Ukrainian athlete and high jumper Yaroslava Maguchikh has been officially recognized as the best athlete in Europe in 2024. She received her award at the Golden Tracks ceremony held in Skopje (North Macedonia), reports Suspilne Sport.
It is noted that in the 2024 season, Maguchikh set a new world record in the discipline – 2.10 meters, and added to it her debut Olympic gold, the title of European champion and the third consecutive Diamond League title.
The top three in the women’s category also included runners Femke Bohl of the Netherlands and Great Britain’s Keeley Hodgkinson.
“This was the most successful season for me. Many dreams came true: a world record and Olympic gold for Ukraine,” Maguchikh said during the ceremony.
Based on the results of her historic season, Maguchikh is also in the running for the world’s best athlete in non-running disciplines: World Athletics will announce the three finalists in early November.
On October 27, Ukraine switches to winter time.
“At exactly 4:00 a.m., the clock hands have to make one circle back. Modern electronic devices will do this automatically, while mechanical clocks need to be set manually. Thus, it will show 3.00,” the Government online telegram channel said.
As reported, on July 16, the Verkhovna Rada adopted Bill No. 4201 to cancel the transition from winter to summer time in Ukraine from 2025, but it has not been signed by the President of Ukraine.
The first plant of the defense concern Rheinmetall is already operating in Ukraine, and the second is on the way, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger told TSN.
“The first plant is already in operation. The Ukrainian defense industry is our partner. We now have a production facility and a service facility,” Papperger said, adding that the first Lynx advanced infantry fighting vehicle in Ukraine will be launched at the end of the year.
“At the moment we are servicing infantry fighting vehicles, but also main battle tanks. So this is a very productive joint venture,” said the Rheinmetall director. He added that the company owns 51% of the shares in this enterprise.
Papperger noted that Rheinmetall is on the way to building a powder plant and an ammunition plant in Ukraine. “We also want to establish production of air defense systems so that you can defend yourselves,” he said.
As of October 25, farmers in all regions of Ukraine have harvested 63.7 million tons of new crops from 18.1 million hectares, up from 62.2 million tons from 17.7 million hectares a week earlier.
As reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Friday, 45.1 million tons (42.8 million tons) of grains and pulses, 18.6 million tons (18 million tons) of oilseeds and 8.3 million tons (6.5 million tons) of sugar beets have already been harvested.
The Ministry specified that the harvest of wheat has been completed, with 22.3 million tons harvested from 4.9 million hectares at a yield of 42.4 c/ha, barley – 5.5 million tons from 1.4 million hectares at a yield of 39.2 c/ha, peas – 465.3 million tons from 212.2 thousand hectares at a yield of 21.9 c/ha, and rapeseed – 3.5 million tons from 1.3 million hectares at a yield of 27.3 c/ha.
Corn harvesting continues with 15.4 million tons (13.2 thousand tons a week earlier) from 2.7 million hectares (67% of the plan), buckwheat – 126.9 thousand tons (124.8 thousand tons) from 87.5 thousand hectares (98%), millet – 159.5 thousand tons (158.9 thousand tons) from 85.1 thousand hectares (92%).
The oilseeds harvest is nearing completion in Ukraine. In particular, 5.6 mln tonnes of soybeans have been harvested (5.2 mln tonnes a week earlier) from 2.5 mln hectares (93%), and 9.5 mln tonnes of sunflower from 4.6 mln hectares (94%).
At the same time, the leaders in grain harvesting are farmers in Odesa region who threshed 4.4 mln ha, Poltava region – 4 mln tons, and Vinnytsia region – 3.3 mln tons. In terms of yields, the leaders are farmers in Khmelnytsky region with 68.3 c/ha, Ternopil region – 64.9 c/ha, and Chernihiv region – 63.5 c/ha.
Geographical structure of Ukraine’s foreign trade (imports) in Jan-July 2024, thousand USD
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The Norwegian government will provide Ukraine with an additional 500 million Norwegian kroner through the World Bank’s multilateral donor fund for assistance, recovery, reconstruction and reforms in Ukraine URTF.
“Today, during the 2024 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG), Norway’s Minister for International Development, Ann Beate Christiansen Twinneraim, met with Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and pledged to provide an additional 500 million Norwegian kroner to the fund,” the Norwegian government website reported on October 24.
As reported, NPC Ukrenergo received the first large cross-regulation transformer for one of the 750 kV substations (SS) as part of the REPOWER project from the World Bank (WB), which is financed by a grant of $247 million from the URTF fund. In the coming months, after the completion of production, almost 20 more powerful transformers purchased with WB funds are expected to arrive.
“On the eve of winter, it is vital to provide the population of Ukraine with electricity and heat. That is why we recently announced the allocation of 3 billion Norwegian kroner, which, among other things, will be used to provide electricity to almost 1.5 million people and industry in Ukraine, as well as for other assistance so that the war-affected population can survive the winter,” Twinnerem said.
As reported, in October this year, the Norwegian government proposed to extend the Nansen program until 2030 and expand the funding from at least 75 to 135 billion Norwegian kroner during this period.
“My main message during our meeting was that Norway should support Ukraine for as long as necessary. This is in the interests of both Ukraine and Norway, and the long-term Nansen program reflects this commitment,” the Norwegian Minister for International Development emphasized.
The Nansen support program for Ukraine includes military support, humanitarian assistance, funding to support civilian infrastructure and critical societal functions, as well as funding to support the reconstruction of Ukrainian society when possible. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Norway has provided Ukraine with almost 52.6 billion Norwegian kroner, of which approximately 28 billion was allocated for military support and 24 billion for civilian support.
