State-controlled PrivatBank (Kyiv) paid 80%, or UAH 19.4 billion, of profits for 2020 to the state budget, the bank’s press service has said.
According to the report, over the past three years, PrivatBank has directed UAH 55.4 billion to the state budget.
As reported, on April 28, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the distribution of the bank’s profits for 2020. In particular, in addition to paying dividends, the government allocated UAH 3.645 billion (15%) to cover the accumulated losses of previous years, and UAH 1.215 billion (5%) to the reserve fund.
On December 18, 2016, the government of Ukraine, referring to the proposal of the National Bank and the former shareholders of PrivatBank, decided to nationalize this largest financial institution on the Ukrainian market and injected over UAH 155 billion into its capital.
According to statistics from the National Bank of Ukraine, as of March 1, 2021, in terms of total assets (UAH 561.062 billion) PrivatBank ranked first among 73 banks operating in the country.
Ukraine and Great Britain have agreed on the joint construction of warships and bases for the domestic Navy, the press service of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine has said.
“On June 21 in Odesa aboard the HMS DEFENDER missile destroyer of the Royal Navy, Defence Procurement Minister of Great Britain Jeremy Quin and Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr Myroniuk signed a memorandum on maritime partnership projects between the UK industry consortium and the Ukrainian Navy,” the ministry said.
In particular, the memorandum provides for the joint design and construction of warships in Ukraine and Great Britain, the reconstruction of Ukrainian shipbuilding enterprises and the construction of two bases of the Ukrainian Naval Forces.
In addition, the ceremony was attended by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov; First Sea Lord of Great Britain, Admiral Tony Radakin and British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons.
The ceremony participants watched the joint exercises of the Ukrainian, British and U.S. servicemen aboard the warship.
The HMS DEFENDER destroyer arrived in Odesa last Friday, June 18. This is the second Royal Navy warship to visit Odesa in the last few weeks, after HMS TRENT.
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OKKO Group plans to install solar power plants at more than 80 fuel filling stations, founder of the holding Vitaliy Antonov said on his Facebook page.
He also informed about the opening of a solar power plant at a fuel station in Odesa at 2a Pestelia Street.
“For the Ukrainian fuel retail, this is a unique project. Both from an architectural and engineering point of view. We do not just have solar panels on the roof here. They themselves are a roof. Some 316 panels with a total area of more than 600 square meters convert ultraviolet light into useful energy,” he said.
He clarified that thanks to its own generation, the new filling station will be able to independently cover up to 70% of its electricity needs, and in warm weather – 100%.
“And I want to note that we approach cooperation with the sun systematically,” Antonov emphasized.
The OKKO filling station network (Galnaftogaz Concern) is a part of OKKO Group and is one of the largest filling networks in Ukraine, numbering 413 fuel filling complexes. The structure of the company also includes Ukraine’s largest network of food outlets on the road operating under the brands Hot café, A la minute, Pasta Mia and Meiwei, as well as the specialized operator OKKO Agrotrade, engaged in the development of the agricultural direction.
The company’s divisions are engaged in the sale of goods through stores at filling stations, the sale of petroleum products in large and small wholesale, provide services for the examination of the quality of fuel, storage and transportation of petroleum products. The OKKO network has ten own oil depots, one gas pumping station, 19 stationary and mobile laboratories for quality control of petroleum products.
The shareholder and institutional investor of the company is the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Ukraine and Malaysia are planning to hold a meeting of the joint trade committee in autumn, which, subject to favorable epidemiological conditions, will take place in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, Deputy Economy Minister and Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka said.
“We are preparing an inaugural meeting of the joint trade committee with Malaysia,” the trade representative said on Facebook on Friday.
“Yesterday we had a friendly and fruitful conversation with a colleague, Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia, Senator Lim Ban Hong. We agreed that under any conditions the meeting will be held this autumn,” he said.
Among the issues to be discussed are food security (agricultural trade), product certification (halal) and cooperation in the aerospace industry, Kachka said. Separately, he noted the need to discuss logistics and the use of ports to enhance trade in the region.
