U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes that his talks in Kyiv with Ukrainian officials during his visit to Ukraine were productive.
“Productive time spent in Kyiv with President Zelensky and all those with whom I met,” he said on Twitter.
The Secretary of State noted that “the United States is resolute in the face of Russian aggression and in our support for the reform work needed to ensure a sovereign, democratic, and prosperous future for Ukraine.”
During a two-day visit to Kyiv, Blinken met and held talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
The international project Odessa Wine Week – a series of events focusing on key areas of development of the wine market and enogastronomic tourism will be held for the first time in Odessa from 18 to 23 May 2021.
Odessa Wine Week unites the efforts of the Ukrainian wine community, aimed at promoting and promoting the brand “Ukrainian wine”, the creation of a wine business card of Ukraine, the integration of Ukraine into the world wine community.
Odessa Wine Week events will bring together leading wine experts, scientists, oenologists, winemakers, government officials, national and foreign wine associations, tourism industry, HoReCa, retail, sommelier, wine traders, producers of related products and technologies, marketers, guilty experts, journalists.
The program includes events of various orientations: branch, cross-branch, educational, mass.
Event formats: offline, online, hybrid (offline + online); live broadcasts.
Odessa Wine Week speakers represent Ukraine, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, USA, Argentina, China.
In particular, the program includes famous winemakers Lenz Moser (“Chateau Changyu Moser XV”), Frederic Frank (“Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery”), Ricardo F. Nunez (“Vinos de La Luz”), Roberto Chipresso (“Winecircus”) ), Olga Bussinello (Consortium for the Protection of Valpolicella Wines), leading French scientists – oenologists and microbiologists Stephane Badé, Jean-Philippe Robbie, Guillermo Martins.
Odessa Wine Week partners are actively involved in the program – leading Ukrainian industry brands and organizations: SHABO, TM Koblevo, JMJ Oak Alternative, TM ODESSA champagne of Ukraine, the project “Roads of wine and taste”, the Association of winegrowers and winemakers of Odessa region , Frumushika-Nova.
Odessa Wine Week locations :
▪ Premier Hotel Odesa – conference halls “Sapphire”, “Onyx”, “Aquamarine”; Mare DiVino restaurant; Roof Bar
▪ Laboratory of Sensory Analysis of the Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies (ONAHT)
▪ Odessa film studio
Online platforms: Facebook, Youtube.
Odessa Wine Week events (according to the calendar principle):
► All-Ukrainian tasting competition “Odessa Wine & Spirit Awards”
■ May 18, 19: work of the tasting commission.
Laboratory of sensory analysis of the Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies
Offline with live broadcast on YouTube channel.
Awards of the competition:
Gold medal (86-95.5 points); Silver medal (82-85.99 points); Diploma of the contestant.
The winners of the competition have the right to place the logo of the award on the product label.
► International Symposium 2021 OENOVITI International Network
May 18, 19, 20. Online (Zoom).
“Challenges in viticulture and oenology: geographical indications of wines and wine tourism, authenticity, innovation.”
Participants – scientists from 15 countries.
OENOVITI International Network (OIN) is a unique international community of researchers in the field of viticulture and winemaking.
Ukraine has been represented in this prestigious scientific institution since 2015 by the Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies.
► Conference “Innovative tools in viticulture in the context of climate change”
May 19, 10.30-15.30. Premier Hotel Odesa, Sapphire Conference Hall.
Offline + online
Top topic: “Ensuring sustainable viticulture, current problems and ways to solve them.”
► Author’s tastings from OWW guests and partners for HoReCa and retail representatives
May 19, 12.00-15.00, Premier Hotel Odesa, Mare DiVino restaurant
► Wine talks “The future of wine: the view of winemakers”
May 19, 16.00-18.00. Premier Hotel Odesa, Onyx Conference Hall.
Offline + online
Meeting with famous winemakers, guests and OWW partners.
Обладнання та технології для виноробної та алкогольної промисловості; експозиції виноробних компаній.
► Circular tastings from OWW partners and participants
May 19, 15.30-18.30, Premier Hotel Odesa, Roof Bar
The wines of the participants of the All-Ukrainian tasting competition “Odessa Wine & Spirit Awards” and the finalists of the project “Best Riedel glass for Odessa Black variety” are presented in circular tastings.
► OWW exposure area
May 19, 20, 10.00-18.00, Premier Hotel Odesa.
► Wine Future Forum
May 20, 9.30-18.00, Premier Hotel Odesa, Sapphire Conference Hall
Offline + online
▪ State, grant, banking programs to support winemaking. Investment in winemaking. Experience of Argentina, Italy.
