President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, volunteer Serhiy Prytula and advisor to the head of the presidential office Mykhaylo Podolyak top the list of politicians and public figures trusted by Ukrainians, according to results of a poll conducted by the Razumkov Center polling service from 22 February to 1 March 2023 as part of the MATRA program financed by the Dutch Embassy in Ukraine.
According to a press release with the results of the survey, which was released on Wednesday, 85% of respondents trust V. Zelensky, S. Pritula – 65% and M. Podolyak – 59.5%.
More than half of Ukrainians trust also Kiev mayor Vitaliy Klitschko (58% of respondents), the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov (55%), Prime Minister Denis Shmygal (52%), and Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov (51%).
More often trust than distrust were expressed by the Head of the President’s Office Andriy Ermak (41% and 36% respectively), the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk (35% and 27% respectively), activist and volunteer Sergei Sternenko (29% and 18% respectively), the Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko (27% and 17% respectively).
The majority of respondents do not trust MPs Yuri Boiko (82%) and Yulia Tymoshenko (76%), the fifth President of Ukraine, MP Petro Poroshenko (65%), former presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych (59%). The head of the parliamentary faction “Servant of the People” David Arahamia is also expressed more often in distrust than trust (39% and 27% respectively).
“Compared to 2021, the share of those who trust V. Zelenski (from 33% to 85%), S. Pritula (from 22% to 65%), V. Klitschko (from 26% to 58%), A. Danilov (from 12% to 55%), D. Shmygal (from 11% to 52%), A. Yermak (from 10% to 41%), S. Sternenko (from 15% to 29%) and P. Poroshenko (from 18% to 24%) increased. During the same period the percentage of those who trust Y. Boiko (from 18% to 6%) and Y. Tymoshenko (from 20% to 13%) decreased,” sociologists concluded.
The survey was conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center from February 22 to March 1, 2023 in the framework of the MATRA program, funded by the Dutch Embassy in Ukraine in 22 regions of Ukraine and in Kyiv (the survey was not conducted in Lugansk and Donetsk regions, in the ARC and Sevastopol, and in Zaporozhye, Nikolayev, Kharkiv and Kherson regions – the study was conducted only on the territories controlled by the government of Ukraine and on which no military operations are conducted).
As part of the face-to-face survey, 2,020 respondents aged 18 years and older were interviewed. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%.
In January-February the Papir-Mal cardboard and paper mill (Malyn, Zhytomyr oblast) produced output for 76.94 mln UAH, which is more than 2.5 times higher than in two months of 2022.
According to statistics from UkrPapyr Association, the increase of production was caused by a 2.5-fold growth in output of containerboard (including paper for corrugation) to 11.76 thousand tons, while production of base paper for sanitary products decreased by 21.3% to 0.69 tons and toilet paper rolls – by 26%, to 2.63 million pieces.
Thus, the total output of paper and paperboard increased 2.2-fold to 12.45 thousand tons.
As reported, last year the mill put into operation the second cardboard machine (KDM) with a production capacity of 800m/min (twice more than the first), which allowed “Papir-Mal” to reach a positive total dynamics of paper and cardboard production by the end of the year, despite a drop in paper output by 37%.
With the beginning of a full-scale military aggression of Russia against Ukraine on February 24, 2022 the mill completely stopped production and postponed the launch of the second paper machine, but in March it resumed production.
The production volume of the company in 2022 decreased by 4.7% against 2021 – to 247 mln hryvnia.
The total area of residential buildings, which are issued permits for construction works (new construction) in 2022 decreased by 1.9 times compared with 2021 – up to 6.67 million square meters, said the State Statistics Service (Derzhstat).
According to statistics agency, in January-December 2022, the total area of new construction of apartment buildings was 6 million 528.5 thousand square meters (98% of the total volume). The number of apartments in apartment buildings declared at the beginning of construction was 85 thousand, which is 41% less than last year.
In Kiev last year, the total area of new housing construction decreased by 70% to 878.3 thousand square meters. m, in the Kiev region – by 33% – to 1.86 million square meters. m.
According to State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, in Lviv region the volume of new construction decreased only by 8% compared to the previous year and amounted to 1.01 million square meters. This is the smallest drop among all the regions.
