87 children from the families of Ukrainian defenders went on a tourist trip to Split, Republic of Croatia.
The trip was organized at the invitation of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Croatia, namely Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Croatia Vasyl Kyrylych, with the assistance of the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Croatia Ivica Piric and the Government of the Republic of Croatia.
In gratitude for the trip, the children of Kyiv region presented Ivica Piric with a traditional Ukrainian motanka doll, which symbolizes prosperity and will become a talisman for his family.
“Since 2015, more than 3,500 children whose parents are defending Ukraine at the front have had a vacation in Croatia. The project has been funded by Croatia since its inception and has the support of the Ukrainian Embassy and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. I, like many people in the Croatian government, am a child of war. We understand how important it is for children to undergo rehabilitation,” said Ivica Pirić, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Croatia.
For 10 days, the children will have the opportunity to enjoy active recreation in the seaside city of Split, excursions, and communication with their Croatian peers. Five meals a day will be organized for the participants of the trip.
“Our defenders are defending us at the frontline, and we strive to create favorable conditions and give more positive moments for their families. When Mr. Ambassador of Ukraine to Croatia Vasyl Kyrylych offered to send the children of our military personnel on a tourist trip, we gladly accepted. The Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Croatia Ivica Piric has been organizing vacations for kids for several years now, and I am sure that the program will be extremely rich and interesting. We sincerely appreciate the support of our Croatian friends, which is so important to us,” emphasized Lesia Karnaukh, Deputy Head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration.
The postal and logistics group Meest is planning to attract a strategic investor to build a stable business in Europe, Meest China shareholder Vyacheslav Lysenko told Interfax-Ukraine in a blitz interview.
“We are preparing the company to go public, and we have attracted powerful investments for its development – a powerful foreign investor who appreciates our achievements and experience, is interested in the stable business that our company will build in Europe,” Lysenko said.
It is a strategic investor, the company’s shareholder clarified.
He refused to name the size of the stake the group is ready to offer to the “strategist.”
At the same time, a Meest China shareholder confirmed that the potential investor is a logistics company.
The deal could be closed in 2025, Lysenko said.
Meest Group delivers to 90 countries and has been operating in the c2c and b2c postal services market for over 30 years. The company was founded by entrepreneur Rostyslav Kysel, who remains its beneficiary and is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. The Group of companies includes Meest China, Meest USA, Meest Europe and Meest Ukraine.
Meest China has been a leader in the delivery of postal parcels from China for over 15 years. It also delivers large cargoes from China with customs clearance. It has its own warehouse of 5 thousand square meters in Guangzhou.
In May 2024, Meest International launched a new logistics center near the city of Dębica in Poland, 170 km from the border. The company plans to expand its network of hubs in Eastern and Central Europe.
The value of residential real estate in the euro area in the second quarter of 2024 increased by 1.3% in annual terms, according to a report by the European Union Statistical Office (Eurostat). Prior to that, prices had been declining for four consecutive quarters.
A negative factor for European housing was high mortgage rates, which increased following the rise in key interest rates in early 2022. However, mortgages in Europe have been falling in price in recent months amid the European Central Bank’s monetary policy easing. The ECB cut key rates in June and September, and investors are expecting another 25 basis point cut in November, the Financial Times reports.
Significant growth in housing prices – about 8% in annual terms – was recorded in the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal, and in Croatia, houses went up by 10%. Meanwhile, in Germany, residential real estate increased in price by 1.3% compared to the first quarter, but fell by 2.6% year-on-year.
“House prices in the eurozone have finally started to recover,” said Tomasz Wiladek, senior economist at T Rowe Price. According to him, mortgage affordability has improved not only due to lower rates, but also due to a strong labor market and an increase in household disposable income amid falling energy prices.
Average mortgage rates in the euro area in August amounted to 3.7% per annum, while last November they exceeded 4%. In January 2022, it was possible to take out a mortgage loan at 1.3% in Europe.
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Visitors will be able to get acquainted with popular healthy nutrition programs, receive information about a healthy lifestyle and the principles of natural healing.
The event will offer free expert consultations, as well as the opportunity to undergo an express examination – diagnostics of the entire body.
The event will offer the opportunity to buy homeopathic medicines, herbal medicines, honey and healthy bee products, and other natural medicines.
The VEGAN EXPOsition-2024 vegetarian market will offer a wide range of organic products from craft producers and a tasting of goodies.
Ecovillages of Ukraine will present eco-food products made entirely from natural ingredients and using safe technologies.
Specialized literature will also be available for purchase.
The exhibition is held in conjunction with the WINGS festival of psychological practices , which will open up new horizons of self-discovery.
An interesting program of events, namely master classes, presentations, round tables, demonstrations of wellness techniques during the three days of the exhibition, is available in detail:
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Temporarily displaced persons and combatants can receive free psychological assistance.
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The Ukrainian Pig Association (UPA) is concerned about false information and manipulation of data around the situation with the registration of the African swine fever (ASF) vaccine candidate in the country, as such actions damage the reputation of the industry and pursue the lobbying of financial interests of individual stakeholders, the association said in a statement.
“Recognizing the importance of the vaccine as one of the tools for controlling ASF, the ASU enterprises do not see the possibility of compromise on the issue of safety (…) The candidate vaccine against ASF produced in Vietnam (AVAC Vietnam Joint Stock Corporation), which is being sought to be registered in Ukraine, does not have a confirmed status of a safe product today, which carries potential risks of worsening the epizootic situation in the country,” the statement posted on the ASU website reads.
As arguments, the association cites the warnings of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) about the risks associated with the use of vaccines with unconfirmed safety and efficacy status. According to the WOAH, none of the candidates currently have a vaccine status because they have not passed the verification process.
In addition, the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the removal of the ASFV-G-ΔMGF strain (used to create the AVACASFLive vaccine) and ASFV-G-Δ9GL/ΔMGF from the list of microorganisms allowed to be imported into the United States, as APHIS analyzed new information on safety and genomic instability that could lead to a recovery of virulence and determined that these strains could pose a serious threat to animal health and animal product safety.
The Evaluation of African swine fever vaccine candidate ASFV-G-∆MGF in reversion to virulence study also confirmed that the ASFV-G-∆MGF vaccine virus used to create the AVACASFLive vaccine regains virulence (ability to infect).
The study Challenges in the Application of African Swine Fever Vaccines in Asia indicates that the ASFV-GUS-Vietnam strain, identical to ASFV-G-ΔMGF (used to create the vaccine), plays a role in the ASFV epidemic situation in Vietnam. It was discovered in 2021, before the vaccine was registered in Vietnam. This proves that the illegal use of inappropriate vaccines can not only contribute to the spread of the disease, but also promote the emergence of new variants in regions in addition to the risk of recombination between different ASF genotypes.
“Today, the issue of registering an ASF vaccine candidate in Ukraine is not limited to the risks of an individual enterprise that decides to use a product whose safety has not been proven. We are talking about the consequences for the epizootic situation in the country and neighboring countries, the impact on foreign trade in pig products, and Ukraine’s integration into the EU,” the USBA emphasized and called for not supporting the initiative to register a Vietnamese-made vaccine given the risks and lack of evidence of its safety and quality.
