Norway has joined a coalition to support Ukraine in the field of air defense, the press service of the Norwegian government reports.
“It is quite natural for Norway to be part of such an air defense coalition. Norwegian NASAMS contributes to saving Ukrainian lives and protecting critical infrastructure every day,” said Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram.
The press release notes that the Norwegian government has already joined three coalitions that provide military support to Ukraine. These are the Maritime Coalition, which Norway leads jointly with the United Kingdom, the F-16 Coalition, under which the Norwegian government will provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets and train the Ukrainian Armed Forces in their operation, and the Air Defense Coalition, led by Germany and France.
“We have stated that we will provide support where it is most needed. Air defense is on Ukraine’s list of priorities. It is absolutely necessary to protect military departments, cities and critical infrastructure necessary to support the life of society,” the head of the Norwegian Defense Ministry emphasized.
As reported, on February 14, France and Germany launched a coalition in Brussels to support Ukrainian air defense within the framework of the Contact Group on Ukraine’s Defense.
INGO Insurance Company (Kyiv) has introduced a new service – an interactive medical map for insured persons, which allows the company’s clients to find information about medical institutions in their region or any other place.
According to the insurer’s website, the interactive map shows the location of medical facilities, diagnostic centers, dentists, laboratories and health centers.
The service allows you to select the nearest medical facility using geolocation, add favorite facilities for further quick access, and filter by facility name, type and location.
Along with the map, the website has updated the downloadable file of the medical facilities database, which includes data by department level. Instead of being divided by insurance risks and types of medical care, all information is now presented on one sheet. Risks have a price level from 1 to 4, where 1 is the cheapest (or available to all when covering the corresponding risk), and level 4 is the most expensive.
“INGO is a full member of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU), a member of the American Chamber of Commerce (ACC), the European Business Association (EBA), the National Association of Insurers of Ukraine (NAIU) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the procedure for the use of funds for partial compensation to agrarians for the purchase of agricultural machinery of domestic production, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said.
“This year we allocate UAH 1 billion for the program of partial compensation to agrarians who buy agricultural machinery of our Ukrainian production. We will compensate 25% of the cost. We approve today the appropriate procedure for the use of funds and improve some elements of this program,” Shmygal said at a government meeting on Friday.
Ot noted that according to the estimates of the Ministry of Economy, the program will allow to double the share of domestic agricultural machinery in the domestic market.
“Imports will decrease by about 10%. Re-equipment of 4.5 thousand producers will take place. About 1 thousand additional jobs will be created, which in turn will give more taxes to the budget,” – said Prime Minister.
AGRARIANS, CABINET OF MINISTERS, COMPENSATION, purchase of agricultural machinery
On the night of March 7, domain name registrar Network Solutions blocked the ukr.net domain without any warning. From 01:35 to 17 hours Kyiv time, the UKR.NET news feed and @UKR.NET email were unavailable.
According to the registrar, the blocking took place due to the presence on the UKR.NET portal of three materials, the publication of which is prohibited by the decision of the Superior Court for the State of California for the County of Los Angeles of January 23, 2024, at the suit of Stanislav Kondrashov and Telf AG.
Since two in the morning, the UKRNET team has been trying to find out the circumstances of the blocking. One of the business owners, an entrepreneur from Silicon Valley, immediately got involved. Until 05:30 a.m. Kyiv time, he was communicating with the registrar’s support service from his office in Tokyo. Later, he found and involved the company’s management in resolving the issue, trying to convey the most important thing: the problem is national in scope and affects strategic Internet services for Ukraine.
At the end of the day in Florida, the company informed us that the blocking of the UKR.NET domain had legal grounds. Therefore, a legal team was needed to get involved the next business day.
Realizing that in the morning, millions of users, including many military and defenders of our country, would not be able to work with their email and read the news, the company’s owner began to look for help among his friends. At the same time, two of his friends, an experienced diplomat and former Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization, advised him to contact Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova. Ms. Markarova responded with lightning speed – she immediately requested all the information and began to act.
At the same time, many people supported UKRNET. Someone tagged those who could help. Someone called the registrar’s support service and expressed wishes for a speedy recovery. The incident was reported to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The National Security and Defense Council, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the .UA domain administrator, Hostmaster, the Internet Association of Ukraine, Internet providers, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian media actively attracted the attention of people, governmental, industry, and public organizations in Ukraine and the United States.
At the beginning of a new working day in the United States, at 16:15 Kyiv time, a representative of the registrar informed that they were looking into the problem. Half an hour later, the blocking was lifted. The Ukrainian Embassy in the United States did not stop there: Oksana Markarova said that they are waiting for a second response from the company to analyze the reasons for blocking the UKR.NET domain in order to avoid a repeat of this in the future.
The UKRNET team is confident that the result was achieved through joint efforts. We are grateful to everyone who joined, helped, and supported us. Our strength has always been and will be in unity! This inspires us to continue working for millions of Internet users, creating Ukrainian Internet services with great love.
Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Istanbul to meet with Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The airplane with the Ukrainian leader and his accompanying delegation on board landed at Ataturk Airport, Turkish media reported.
As part of the visit of the Ukrainian delegation, Zelensky will meet with President Erdogan. A joint statement of the two leaders is expected to be signed following the talks.
INFLUENCE TALKS FORUM, a forum of top influencers, will be held at Stereo Plaza. To ensure that the conference is of high quality and useful, the project creators decided to postpone the event and take more time for thorough preparation. So, on March 10, everyone will be able to meet with top influencers, hear interesting success stories, and make new acquaintances. The event will be organized by Kristina Golovinova and Karina Tsyganok, who have repeatedly gathered speakers to talk about the digital world.
The organizers of the INFLUENCE TALKS FORUM were the first to popularize Ukrainian bloggers, experts, and the digital sphere in general during the full-scale invasion. They have already organized more than one successful forum that brought together ambitious and motivated professionals.
Influence Talks Forum aims to take the Ukrainian market to a new level. This is the first event of this scale in Ukraine, which will bring together 2000 people to learn from the experience of the top influencers of our country. Today, influencers have more influence and an important mission than ever before, as they motivate the development of the country and popularize the Ukrainian digital sphere by their example.
“We understand that the digital sphere is a large segment that will create jobs for young people, inspire them to stay in Ukraine and try their hand at it. That’s why we are creating a forum so that people can learn from the speakers’ experience and get inspired,” say the organizers of Influence Talks Forum.
The event will also be held to support fundraising for the hospital. The Charitable Foundation for Reconstruction and Development of Ukraine is a regular partner of the event.
The media partners are the Experts Club think tank and the Open4business portal.
