The international chain JYSK is opening its 110th store in Ukraine and eighth in Odesa on Thursday, according to the company’s press service.
“Despite the challenges of recent years, we continue to invest in the Ukrainian market. The opening of the 110th store is another step in our strategy of sustainable growth,” commented Yevgen Ivanitsa, Country Director of JYSK in Ukraine.
The new store, with a retail space of 950 square meters, is located on the second floor of the Mayak A1 shopping center (107/1 Polkovnika Gulyayeva Ave.). It has an adapted Jysk Compact format, which allows a full range of products to be placed in a smaller area, while maintaining Scandinavian aesthetics and a quality shopping experience.
There are currently 110 stores and the jysk.ua online store operating in Ukraine. JYSK has over 900 employees in the country.
JYSK is part of the family-owned Lars Larsen Group, which has over 3,500 stores in 48 countries.
JYSK’s revenue in the 2024/25 financial year was EUR6.2 billion.
PJSC Zaporizhkox, one of Ukraine’s largest producers of coke and chemical products and a member of the Metinvest Group, increased its blast furnace coke production by 2.2% in January-September this year compared to the same period last year, from 655,300 tons to 669,700 tons.
According to the company, 77.1 thousand tons of coke were produced in September, compared to 79.6 thousand tons in the previous month.
As reported, in 2024, Zaporizhkox increased its production of blast furnace coke by 2.1% compared to 2023, to 874.7 thousand tons from 856.8 thousand tons.
In 2023, Zaporizhkox increased its output of blast furnace coke by 16% compared to 2022, to 856,800 tons from 737,400 tons.
Zaporizhkox has a complete technological cycle for processing coke chemical products.
Metinvest is a vertically integrated mining group of companies. Its main shareholders are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of the Metinvest Group.
The Israeli residential real estate market in 2024–2025 is showing mixed dynamics: after a period of price growth and increased activity in the post-COVID years, the market has seen a drop in the number of transactions and a decline in interest from foreign buyers.
According to data from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, in June 2025, the number of housing transactions fell to its lowest level in 20 years.
The decline in foreign investor activity was particularly noticeable, falling 37% compared to the same period last year, while net purchases fell 42%.
The average cost of housing in the second quarter of 2025 was 2.27 million shekels (about $672,000), which is 2.5% lower than a year earlier. Taking inflation into account, the decline was 5.6%, the largest since 2007. At the same time, prices rose by an average of 5.1% on an annual basis. Some major centers saw declines: Tel Aviv by 4.2% and Jerusalem by 0.5%.
Despite their relatively small share of the total volume of transactions, foreign buyers continue to have a noticeable impact on the market. In 2024, they purchased about 1,900 residential properties, which is 50% more than a year earlier. At the same time, foreigners contributed about 432 million shekels in the form of tax on investment properties, which accounted for 15% of all revenues from this tax, with their share in transactions at about 10%.
The most active groups of foreign buyers remain citizens of the United States, France, Russia, and Ukraine, with interest also noted from investors from Canada and the United Kingdom. Most foreign transactions are recorded in Jerusalem, which accounts for about 55% of purchases, as well as in Tel Aviv and coastal areas. Experts note that foreigners mainly purchase expensive real estate, which supports the premium segment of the market. At the same time, the mass segment continues to adjust under the influence of high housing costs and reduced affordability for the local population.
According to forecasts, by the end of 2025, the share of foreign buyers will be 6-8% of all transactions, and further price dynamics will depend on the balance of supply and demand in the country’s key markets.
“Although overall interest in the Israeli market remains high, many foreigners are now holding back due to high interest rates and instability — some of the transactions observed are not immediate, but rather serve as a safety ‘reserve’,” says real estate agent Kim Bash.
Between January 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, KSG Agro agricultural holding paid UAH 88.2 million in taxes and fees. This was reported by the company’s press service.
The farms that are part of KSG Agro paid a total of UAH 88.2 million in taxes and fees to budgets of various levels over a period of 1.5 years, from January 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. During this period, tax revenues to the state budget of Ukraine amounted to UAH 56.4 million, to local budgets – UAH 5.5 million, and taxes related to employees – UAH 26.3 million.
The total amount of taxes paid included:
• contributions to the state budget of Ukraine – VAT and income tax,
• to local budgets – property tax, rent/use of property, local loans,
• taxes related to employees – personal income tax, military tax, and single social contribution.
“By ensuring the stable operation of our holding’s enterprises during the war, we are contributing to the country’s food security,” comments Serhiy Kasyanov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of KSG Agro. “We consider it very important, no matter how difficult it may be, to consistently and fully fulfill our tax obligations in a timely manner, ensuring revenue for budgets at all levels. In addition to paying taxes, we see our social mission in actively cooperating with military administrations in the Dnipropetrovsk region where we operate, with the aim of providing ongoing systematic assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as to regional medical institutions.”
KSG Agro has launched a new phase of its employment program for internally displaced persons at a pig farm in Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the company’s press service.
In early fall 2025, a new phase of the employment program for internally displaced persons (IDPs) from frontline and combat zones began at enterprises belonging to KSG Agro, primarily at a pig farm in Dnipropetrovsk region. In connection with the expansion of production and the creation of new jobs, the agricultural holding is stepping up its efforts to attract displaced persons. Previously, as part of the program during the full-scale war, 24 people had already found work at the pig farm. But now a systematic approach is being implemented, focused on the employment of those who were forced to leave their homes in the east of the country.
According to KSG Agro HR Director Iryna Paliyova, all IDP employees are provided with comfortable, modern company housing with all amenities at the pig farm, necessary work clothes, transportation to work, and free meals in the pig farm cafeteria during the workday.
If necessary, in parallel with their work, displaced employees receive free training tailored to their specific profession from the most experienced professionals at the pig farm. At the same time, the salaries of new employees hired under the program are higher than the market rate.
The KSG Agro IDP employment program is gradually gaining momentum and popularity among displaced persons, who are now finding employment at the pig farm with their entire families. For example, an entire family evacuated from Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, a city on the front line that is now largely destroyed, depriving its residents of even basic utilities, was recently hired.
Currently, as part of its displaced persons employment program, KSG Agro is most interested in hiring pig farm operators, veterinarians, artificial insemination technicians, disinfectors, and technical service specialists (electricians, repair mechanics, drivers with experience in trucks, power operators for KGU, etc.).
The agricultural holding also invites specialists from the feed mill (technological equipment repair technicians, electricians, repair mechanics, raw material and feed stackers, etc.).
“The IDP employment program not only fully complies with our agricultural holding’s social responsibility strategy, which during wartime consists of ensuring the country’s food security and supporting Ukrainians, but also allows us to replenish our staff with professionals in shortage occupations,” comments Serhiy Kasyanov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of KSG Agro. “We already have positive experience in filling vacancies with the help of displaced persons, so I am confident that in the near future the number of IDPs employed by us will grow exponentially.”
According to Serbian Economist , Spain’s economy grew by 0.8% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the previous three months, according to final data from the national statistics agency INE. The increase in GDP compared to the same period last year is 3.1%.
Consumer spending in Spain in April-June grew by 0.8% compared to the previous quarter, business investment by 1.8%, and government spending by 0.1%.
Exports of goods and services rose by 1.3%, imports by 1.6%.
Industrial production increased by 0.9%, the service sector showed an increase of 1%, and the construction industry by 2.3%.
In the first quarter, the country’s GDP grew by 0.6% quarter-on-quarter and by 2.8% year-on-year.
