Business news from Ukraine

Business news from Ukraine

Rainy weather almost all over Ukraine this weekend

Light rain is expected in most regions of Ukraine on Saturday, April 1, at night in the western regions moderate, and in the Carpathian region in some places significant rain, only in the afternoon on the Left Bank without significant precipitation.
According to Ukrhydrometecenter, the wind is southwest with a transition to southeast, 7-12 m/s, at night in the southeastern part in places gusts of 15-18 m/s. The temperature at night is 1-6° of heat, during the day 9-14°, in the eastern regions at night from 4° of heat to 1° of frost, during the day 3-8° of heat.
April 1, light rain in Kiev. Wind is southwest turning to southeast, 7-12 m/s. The temperature at night is 3-5°C, while during the day it is 12-14°C.
According to the Central Geophysical Observatory of Boris Sreznevsky, in Kiev on April 1, the highest temperature during the entire period of meteorological observations was +20.3 ° C in 2016, the lowest -8.7 ° C in 1931.
On Sunday, April 2, in Ukraine, it is raining, in the Carpathians, wet snow, only in the eastern part, at night and in most western regions without precipitation.
The temperature at night is 4-9°C, in the east and the Carpathians about 0°C; during the day it is 6-11°C, in the south, east of the country and in the Carpathians – up to 15°C. Wind is south-east, turning to the northwest, 7-12 m/s.
In Kiev, April 2, it is raining at times. Wind is south-east, 5-10 m/s. The temperature at night and during the day is 7-9° warm.

,

Prime ministers from 3 countries came to Ukraine

Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob have arrived in Kiev, where they will participate in a summit to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Buča. Slovak Prime Minister Heger arrived in Ukraine on Friday and will meet with President Vladimir Zelenski, the Slovakian news agency TASR reported.

Along with Heger, Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy arrived in Ukraine. The time and place of the meeting are not disclosed in advance for security reasons.

According to Heger, Zelenski invited him to visit Ukraine in a telephone conversation after Slovakia approved the transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine.

For his part, Nagy is scheduled to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Alexey Reznikov during the day.

In addition, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic arrived in Kyiv on Friday morning. He is scheduled to meet with Zelensky, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk. Also with the Croatian prime minister arrived Minister of Veterans Affairs Tomo Medved.

According to the Croatian government’s website, together with Zelenski, Heger, Golob and Moldovan President Maia Sandu, they will take part in a summit on “Bucha – Russian Responsibility for Crimes in Ukraine” in Kiev to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha (Kiev region). A joint press conference will follow.

This is Plenkovic’s second visit to Ukraine since the Russian aggression began on February 24, 2022. Last May, he met with the Ukrainian leadership in Kiev and visited Irpen and Bucha.

The Slovenian newspaper Delo, for its part, reported on the arrival of Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob in Kiev on Friday. He also intends to meet with Zelenskyy.

For the Slovenian prime minister, this is his first visit to Ukraine since coming to power. His goal is to reaffirm his support for Ukraine, which has been a victim of Russian aggression since last February.

Golob will also be received by Shmygal and Stefančuk .

, , ,

Change in consumer prices in November 2022

Change in consumer prices in November 2022

Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news

In capital of Germany is opening an office of state enterprise “Document”, where Ukrainian citizens will be able to issue passports

In the capital of Germany opens the first office of the state enterprise “Document”, where Ukrainian citizens will be able to issue passport documents.

“On Friday, March 31, a test mode of operation begins for citizens of Ukraine to obtain passport documents in Berlin at the address: Am Treptower Park 14, 12435 Berlin, floor 2”, – reported on the official website of SE “Document”.

During the period of operation in the test mode, visitors will be served from Monday to Saturday from 9.00 to 18.00 in the “waiting list”.

Reportedly, the full launch of the center will be additional notice on the official resources of SE “Document”. Until now Ukrainians had the opportunity to issue passports in Germany only through consular offices.

