Dynamics of import of goods in Jan-June 2024 by the most important items in relation to the same period of 2023, %
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Deputy Head of the Office of the President Iryna Vereshchuk and the new head of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection in Ukraine (ECHO), Marianne Franco, discussed the situation in the frontline and de-occupied communities, as well as the possibilities of meeting the humanitarian needs of people living there.
According to the website of the President of Ukraine, a meeting with the new head of the ECHO Office in Ukraine was held at the Office of the President of Ukraine on Tuesday. The main topic of the meeting was the priorities of humanitarian response in winter.
In particular, Vereshchuk and Franco discussed the situation in the frontline and de-occupied communities and the basic humanitarian needs of the people living there. Vereshchuk also thanked the European Commission for its assistance. Representatives of the European Union assured that they would continue to support Ukraine.
The EEAS has been working in Ukraine since February 2014 and plays an important role in coordinating humanitarian issues. Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, EU countries have provided assistance worth almost 108 billion euros. Humanitarian support funded by the EU is channelled through UN agencies, NGOs and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The State Mortgage Institution (SMI) on October 22 announced a tender for insurance of real estate for residential purposes (apartments), transferred to financial leasing (2047 units), reported in the e-procurement system Prozorro.
The expected cost of purchase of services is UAH 1 million. Tender security is UAH 30 thousand. Tender offers are accepted until October 31. As reported, the winner of a similar tender a year earlier was IC “Ultra Alliance”, before that – IC “Universalna”.
Leaders of the insurance market of Ukraine by collected premiums in January-August 2024 became insurance companies SG “TAS” (UAH 3,056 billion), “ARKS” (UAH 2,801 billion), “Unica” (UAH 2,564 billion), “INGO” (UAH 2,223 billion) and IC “VUSO” (UAH 2,197 billion), according to the website of the National Association of Insurers of Ukraine (NASU). It is noted that there have been no changes in the top 5 leading companies of Ukraine compared to 7M. 2024 did not occur.
In the top-5 in the market of compulsory motor liability insurance on collected premiums there were no changes and according to the results of eight months are leading SG “TAS” (UAH 913.6 mln), “Oranta” (UAH 874.2 mln), “Knyazha VIG” (UAH 669 mln), “ROM” (UAH 414.1 mln) and “VUSO” (UAH 286.8 mln).
The leaders in the Green Card market in terms of premiums collected during the period are TAS (UAH 891.7 mln), USG (UAH 484.2 mln), Knyazha VIG (UAH 425.6 mln), ROM (UAH 362.4 mln) and Oranta (UAH 284.8 mln) (no changes).
There are also no changes in the CASCO market: as before, it is headed by IC “ARKS” (UAH 1.517 billion), “Arsenal Insurance” (UAH 1.228 billion), “Unica” (UAH 721.6 million), “VUSO” (UAH 625.7 million) and “USG” (UAH 575.3 million).
At the same time there have been slight changes among the leaders in voluntary health insurance: the leader, as before the top-5 in this segment, is IC “Unica” (UAH 1,078 billion), followed by IC “Universalna” (UAH 594,1 million), IC “VUSO” (UAH 547,6 million) has risen from the 4th to the 3rd position, swapping with IC “INGO” (UAH 490,3 million). SG “TAS” (UAH 366,5 mln) has moved up to the fifth position instead of IC “ARKS”.
In September 2024 there were no changes in the leaders in the life insurance market. As before, the first position is occupied by IC “MetLife” (UAH 1.730 billion), IC “TAS” (UAH 447.9 million), “Grave Life” (UAH 364.3 million), “Unica Life” (UAH 284.5 million) and “ROM Life” (UAH 247.4 million).
As reported, as of the end of August 2024, 66 risk insurers operate in the insurance market of Ukraine, 11 specialize in life insurance, one – with a special status (“Export Credit Agency”, ECA).
The Spanish government opposes the establishment of migrant reception centers outside the European Union in third countries. A similar idea was put forward by the Italian government, which opened two such facilities in Albania. Migration is being actively discussed at the EU summit in Brussels.
Immigration is the main topic of the European Union summit in Brussels.
The government of Pedro Sanchez brought “no” votes in a suitcase to the capital of the bloc.
Spain unequivocally opposed the proposal to create migrant detention centers in third countries outside the EU to transfer people who have illegally entered the bloc.
The proposal put forward by the Italian government of Meloni, which is currently under consideration by the European Commission, enjoys the support of the majority of member states.
This is despite the fact that Spain, one of the countries on one of the main migration routes from Africa to Europe, has been experiencing a serious migration crisis for several months now, forcing the government to organize temporary refugee accommodation centers in hotels across the country.
According to the Center for Public Opinion Research (CIS), illegal migration has become the main issue of concern for Spaniards this summer. This was stated by every third respondent. Only two months ago, it was only in fourth place.
Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin has announced that he is resigning from his post because he bears political responsibility for the situation with fake disabilities for prosecutors.
“I believe that the position of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy is absolutely correct that not only should all unlawful decisions on granting disabilities, relevant pension and other accruals be canceled, there should be not only clear legislative and organizational changes, but also personal responsibility. In the middle of them, political responsibility,” Kostin said in a message on his Telegram channel on Tuesday.
He added: “I am grateful to the President of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for their trust. But in this situation, I consider it right to announce my resignation from the post of Prosecutor General.”
According to Kostin, on Tuesday, the President of Ukraine held a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council “regarding the obviously immoral situation with fake disabilities of state officials.”
“Currently, inspections are underway at all levels of the state, and criminal proceedings are being investigated. Many shameful facts of abuse have been established in the system of prosecutor’s offices of Ukraine,” he said.
Source: https://interfax.com.ua/
