17 Ukrainian universities have been included in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine reports.
“Within the framework of the World Academic Summit, the British rating agency Times Higher Education has published the results of one of the most influential university rankings in the world. A total of 2095 institutions from 115 countries were evaluated. This year, a record number of Ukrainian universities were included in the ranking – 17 universities from Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Sumy, Uzhhorod, Kharkiv, and Chernivtsi. Another record is the number of Ukrainian universities that have applied to participate in the ranking – 55, which is a third more than last year,” the ministry said in a statement.
It is noted that Sumy State University took the highest position among Ukrainian universities, joining the group of universities that took places in the range of 801-1000 in the world ranking.
According to the report, all other Ukrainian institutions are in the 1501+ group.
In particular, the Bogomolets National Medical University, Mechnikov Odesa National University, and Stefanyk Precarpathian National University appeared in the ranking table for the first time.
The Ministry of Education said that according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 methodology, universities were evaluated by 18 performance indicators grouped into five generalized indicators: educational activities, research environment, research quality, cooperation with industry, and international openness.
“In total, Times Higher Education analysts analyzed 157 million citations and 18 million scientific publications from the Scopus database, and interviewed more than 93 thousand scientists from around the world during their own reputation surveys,” the ministry added.
As reported, last year, six Ukrainian universities were included in the top thousand most sustainable universities in the annual Impact Rankings by the British rating agency Times Higher Education.
On October 16, Gas Supply Company Naftogaz Trading LLC announced its intention to enter into a voluntary health insurance agreement with Transmagistral Insurance Company for 100 employees.
According to the Prozorro electronic public procurement system, Transmagistral’s offer amounted to UAH 2.368 million, against the expected cost of UAH 3.117 million.
The tender was also attended by insurance companies Ultra Alliance and Interexpress with bids of UAH 2.383 million each, and Krayina with a bid of UAH 3.028 million.
As reported, the tender was announced on September 5. On September 9, Ultra Alliance Insurance Company filed a complaint with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, which on September 18 ordered the tender organizer to amend the tender documents.
Transmagistral Insurance Company, registered in 2003, specializes in providing risk insurance services.
Biosphere Corporation, one of Ukraine’s largest household goods companies, has re-launched its business in Uzbekistan, according to the company’s Facebook page.
“Even in these difficult times, when many companies face challenges that seem insurmountable, Biosphere continues to step forward with confidence… Today we are sharing extremely important news: after a long pause, we have re-launched our business in Uzbekistan,” the statement reads.
According to the company, it has been only a week since the first shipment, but the eight largest regions of Uzbekistan have already been covered.
“We are expanding our presence in Central Asia to make Biosphere’s business even more sustainable and reliable. Geographical diversification is our strategic decision to ensure stability and prosperity in an ever-changing world,” the statement said.
According to Biosphere’s website, it began exporting its products to Uzbekistan in 2020.
In June 2022, in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine, the owner and CEO of the corporation, Andriy Zdesenko, spoke about the presence of large orders in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, but noted the existence of logistical and other problems with the supply of products.
Biosphere Corporation has been operating in Ukraine for over 20 years. Its products are represented in the markets of 30 countries in Europe and Asia. The product portfolio includes more than 2 thousand items under 13 trademarks: Freken BOK, Smile, Selpak, Vortex, Novita, PRO service, and LaiKit.
The corporation’s capacities are represented by four plants with a total production area of 35 thousand square meters in Dnipropetrovska, Kyivska and Khmelnytska regions, as well as logistics complexes with an area of 30 thousand square meters. Together with the French Groupe Lemoine, Biosphere also owns a plant in Estonia for the production of cotton products with an area of 8.5 thousand square meters.
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In January-September this year, Ukraine reduced exports of ferroalloys in physical terms by 5.5 times compared to the same period last year – to 59.167 thousand tons from 325.066 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Tuesday, exports of ferroalloys in monetary terms decreased by 4 times to $70.961 million from $281.397 million.
At the same time, the main exports were made to Turkey (26.76% of supplies in monetary terms), Poland (24.46%) and Italy (18.79%).
In addition, in January-September, Ukraine imported 71,766 thousand tons of these products compared to 5,916 thousand tons in January-September 2023 (an increase of 12.1 times). In monetary terms, imports increased 5 times to $121.376 mln from $24.141 mln.
Imports were mainly from Poland (37.86%), Norway (15.95%) and Kazakhstan (13.90%).
As reported, Pokrovsky Mining and Processing Plant (PGOK, formerly Ordzhonikidze Mining and Processing Plant) and Marganetsky Mining and Processing Plant (MGOK, both in Dnipropetrovska oblast), both part of Privat Group, temporarily suspended the production and processing of crude manganese ore in late October and early November 2023, while NFP and ZFP temporarily stopped smelting ferroalloys. Later, ferroalloy plants resumed production at a minimum level.
In 2023, Ukraine decreased exports of ferroalloys in physical terms by 1.5% compared to 2022, to 344.173 thousand tons, while in monetary terms, exports of ferroalloys decreased by 47.2% to $297.595 million. The main exports were to Poland (52.79% of supplies in monetary terms), Turkey (14.13%) and the Netherlands (8.46%).
In addition, in 2023, Ukraine imported 14.203 thousand tons of these products, which is 30.9% less than in 2022. In monetary terms, imports decreased by 41% to $42.927 million. Imports were carried out mainly from Poland (23.94%), India (16.08%) and Armenia (14.35%).
Prior to the nationalization of the financial institution, PrivatBank organized the business of ZZF, NZF, Stakhanovsky ZF (located on the NKT), Pokrovske and Marganetske GOKs. Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant is controlled by EastOne Group, established in the fall of 2007 as a result of the restructuring of Interpipe Group, and Privat Group.
In September 2024, TAS Insurance Group (Kyiv) collected UAH 418 million in insurance premiums, which is 31% more than in the same period in 2023.
According to the insurer’s website, motor hull insurance premiums amounted to 18.2% of the total, or UAH 76.13 million, which is 6.4% more than in September 2023; motor third party liability insurance premiums – 32.3%, or UAH 134.9 million (+24.3%), and Green Card premiums – 31.9%, or UAH 133.2 million (+43.8%).
In September, TAS Group collected UAH 35.08 million in premiums under voluntary health insurance contracts, which is 8.4% of the total premiums and 2.6 times higher than in the same period last year.
In turn, UAH 6.17 million of insurance premiums were collected under property insurance contracts. Under other insurance contracts in September 2024, the company collected UAH 32.51 million in premiums, an increase of 29.3%.
The company also reports that as part of its obligations to conclude insurance contracts in September, it paid UAH 174.85 million, which is 47.6% more than in the same period a year earlier.
At the same time, payments under hull insurance increased by 66.3% to UAH 53.72 million, motor third party liability insurance – by 36.8% to UAH 54 million, Green Card – by 40.4% to UAH 38.39 million, VHI – by 49.8% to UAH 23.08 million, property insurance – by 2.45 times to UAH 2.28 million.
Under other insurance contracts, TAS paid UAH 3.42 million, which is 10.5% more than in September last year.
