukraine CEO Andriy Kobolyev, who is currently defending in court his legitimacy in receiving a large bonus from Naftogaz in a dispute with NABU and SAP.
According to the company’s statement on Wednesday, the relevant decision was approved by the shareholders’ meeting on April 28.
According to it, all members of the supervisory board are representatives of the company’s shareholder, VEON Holdings B.V.
In particular, the powers of Gennadiy Gazin, who chaired the Supervisory Board, as well as Dmytro Shymkiv, Mukhterem Kaan Terzioglu, Serkan Okandan, Matthew Paul Marie Galvani and Karen Marie Linehan were extended for three years.
“Kyivstar is the largest Ukrainian telecommunications operator. It provides communication and data transmission services based on a wide range of mobile and fixed technologies, including 4G.
Kyivstar’s shareholder is the international group VEON (formerly VimpelCom Ltd.). The group’s shares are listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange (New York).
Number of refugees from Ukraine in selected countries as of 30.03.2023
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