The gambling business paid almost UAH 17 billion in taxes to the state budget in 2024, which is 63% or UAH 6.57 billion more than last year, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.
According to him, gambling income tax will generate the most revenue – approximately UAH 10.5 billion. The second largest source of personal income tax revenues is winnings, amounting to approximately UAH 4.8 billion.
In addition, a significant share of tax revenues comes from the military fee (approximately UAH 0.4 billion) and personal income tax (over UAH 1 billion). The rest is accounted for by the tax on lottery income and income tax, which amounted to less than UAH 0.2 billion.
As reported, on January 6, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Law No. 4116-IX on combating gambling addiction (ludomania) and improving state regulation of the organization and conduct of gambling and lotteries. The law provides for the elimination of gambling halls, a ban on gambling advertising (except for the following exceptions: on TV and radio at night, in media for people over 21, on platforms and search engines with a target audience over 21), improvement of payment rules, and a ban on calls and SMS to an unspecified number of people from gambling organizers.
Electricity imports in 2024 became the largest since 2014, reaching almost 4.5 million MWh, while exports fell to a historically low level during this time – almost 350 thousand MWh, Ukrainian energy and climate think tank DiXi Group reported with reference to the open data portal Energy Map.
“In 2024, Ukraine imported 4436.6 thousand MWh of electricity, which was the highest figure for the last 11 years (actual data before 2014 are not publicly available). At the same time, electricity exports reached a historic low of 348.5 thousand MWh,” says the review provided by DiXi Group to the Energoreforma project.
According to the center’s analysts, the main reason for the abnormal figures was Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
They note that from March 22 to December 25, 2024, the Russian Federation carried out 13 massive missile and drone attacks, firing 846 missiles of various types and 866 UAVs.
Of these, 230 missiles (27%) and 25 UAVs (3%) were not shot down by air defense forces or neutralized by radar systems, probably hitting their targets.
Imports peaked in June and July, when the shelling was compounded by the heat wave and the traditional scheduled maintenance of some power units to prepare them for the fall and winter.
“In June, imports reached 858.4 thousand MWh, which is 6% more than was purchased for the whole of 2023 (806.4 thousand MWh), and is the highest monthly figure since 2014 (according to available data),” the review says.
In 2024, Ukraine received 38.4% of imported electricity from Hungary (1705 thousand MWh). Ukraine imported 1036.5 thousand MWh from Slovakia (23.4% of the total), 819.6 thousand MWh from Romania (18.5%), 636.6 thousand MWh from Poland (14.3%) and 238.9 thousand MWh from Moldova (5.4%).
Electricity exports in 2024 amounted to 348.5 thousand MWh, which is 5% less than in 2023 and 90% less than in pre-war 2021.
During the year, exports were carried out to all available destinations. Most electricity was exported to Poland (88.4 thousand MWh, or 25.4%). Hungary received 76.6 thousand MWh (22%), Romania – 71.2 thousand MWh (20.4%), Moldova – 56.8 thousand MWh (16.3%) and Slovakia – 55.5 thousand MWh (15.9%).
The peak volume of exports was recorded before the start of massive shelling – in March, during which Ukraine exported 154.1 thousand MWh (44% of the annual volume). For 140 days, from May 12 to September 29, electricity exports from Ukraine were completely stopped. In total, exports were carried out for 151 days (41% of the year), while for 215 days (59%) there were zero exports. Imports, on the other hand, practically never stopped – its complete absence was recorded only on two days of the year.
Perfect Group has begun construction of the Velmy apart-hotel in Polianytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region, the company’s press service told Interfax-Ukraine.
According to Oleksiy Koval, project manager at Perfect Group, the goal of the Velmy project is to change the standards of recreation and investment in the region.
“We create a space for emotions and memories, where every detail works for the comfort of our guests. In addition, it is a reliable investment with a projected payback of eight to nine years, which makes the project attractive to investors. We believe that Velmy will become a landmark in Bukovel,” Koval said.
