According to Serbian Economist, Austrian Palfinger has commissioned production facilities in Niš (southern Serbia), the site produces steel components and subassemblies for a wide range of crane equipment.
According to Tanjug News Agency, the plant employs 179 workers and the employment plan is to grow to 375 in a year’s time.
Palfinger previously announced that it is investing EUR 35.5 million in a component plant in Niš and is gradually expanding production of steel parts and sub-components for different product lines, from cranes to access platforms.
The Serbian Development Agency (RAS) pointed out that the production of the Niš site is export-oriented, including to France, Germany, Austria and Slovenia; the possibility of establishing an R&D center with the involvement of young specialists from the University of Niš was also discussed.
Stabilizers for trucks and other vehicles were named as one of the first areas of specialization of the plant, with further expansion of the product range with new projects. Separately, Palfinger said that the complex is designed to be energy efficient – it plans to install photovoltaic panels on the roof area of about 15,000 square meters, which should provide about 2 MW of peak power upon completion.
Palfinger is an Austrian engineering group operating in the cranes and lifting solutions segment. The company describes the project in Niš as part of the expansion of its European production network, and RAS characterizes Palfinger as a global leader; the group’s key product is articulated truck-mounted cranes (truck-mounted cranes), with approximately 150 models.
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IC “Express Insurance” (Kiev) in January-November 2025 collected insurance premiums in the amount of UAH 1,1 billion, which is by UAH 267,1 million or by 31,8% more than for the same period of 2024. According to the insurer’s website, premiums under CASCO contracts for this period amounted to UAH 728,8 mln, which is by UAH 71,7 mln or by 10,9% more than in January-November 2024, under MTPL – UAH 357 mln (+120,6%), under other types of insurance – UAH 22,4 mln (+1,6%).
The total amount of insurance indemnities on insured events amohttps://open4business.com.ua/en/in-january-novem…-bln-of-premiums/unted to UAH 465,7 mln, including payments to clients under CASCO – UAH 363,1 mln, to victims under MTPL – UAH 94,3 mln.
As reported, as of October 1, 2025 the assets of IC “Express Insurance” amounted to more than UAH 1 billion, which is by UAH 209,3 million more than a year ago, their share in cash amounted to 87%, which ensures the company’s prompt ability to pay compensation for insurance events.
IC “Express Insurance” was founded in 2008 and is a part of the group of companies “UkrAVTO”. It specializes in car insurance.
According to the NBU, the company ranks 14th in terms of premiums collected in 9M. 2025 among all insurers of Ukraine.
Imports of insulated wires and cables to Ukraine in January-November 2025 increased by 27.8% compared to the same period in 2024, reaching $541.5 million, according to the State Customs Service. In November of this year, imports of these products increased by 23.6% compared to November 2024, reaching $46.3 million, which is 22.6% higher than in October 2025.
Hungary was the largest supplier of wires and cables to the Ukrainian market in January-November, with a volume of $143.1 million (26.4% of imports). China ranks second with $116.7 million (21.6%), followed by Poland with $88.9 million (16.4%). In 2024, the main volumes were imported from Hungary ($120 million), Poland ($74.4 million), and China ($66.3 million, respectively).
According to State Customs Service data, at the end of 2024, imports of insulated wires and cables to Ukraine increased by 9.3% compared to 2023, to $475 million, while exports increased by 60.2%, to $1.275 billion.
The Marshall Islands government has introduced an unconditional basic income (UBI) program, according to The Guardian. Under the program, every citizen living in the Marshall Islands will receive approximately $200 every quarter. The first payments were made at the end of November, and recipients could choose how to receive them: in cash to a bank account, by check, or cryptocurrency via a digital wallet.
“We, the government, want to make sure that no one is left behind,” Marshall Islands Finance Minister David Paul told the British newspaper.
“Quarterly payments of $200 per person, or about $800 per year, do not oblige people to quit their jobs… on the contrary, they are intended to lift spirits,” he said.
According to him, these payments should become a “social safety net” amid rising costs and an exodus of citizens.
The BDD program is funded by a trust fund created as part of an agreement with the United States, which, in particular, wants to compensate the Marshall Islands for decades of American nuclear testing. The fund’s assets amount to $1.3 billion, and the United States has pledged to contribute another $500 million by the end of 2027.
Experts cited by The Guardian call this program the first of its kind in the world.
The Marshall Islands are located in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Australia. Their population is about 42,000.
The volume of exports of insulated wires and cables, including fiber optic cables, from Ukraine in January-November 2025 increased by 9.6% in monetary terms compared to the same period in 2024, reaching $1.315 billion, according to data from the State Customs Service.
Germany remains the largest importer of Ukrainian cables and wires, as it was a year earlier, but supplies to this country decreased by 6.8% to $443.7 million, and its share in total exports decreased by 5.9 percentage points to 33.7%.
The top three buyers also included Hungary with purchases worth $217.7 million (16.6% of exports) and Poland with $208.5 million (15.85%), while in January-November 2024, Poland ($172.4 million, 14.4%) and the Czech Republic ($155.9 million, 13%) were in second and third place.
In November 2025, exports of insulated wires and cables exceeded $117 million, which is 5.4% more than in November of the previous year.
According to the State Customs Service, in 2024 Ukraine already increased exports of these products by 60.2% compared to 2023, to $1.275 billion.
Imports of tin and tin products in January-November 2025 increased by 42.5% to $4.062 million. In November, imports amounted to $582,000.
At the same time, exports of tin and tin products in the first 11 months of 2025 amounted to $241,000, and in November — $89,000, compared to $389,000 in the same period of 2024.
In 2024, imports of tin and tin products increased by 16.9% to $3.188 million, while exports amounted to $389,000.
In 2023, imports of tin and tin products decreased by 23% to $2.728 million, while exports amounted to $159 thousand, compared to $424 thousand in 2022.
Tin is mainly used as a safe, non-toxic, corrosion-resistant coating in its pure form or in alloys with other metals. The main industrial applications of tin are in white tin (tinned iron) for the manufacture of food containers, in solders for electronics, in domestic piping, in bearing alloys, and in coatings made of tin and its alloys. The most important tin alloy is bronze (with copper).
