Last year, Ukrainian aviation faced many challenges, so there were almost no encouraging forecasts regarding the resumption of flights or the opening of new directions. However, immediately after the lifting of restrictions on flights, the Ukrainian airline WINDROSE carried out its first domestic flight. It was a bright start for a new stage in the company’s development, the goal of which is to raise the culture of transportation in our country to a higher level.
In February 2020, WINDROSE CEO Volodymyr Kamenchuk announced the launch of a new project. “WINDROSE has been providing services of tourist transportation to different parts of the world for more than 16 years. Subsequently, it became clear that it was time to apply our experience to domestic flights. This year we are launching a new domestic program that will connect the large cities of our country with convenient and fast flights.”
The network started with the six largest Ukrainian cities. However, over the year, the flight map extended to 12 destinations: Kyiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Kherson, Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv, and in June of this year new routes were opened to Uzhgorod, Kryvy Rih and Chernivtsi. With the start of the new program, WINDROSE has renewed its fleet – domestic flights are carried out mainly on board ATR 72-600 aircraft. These are aircraft of increased safety, reliability and comfort, specially designed for regional flights.
A new modern trend is to fly within Ukraine. “Creating a habit of flying within Ukraine is now our main goal. During this year we have made a lot of efforts to make Ukrainians know as much as possible about this opportunity. We are already seeing the result and the shifts are very positive. First of all, Ukrainians must understand that to travel by plane across the country is accessible and comfortable,” PR manager of the company Iryna Levenko said.
Now the company is developing a network of domestic transportation and successfully opening new directions. We hope that soon Ukrainians will be convinced of the availability and speed of domestic flights and travel around Ukraine with the reliable wings of WINDROSE Airline.
The Russian-American summit in Geneva on June 16 will last five hours, according to the protocol program.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrival at the Villa La Grande and a joint photo session with United States President Joe Biden and Swiss President Guy Parmelin are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. local time, according to documents released by the Kremlin press service ahead of the event.
The conversation between the U.S. and Russian presidents on the ground floor in a library is due to begin at 1:15 p.m.
The Russian-U.S. talks in an expanded format are schedule to begin at 2:30 p.m.
These talks will resume after a break at 4:15 p.m.
The Russian president’s press conference is due to begin at 6:00 p.m.
Ukraine will take part in the traditional four-day format of the international real estate exhibition MIPIM in Cannes on March 15-18 in 2022, but will not present its stand at the MIPIM September Edition event this autumn. “After discussion with the partners, we came to the conclusion that collective participation with a stand and planned promotions for Ukraine is advisable within the framework of the usual four-day program. After several reschedules in 2020-2021, we decided to focus on preparing for MIPIM 2022,” Invest in Projects agency said, citing initiator and co-organizer of the Ukrainian delegation to MIPIM Anna Nestulia.
According to her, the autumn event for the exhibition partners will be held in a hybrid format.
As reported, the MIPIM exhibition was supposed to take place on March 10-13, 2020, however, the organizers decided to change the date due to the growing coronavirus epidemic to March 15-18, 2022.
Ukraine at MIPIM 2020 planned to present for the first time, in addition to Kyiv, a separate stand of regional projects.
The participants from the country are UDP, Altis Holding, DELTA Ukraine, Mandarin Plaza Group, Invest in Projects, TK Property Management, Intergal Bud, Dragon Capital, Midland Development, Toronto-Kyiv, and Promprylad.Renovation. A separate stand was prepared by City One Development.
Traditionally, the Ukrainian delegation at MIPIM is supported by the Ukrainian Embassy in France and the top officials of the city and state institutions.
MIPIM is the leading European investment exhibition for all sectors of the international real estate market, which annually brings together more than 20,000 key players in the real estate market. Government representatives, developers, consultants and architects also participate in MIPIM.
The South Korean company Caris plans to build a plant in Ukraine for manufacturing of road safety fences from recycled plastic worth more than $60 million, considering the Stryi district of Lviv region as a site, according to the website of the city council of Stryi.
According to the press service, Mayor of Stryi Oleh Kanivets last week signed a memorandum with Caris CEO Yu Cheol during his business trip to Kyiv.
“The company plans to build factories in Ukraine for the production of plastic road safety fences. We are ready to create about 900 jobs. Stryi territorial community is interesting for its convenient logistics location and proximity to the European market,” the press service said.
In turn, the press service of the Ministry of Economy also announced the plans of Caris to build a $60 million plant in Ukraine for the production of road safety fences.
According to the report, on June 11, Deputy Economy Minister Iryna Novikova met with Yu Cheol.
“There is a hope that the project will be able to take advantage of new government support for projects with substantial investment, since it provides for $60 million in investments and the creation of new jobs. Investment projects that take into account environmental issues are important for us,” Novikova said.
The press service of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry also reported about its support of this project.
“We will accompany this project, and we will use all the possibilities of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry so that the investor does not regret any dollar invested in Ukraine,” the press service said, citing President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hennadiy Chyzhykov.
According to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the representative office of Caris in Ukraine is headed by ex-head of the State Finance Institution for Innovations (SFII) Volodymyr Stavniuk.
In January 2020, the Korean company announced on its website that it had signed an agreement with SFII for the construction of a plant for the production of plastic fences in Ukraine. In particular, the agreement provided for the creation of a PVC production and technology joint venture. Investments in the construction of the plant were projected in the amount of $100 million.
According to the public register, in December 2019, Caris Ukraine LLC was registered in Ukraine, 51% of which is owned by Yu Cheol through Caris, another 49% is owned by Vladlen Levchuk through Socrat Development LLC.
As of June 14, according to the incidence rates of COVID-19, Ukraine entered the “green” zone according to the EU criteria, the Coronavirus-info Telegram channel reported.
According to the report, the country has reached the lowest incidence rates in the last year, in particular, an indicator of 74.71 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population was recorded, with the EU criterion of 75 cases per 100,000 population.
As reported, last week all regions of Ukraine entered the “green” epidemic zone of COVID-19 in accordance with the requirements of Ukrainian legislation.
Pope Francis I has appointed Visvaldas Kulbokas as apostolic nuncio to Ukraine.
According to the Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine, Pope thus advanced Kulbokas to the rank of archbishop.
Visvaldas Kulbokas was born in Klaipeda (Lithuania) on May 14, 1974. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 2004 and has served in the Pontifical Missions in Lebanon, the Netherlands, Russia and in the State Relations Section of the State Secretariat. Since 2020 he has been working at the Apostolic Nunciature in Kenya.
He has a command of English, Spanish, Italian, Russian and French. From 2015 to June 2020, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti was the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine. On July 4, Pope Francis appointed him as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain.