The Velmy apart-hotel is located in Bukovel next to Lake Molodist and ski lifts #14 and #22. It has 492 apartments ranging from 26 to 80 square meters. The complex is positioned as a business class, with a panoramic swimming pool, Ski-in/Ski-out, SPA center, gym, restaurants, conference hall and children’s center among the offered infrastructure.
Investors are offered refurbished apartments, while transactions are formalized in accordance with the new legislation on future real estate objects (BON) with registration of special property rights (SPR) in state registers.
The first phase is expected to be commissioned in the third quarter of 2026. Currently, the price per square meter starts from UAH 167.9 thousand. There is an installment plan with a down payment of 50%. The tourist season at Velmy is expected to be year-round, with a likely rental yield of up to 12% per annum and a payback period of eight to nine years.
Founded in 1991, Perfect Group has commissioned 42 buildings since 2010, with 21 buildings under construction.
Grave Ukraine Insurance Company (Kyiv) has increased its authorized capital by 41.2% to UAH 130.151 million through an additional issue of shares worth UAH 38 million.
This is stated in the report on the results of the issue of shares of IC Grave Ukraine, posted in the information disclosure system of the NSSMC.
As reported, the decision to hold an additional share issue was made at the insurer’s meeting on November 22, 2024. It was planned to additionally place 38 million shares with a par value of UAH 10.
As expected, the issue will be carried out at the expense of additional contributions without a public offer. Its terms provide for the preemptive right of shareholders to purchase shares in the course of their placement.
On April 10, 2008, INPRO Insurance Company became a member of the Austrian financial concern GRAWE (Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung AG) and was renamed into Grave Ukraine Insurance Company.
PrJSC “Grave Ukraine Life Insurance” and PrJSC “IC ‘Grave Ukraine’ are part of the NFG ‘Grave Ukraine’, the ultimate beneficiary of which is GRAWE-Vermögensverwaltung (Austria).
As part of a joint project with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to develop logistics for implementation in 2025, Ukrposhta JSC has announced a tender for the purchase of 31 modular premises for post offices.
According to the announcement on the EBRD’s tender procurement portal, bids will be accepted until February 14, 2025.
As reported, as part of the EBRD-funded logistics development project, Ukrposhta announced several tenders for the purchase of vehicles at the end of last year, including the repeated purchase of 100 trucks and 60 tractor-trailers in November.
In October last year, tenders were announced for the purchase of 880 courier electric scooters and 1,745 electric postal tricycles.
The results of these tenders have not been made public.
Ukrposhta is the only national postal operator in Ukraine.
According to its website, its network covers more than 27,000 settlements in Ukraine, except for the temporarily occupied ones. It consists of 24 regional branches, the Directorate of Mail Processing and Transportation, and Avtotransposhta. The company’s vehicle fleet includes more than 5.3 thousand vehicles.
In 2024, Express Insurance (Kyiv) collected insurance premiums in the amount of UAH 932.5 million, which is 29.1% more than in 2023, according to the insurer’s website.
It is noted that the increase in insurance premiums was made possible due to a significant increase in new customers and a doubling of the number of contracts concluded compared to the previous year.
Thus, premiums under hull insurance contracts for 2024 amounted to UAH 723.9 million, which is UAH 101.9 million, or 16.4%, higher than the same indicator in 2023, for MTPL – UAH 184.4 million (+125.9%), for other types of insurance – UAH 24.2 million (+29.9%).
As reported, in 2024, the company made payments in the amount of UAH 512.6 million, which is 54.8%, or UAH 181.6 million, higher than in 2023.
In particular, payments under motor hull insurance amounted to UAH 426.7 million (+47.9%), under MTPL – UAH 73 million (2.3 times more), payments under other insurance contracts – UAH 12.9 million (+15.8%).
Express Insurance was founded in 2008 and is a part of UkrAVTO group of companies. It specializes in motor insurance. The consistently high speed of claims settlement in the IC is ensured by optimal interaction with partner service stations.
Since April 2012, Express Insurance has been an associate member of the Motor Transport Insurance Bureau of Ukraine.