In Khmelnytsky region the volume of new construction was decreased by 40% to 330.8 thousand m2 , in Odessa region – “minus” 70%, to 265.3 thousand m2 , in Kharkiv region – decreased by 69%, to 214.3 thousand m2 , in Ternopil region – “minus” 20%, to 258.7 thousand m2 , in Ivano-Frankivsk region – decreased by 16%, to 204.4 thousand m2.
At the same time, the volume of new construction in the Volyn region amounted to 425.1 thousand square meters in 2022, which is 2.3 times more than last year. The volume increase against the previous year was also recorded in the Rivne region – “plus” 13%, up to 194 thousand square meters.
In other regions of Ukraine the volume of new construction last year showed a drop to the previous year and was less than 200 thousand square meters.
Gosstat reminds that the figures do not include the temporarily occupied territory of the Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as part of the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
All health care institutions in Ukraine must register and start working in the electronic health care system (EHS) by March 31, 2022.
As the Ministry of Health reminds on its website, this is stipulated by the licensing requirements for economic activities in medical practice and applies to all business entities.
In particular, the Ministry of Healthcare specifies that all legal entities carrying out medical practice business activities must be registered in EHS, except for entities engaged in business activities in the forensic medical areas.
In particular, the Ministry of Health notes that laboratory institutions, sanatoriums, and educational institutions that provide medical care within the institution should be registered in the EHR.
“The full transition to digital recording of all medical records will occur gradually and will involve additional changes in other regulatory and legal acts,” the department notes.
The European Parliament adopted updated EU regulations on the allocation of efforts to reduce the maximum allowable level of greenhouse gas emissions in member states at a plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday.
The bill was approved by 486 votes, with 132 against and 10 abstentions.
The said novelty establishes mandatory annual greenhouse gas emission reductions for motor vehicles, building heating, agriculture, small industrial plants and waste management for each EU member state.
“The revised law increases the 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target at the EU level from 30 percent to 40 percent from 2005 levels. For the first time, all EU countries must now reduce greenhouse gas emissions with targets ranging from 10% to 50%,” according to the European Parliament’s communiqué on the vote.
The document explains that the 2030 targets for each member state are based on GDP per capita and economic efficiency indicators. EU countries will have to ensure that they do not exceed their annual quotas on greenhouse gas emissions every year.
In addition, the updated regulation includes “limits on the ability to trade, borrow and save emissions.”
“There are limits on how much emissions member states can save in previous years, borrow from future years, and how much they can trade allowances with other member states,” the European Parliament explained.
The text of the new law must now be formally approved by the EU Council, after which it will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and enter into force in 20 days.
Battery manufacturer Ista-Center JSC (Dnipro) ended 2022 with a loss of UAH 12.78 million, while in 2021 the net profit was UAH 154.85 million, according to preliminary data. According to the information for the agenda of the general meeting of SA’s shareholders, which is scheduled for April 19, published in the NCSSM’s disclosure system, by the beginning of this year the company had a small undistributed profit (UAH 0,027 mln).
The shareholders plan to cover the loss incurred last year at the expense of the profit of the previous years.
According to the publication, for 2022, the company decreased its current liabilities 4.5 times to UAH 6.88 mln, while long-term liabilities decreased 10% to UAH 2.59 mln.
Ista Center’s assets decreased by 11.3% during the year, to UAH 268.62 mln, mainly due to the reduction in total accounts receivable by 2.5 times, to UAH 17.6 mln, and cash to UAH 0.14 mln instead of UAH 3.84 mln.
The equity capital of the JSC by the beginning of 2023 amounted to UAH 256,35 mln, the authorized capital – UAH 128,17 mln.
The agenda of the meeting includes, in particular, the issues of re-electing the supervisory board and auditing commission, approval of the main activity (production of batteries and accumulators) and plans for 2023.
“Ista-Center, which has been operating since 1995, is one of the plants producing starter batteries of Ista group in Dnipro (the other is DOZ Energoavtomatika).
According to the company’s financial report for 2021, which was published on its website February 1 this year, its net profit then increased 21-fold to 154.85 mln hryvnia, while its net income fell 16% to 173.62 mln hryvnia.
At that, 36.5% out of sold 195.1 thsd conventional batteries were exported, including 25.78% – to the former CIS countries, 10.08% – to EU countries (except Poland).
The company also reported about mastering the production of polypropylene-cased batteries for the needs of the Ministry of Defense.
The company has not yet announced the results of its activities in 2022.
At the beginning of 2022, the company employed about 130 people.
