The final of qualification for the European Football Championship-2024 allowed to determine all 24 national teams that will fight for the Henri Delaunay trophy, the national team of Ukraine entered Group “E” together with Belgium, Slovakia and Romania, the official website of the tournament reports.
On Tuesday, March 26, after the decisive play-off matches of Euro-2024 qualification, the last three participants of the final part of the tournament were determined. They were the national teams of Ukraine, Georgia and Poland.
Georgia defeated Greece in a penalty shootout and will play for the first time in history at a big forum of national teams, Poland also defeated Wales in a series of 11-match penalty shootout, and Ukraine snatched a willful victory over Iceland.
Ukraine responded to a goal by Iceland’s Albert Gudmundsson after the break with goals by Viktor Tsygankov and Mykhailo Mudryk. The Ukrainians will meet Belgium, Slovakia and Romania at the European Championship.
The European Championship in 2024 will be hosted by Germany. It automatically got into Group A. Bundestim in the opening match of the tournament will meet Scotland in Munich.
The composition of all groups of the European Championship-2024:
Group A: Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland
Group B: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania
Group C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England
Group D: Poland, Netherlands, Austria, France.
Group E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine
Group F: Turkey, Georgia, Portugal, Czech Republic.
The tournament will begin on June 14 and end on July 14.
Germany’s economy will avoid recession in 2024, but will grow by only 0.1% due to declining exports and weak domestic demand, according to leading German research institutes.
The previous forecast, prepared by the Munich-based Institute for Economic Research (IFO), the Kiel-based Institute for World Economics (IfW), the Rhineland-Westphalian Institute for Economic Research in Essen (RWI) and the Institute for Economic Research in Halle (IWH), predicted German GDP growth of 1.3%.
In 2023, the German economy shrank by 0.3%.
The economists warned that domestic demand is growing more slowly than expected, and exports are suffering due to high electricity prices, which reduce the competitiveness of German energy-intensive goods.
“Cyclical and structural factors are leading to a weakening of economic growth,” said Stefan Koots, head of economic research at the IfW. – “A recovery may begin in the spring, but overall, the growth momentum will not be very strong.
In 2025, according to experts, Germany’s GDP growth will accelerate to 1.4%.
The forecast for inflation for 2024 is 2.3%, for 2025 – 1.8%.
Earlier, Experts Club analytical center released a video analysis of GDP changes in major countries, the video is available at https://youtu.be/w5fF_GYyrIc?si=EpL-_EmhIGfMURGl
Population forecast for Ukraine in 2030-2100
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
Starting from April 1 this year, humanitarian aid can be imported into Ukraine only through the automated system of humanitarian aid registration, according to Oksana Zholnovych, Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine.
“At the same time, we have made it possible to use paper declarations. Starting from April 1, paper declarations will cease to exist. All the work that will be done in terms of bringing in humanitarian aid will be automatic with the help of our system,” Zholnovych said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
According to Deputy Minister of Social Policy Nazar Tanasyshyn, the import of humanitarian aid through the automated system will be carried out in the same way as during the pilot testing period, which lasted from December 1, 2023.
As reported, in September 2023, the Ministry of Social Policy announced a change in the rules for the import and accounting of humanitarian aid from December 1, 2023. Using the web platform “Automated Humanitarian Aid Registration System”, organizations intending to import humanitarian aid will be able to register, log in to the website, form and submit a declaration, which will be sent to customs through information exchange.
In November 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine extended the possibility of using paper declarations for the import of humanitarian aid into Ukraine until April 1, 2024.
On February 14, 2024, the Minister of Social Policy Oksana Zholnovych stated that the automated system for registering humanitarian aid had proven its effectiveness in the first two months of operation.
In 2023, Kremenchuk Steel Plant JSC (Kremenchuk, Poltava region) posted a net profit of UAH 124.13 million, up 2.5 times compared to the same period in 2022.
According to the agenda of the company’s general meeting of shareholders scheduled for April 30, published in the National Securities and Stock Market Commission’s information disclosure system, KCZ plans to leave its profit undistributed and not pay dividends.
According to the Clarity-project resource, at the beginning of this year, the company’s retained earnings amounted to UAH 67.25 million against an outstanding loss of UAH 56.89 million a year earlier.
As reported, KCZ JSC ended 2022 with a net profit of UAH 50.28 million, while a year earlier the loss amounted to UAH 56.83 million.
Kremenchuk Steel is a leading Ukrainian foundry producing steel castings for freight cars and heavy trucks.
The company’s net income, according to Clarity-project, decreased slightly to UAH 1 billion 023 million in 2023.
According to the NSSMC, as of the third quarter of 2023, Defano Investments Ltd (Cyprus) owns 48.4421% of the shares of PJSC KCZ through Ukrinvestcontract LLC, with Artem Gerasymenko from Kyiv listed as the company’s beneficiary.
The shareholders also include FinEuroVector Financial Company LLC (18.8392%), Alfa Cross Financial Company (24.9%), and AltaFinance LLC (5.7276%).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated the Ukrainian national soccer team on its 2-1 victory against Iceland and qualification for the Euro 2024 Championship.
“Thank you, guys! Thank you, national team! For the most important emotions for the whole country. For the super important victory and exit to the Euro,” Zelensky wrote in Telegram on Wednesday night.
He noted that with this victory the Ukrainian national team “once again proved: when Ukrainians have a hard time, but they do not give up and continue to fight, then Ukrainians are sure to win.”
“In times when they want to destroy us every day, we prove every day: Ukrainians are and will be! Ukraine is and will be! Thank you for the victory!” – summarized the President.
The Ukraine-Iceland game was held in Wroclaw, Poland.
At the beginning of the game Ukraine had an advantage in possession of the ball, but the first half hour of the game ended with a goal by Iceland.
Ukraine restored parity in the 54th minute. Viktor Tsygankov struck the bottom corner of the goal – 1:1. The second goal was scored by Mykhailo Mudryk in the 84th minute.
The other two last two tickets to the final part of Euro 2024 were won by Georgia and Poland in penalty shootouts on Tuesday.
Ukraine will play its first match at the tournament in Munich on June 17 against Romania. The opponents in Group E will also be Slovakia and Belgium, with whom the Ukrainian team will play on June 21 and 26 in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, respectively.