▪ Digital wine marketing and social media.
▪ Promotion of the Ukrainian wine brand. Creating a wine business card of Ukraine.
► Project “Best Riedel glass for Odessa Black variety”
Selection of the optimal Riedel glass for local wine Odessa Black.
The project aims to promote the brand “Ukrainian wine”, the formation of the image of Odessa Black wine / Odessa Black as a business card of Ukrainian winemaking in the world – by analogy with Saperavi (Georgia), Fetyasca (Moldova), Malbec (Argentina), Carmener (Chile), Shiraz ( Australia) and others.
● The first stage. It took place on April 22 at the ONAHT Sensory Analysis Laboratory. Competitive selection of wines, tasting of 32 samples. 10 wines passed to the second stage.
● The second stage. Selection of the optimal Riedel glass for Odessa Black wine, work of the expert commission – May 20, 10.00-14.00, Premier Hotel Odesa, Mare DiVino restaurant.
► Solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the tasting competition “Odessa Wine & Spirit Awards” and participants and winner of the project “Best Riedel glass for Odessa Black variety”
May 20, 18.30-20.00, Premier Hotel Odesa, Aquamarine Conference Hall.
In order to disseminate information about the best Ukrainian wines, the awards will be held in the form of a spectacular ceremony with the participation of national and regional media, wine and business communities.
► Conference “Food and wine tourism – a driver for the development of tourist destinations”
May 21, 10.00-18.00, Premier Hotel Odesa, Aquamarine Conference Hall.
Offline + online
▪ Food and wine tourism – a growing sector of the world tourism market:
– Cases of the UNESCO Gastronomy Bridge.
– Wine is a driver of the region’s development. Bordeaux experience.
▪ Odessa cuisine is a tourist magnet of the region.
▪ Wine and tourism: the best examples of local projects. Presentations of wine and enogastronomic locations.
▪ The influence of the media on the creation of a positive tourist image of the region. Oenogastronomic journalism.
▪ Grant projects in the field of enogastronomic tourism. “Roads of wine and taste of Ukraine”.
► “Air tasting”
May 22, 12.00-14.00, Odessa airport.
Air travel with tasting on board the UIA plane of the top 5 Ukrainian wines – winners of the All-Ukrainian tasting competition “Odessa Wine & Spirit Awards”, as well as culinary specialties of Odessa and Bessarabian cuisine.
A joint project of Odessa Wine Week and UIA to promote the Ukrainian wine brand.
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► XI gastronomic festival “Yes, delicious”
May 22, 23, 11.00-20.00, Odessa Film Studio.
A two-day festival, the participants of which present branded culinary products and wine brands. The basis of the festival menu are dishes and drinks of local Odessa cuisine. The festival is accompanied by an entertainment program for the whole family.
Large selection of delicious food, excellent conditions for outdoor recreation, live music and shows on the festival stage, entertainment program on the “Territory of children’s games and creativity”, original photo areas.
The festival is very popular with residents of Odessa and guests of the city, is held in Odessa for the eleventh time. https://www.facebook.com/takidavkusno
More about each event and conditions of visit: https://odessawineweek.com/
Project news https://www.facebook.com/odessawineweek/
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Official support
▪ Odessa Regional State Administration
▪ Odessa City Council
Authors of the Odessa Wine Week concept:
▪ Expo-South-Service Company
▪ Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies
Odessa Wine Week organizers:
▪ Expo-South-Service Company
▪ Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies
▪ Public Union UKRSADVINPROM
General partner: SHABO company
Official partner hotel: Premier Hotel Odesa
Innovation partner: AGSOLCO Ukraine
General news partner: Interfax-Ukraine
General media partner: communicative media group Drinks +
Partners:
▪ TM “Koblevo”
▪ JMJ Oak Alternative
▪ TM ODESSA champagne of Ukraine
▪ Wine and Taste Roads Project
▪ Association of winegrowers and winemakers of Odessa region
▪ Frumushika-Nova
Scientific partner: NSC “Institute of Viticulture and Enology. VE Tairov »
Digital партнер: Gustoslife
Information partners:
▪ Wine Guide of Ukraine Project
▪ Technology and Innovation Media Group
▪ Open4Business.com.ua
Multimedia partner: “Core”
Printing partner: printing house “ALPHA PRESS”
Information support:
▪ Interlingua foreign language courses
▪ «Easy Quizzy»
Organizer of the conference “Food and wine tourism – a driver of tourist destinations”: Department of Culture and Tourism of Odessa City Council
Organizers of the project “Best Riedel glass for Odessa Black variety”:
▪ RIEDEL Company
▪ MIRS Corporation is the official distributor of RIEDEL in Ukraine
▪ Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies
▪ IKPMG Limited, Maria Kalenska
Organizers of the OENOVITI International Network symposium:
Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies, Ukraine
OENOVITI International Network, Bordeaux, France
Conference organizer “Innovative tools in viticulture in the context of climate change”: public union UKRSADVINPROM
Farmak pharmaceutical company (Kyiv) in 2020 increased the share of exports to 29.6% in total sales.