Now abroad passport services, where Ukrainian citizens can apply for a passport – foreign or ID-card, operate in Poland, Turkey, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

,

Information Front of Ukraine: How to Counter Russian Propaganda

How and what can be useful to journalists, media, bloggers and opinion leaders in times of war – this was discussed by participants of a large-scale forum “Information Front of Ukraine: Vinnitsa region”, which was held on March 30 in Vinnitsa, – reports the Internet edition “Political Arena of Vinnitsa region”.


Also at the event we discussed effective practices and methods to counteract the Russian propaganda, the successful cases of dissemination of the Ukrainian position in the Western media, problems and prospects for the promotion of Ukrainian narratives in the world.

Vadim Voroshilov, a Hero of Ukraine, a military pilot, one of the best Ukrainian fighter pilots with the call sign “Karaya”, addressed the forum participants with opening remarks.


The forum was attended by the speaker of the Air Force of the AFU Yuri Ignat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, diplomat Valery Chaly, executive director of the “Ukrainian Institute of the Future” Vadim Denisenko, political technologist Sergei Gaidai.

“Russia has clearly lost the information war. Our country is winning in many areas on the diplomatic field. We can see this in the unprecedented support for Ukraine from the entire civilized world. All these are achievements. But they are intermediate achievements on the way to our victory. The total victory of Ukraine includes the victory on the informational front and demoralization of the aggressor”, – said Mykola Filonov at the opening of the forum.


The event was organized by the NGO “Socio-Political Monitoring Center “Vector”, NGO “We are Vinnitians”, and media holding “Vinnitsa News”.

Ex-director of “Boryspil” Dykhne appeals verdict in EACS appeal

Miller legal company, representing the interests of the ex-general director of Boryspil airport, Yevhen Dykhne, on Thursday filed an appeal against the decision of the High Anti-Corruption Court, which found Dykhne guilty of abuse of power and sentenced him to 5 years of imprisonment.

“An appeal is being filed today. We will insist on a full acquittal. There is not a single piece of evidence in the case that would allow us to find elements of a crime in it,” said Oleksiy Nosov, the partner of the Miller company, said at a briefing in Kyiv with the participation of Dykhne.

According to Nosov, the presence of a corruption component was not proved during the process.

“It is not even in the prosecution materials. They did not even try to attribute it to the fact that this was done in the interests of … or Yevhen Hryhorovych (Dykhne) received a kickback, for example. There was no such thing, it was not even proved, it was not even investigated,” the lawyer said.

Dykhne said that during the period when he was in charge of Boryspil airport, the task was to urgently solve the problem of the airport’s compliance with the requirements of international rules in terms of the level and quality of service.

“Under these conditions, of course, decisions were made that were not related to any possible restrictions,” the ex-general director said.

According to him, the charges brought against him and Olesia Levochko, the head of the airport’s rental relations service, who was recognized as his accomplice and sentenced by the court to four years in prison, may influence the decisions of other directors of state enterprises.

“How will the airport compete in the future? It will be exactly the same situation as in 2014. The war will end with our victory, it will be necessary to resume the operation of the airport, it will be even more empty. And where are the mechanisms?” said the ex-director.

He noted that over the three years of discussion of the problem in court, there have been no changes to the legislation, and the mechanisms for managing state property have remained the same.

Dykhne said that he had received two attractive job offers in public sector enterprises related to infrastructure, but he could not accept them before the court’s verdict of acquittal.

As reported, on March 1, the High Anti-Corruption Court found Dykhne guilty of abuse of power and sentenced him to five years in prison. The court also satisfied the civil claim of the regional branch of the State Property Fund (SPF) for recovering the damage in the amount of about UAH 10 million. Dykhne is accused of the fact that being in the position of acting general director of Boryspil airport, in April 2016 he entered into preliminary agreements with Arteria Group LLC and Coffee Bar Plus LLC, allegedly at a lower cost, without the consent of the airport’s governing body – the Ministry of Infrastructure – and without a competitive selection of the tenant. This allegedly led to losses in the amount of UAH 15.7 million: about UAH 10 million to the State Property Fund as a lessor and about UAH 5 million to Boryspil airport.

The materials of the case are available at the link: www.nojustice.com.ua

, , ,