According to the company’s press release, export deliveries increased by 40% by the end of the year.
Farmak exports its products to the EU, Central and South America, the CIS, the Middle East, Asia, and others – a total of 35 countries around the world.
As the company notes, with the onset of the pandemic, the demand for drugs used in the complex therapy of patients with COVID-19 has grown sharply around the world. In particular, the matter concerns corticosteroids, relaxants, analgesics, antibiotics, as well as drugs for anesthesia and sedation, which are necessary when connecting patients to ventilators.
“A number of such drugs by Farmak have been exported to Israel, Great Britain, Sweden, France, Germany, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Singapore, as well as shipped for the WHO use,” the company said.
Farmak production lines, besides national ones, have European GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) certificates. This allows products to be sold in countries with particularly stringent regulatory requirements.
“Now we are preparing to undergo FDA inspection to enter the U.S. market. Our strategic goal is to increase the share of exports in total sales to 40%,” Volodymyr Kostiuk, the executive director of the company, said.
Farmak is the leader of the Ukrainian pharmaceutical market, it produces medicines in all 14 therapeutic groups. Annually it introduces to the market about 20 new complex component modern drugs. Currently, there are about 100 drugs in development.
Farmak is a member of the Manufacturers of Medications of Ukraine association.
The Hungarian low cost airline Wizz Air will launch four new routes in June from Lviv to Memmingen (Germany), Naples (Italy), as well as Warsaw and Poznan (Poland).
Flights to Memmingen will be launched on June 13 and will be operated on Thursdays and Sundays, the airline’s press service said.
Flights to Naples will start on June 12 and will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Flights to Warsaw will start on June 11 and will be operated on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Flights to Poznan will start on June 13 and will be operated on Thursdays and Sundays.
SkyUp will also fly to Naples from Lviv in the summer, Ryanair to Memmingen, LOT and Ryanair to Warsaw, Ryanair to Poznan.
Farmak pharmaceutical company, within the framework of a strategic partnership with the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), will allocate $ 500,000 for the development of KSE.
According to a press release from the pharmaceutical company, in particular, the funds will be used to equip a new campus, as well as to strengthen existing and launch new educational areas, including training bachelors.
“By supporting such projects, we are contributing to the achievement of the Global Sustainable Development Goals, one of the tasks of which is to improve the quality of higher education and ensure its close connection with science,” Executive Director of Farmak Volodymyr Kostiuk said.
The press release notes that Farmak supports not only KSE, but also other educational initiatives, including the Minor Academy of Sciences, publishes books about Ukrainian scientists. The company’s own scientific potential (150 scientists, 42 candidates of sciences, five doctors of sciences and an innovative R&D complex) allows providing a high level of academic expertise.
“The decision of Farmak company testifies that Ukrainian business is entering a new level of corporate social responsibility, and this should become an example for others. Thanks to the support of companies such as Farmak, we are preparing the ground for a strong and innovative Ukrainian economy,” President of KSE Tymofiy Mylovanov said.
Farmak is the leader of the Ukrainian pharmaceutical market, produces medicines in all 14 therapeutic groups. Annually it introduces to the market about 20 new complex component modern drugs. Currently, there are about 100 drugs in development. It exports products to more than 25 countries around the world.
The balances on the government’s foreign currency Single Treasury Account (STA) as of May 5, 2021 amounted to $1.6 billion, head of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Bohdan Danylyshyn said.
“The amount of funds on the STA of the government as of May 5, 2021 amounted to UAH 23.1 billion, in foreign currency (including proceeds from the placement of Eurobonds) – almost $1.6 billion in dollar terms,” Danylyshyn wrote on Facebook on Thursday.
As the head of the NBU Council noted, in May-December of this year, Ukraine should make payments for the repayment and servicing of the internal state debt in the amount of UAH 288.8 billion, that is, an average of UAH 36.1 billion per month.
The tight schedule of these payments and the insufficient depth of the domestic market for government borrowings (the average daily trading volume in the secondary market in April amounted to UAH 1.2 billion) force the Ministry of Finance to increase the yield on government bonds, Danylyshyn explained.
