Business news from Ukraine

Business news from Ukraine

“Avtomagistral-Pivden” wins tender for construction of transport interchange for UAH 1.936 bln

Avtomagistral-Pivden LLC has won a tender for the construction of a transport interchange in Mykolaiv region with a bid of UAH 1.936 billion.

According to the announcement on Prozorro, the customer was the Service for Infrastructure Restoration and Development in Mykolaiv region. The expected cost of the works was UAH 2.28 billion.

The Eurotransmost consortium also participated in the tender with a final offer of UAH 1.937 billion.

The works under the tender include the construction of an interchange at different levels across the Southern Bug in Mykolaiv to the public road of national importance M-14 (Odesa-Melitopol-Novoazovsk). The length of the road surface is 8.3 km. The expected completion date is April 30, 2025.

According to Prozorro, the tender was held on February 8, and on March 6, Avtomagistral-Pivden published a notice of intent to conclude a contract based on the results of the tender.

Avtomagistral-Pivden LLC has been on the market since 2004. It designs and builds highways, bridges, interchanges, airfield complexes, and hydraulic structures. The company’s owner is listed in Opendatabot as Oleksandr Boyko. According to the financial results for 2022, the company’s net profit amounted to UAH 241.9 million, and net income was UAH 7.5 billion.

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Extended access to Kyivstar TV and selection of films inspired by women’s achievements

From March 7 to March 10, 2024, Kyivstar TV will provide access to the platform’s content at no extra charge so that Ukrainians can legally watch their favorite movies, TV series, cartoons and shows. The platform has also prepared a selection of films that once again showcase the achievements of women in various fields and raise acute social issues.

Free access to the film and TV platform* will be available to all users, regardless of whether they are new to Kyivstar TV or already active users. It also does not matter what mobile operator or Internet provider the viewer uses. To get access to Kyivstar TV, new users simply need to log in to the platform with their phone number.

Today, the platform offers more than 20,000 movies, series, cartoons and shows and 400 TV channels. Kyivstar TV also has many important Ukrainian films in its VOD library, including those nominated for international film awards. The platform also offers movies from such well-known film companies as Warner Bros., Disney, and Paramount. And in 2024, the video library will be replenished with films and TV series from new world-famous studios.

Films on Kyivstar TV about inspiring women

“Barbie is still in the top of the most popular films of 2023. The director Greta Gerwig combines the issues of sexualization, feminism, patriarchy, trends, depression, imitation of perfection and debunking myths about it, about finding yourself in this world!

“Hidden Figures is an incredible, hitherto untold story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, brilliant African-American women who worked at NASA and made scientific calculations for one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. It was a remarkable achievement that revived American national pride, changed the balance of power in the Space Race, and excited the world.

“Coco to Chanel is a film biography about the legendary personality – designer Coco Chanel. The plot focuses on the time when she was not yet a famous trendsetter who dressed a woman in a man’s suit and a little black dress and was called Gabrielle Chanel.

More movies on Kyivstar TV Telegram channel

* The offer does not apply to the content of the “Purchase” category. We remind you that pay-per-view content is a requirement of copyright holders, so you can find paid content on all OTT services.

Kyivstar TV is a joint project of 1+1 media and Kyivstar, founded on December 11, 2019. It is a film and television platform that provides users with access to hundreds of thousands of hours of domestic and foreign content, live programs, and regularly offers exclusive pre-premiere screenings of projects. The platform has more than 400 TV channels and a VOD library of 20 thousand movies, TV series, cartoons and shows.

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External financing of the state budget as of June 14, 2023, USD bln

External financing of the state budget as of June 14, 2023, USD bln

Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news

Hryvnia deposits increased by 2.3% in February – National Bank

The 2.9% decline in hryvnia deposits in January after a 4.6% increase in December was seasonal and not related to the discussion of the draft law on mobilization, as evidenced by the 2.3% increase in hryvnia deposits in February, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Andriy Pyshny said.

“From year to year, customer account receipts increase at the end of the year and decrease at the beginning. This is a logical trend that was also present in peacetime. Businesses and the government try to complete all payments, including salaries, by the end of the year, and at the beginning of the next year, people spend or invest these funds,” Pyshnyi explained the seasonality effect.

According to him, the National Bank did not see any noticeable impact on the dynamics of deposits from the draft law on mobilization and “fake news” about the alleged introduction of taxation on all card transactions, which was refuted by the Ministry of Finance.

“Moreover, in the first weeks of its (the draft law on mobilization) discussion, the balances continued to increase. In addition, the relevant parliamentary committee has clearly stated that it will not support the provision on blocking accounts. This is possible, as it is now, only in court,” he emphasized.

Pyshnyi also clarified that the central bank did not make “any breakthrough innovations” regarding the disclosure of banking secrecy in February.

“We only clarified the terminology in accordance with the changes in the legislation on access to information, which the authorized state bodies had had before these changes in accordance with the established procedure. The NBU will continue to support initiatives aimed at combating the shadow sector, while strictly upholding the protection of the confidentiality of banking operations in accordance with international standards. we have only clarified the terminology,” the NBU governor said.

The NBU on its Facebook page followed the governor and reminded that in 2023, the amount of hryvnia funds held by households in banks increased by UAH 121 billion, or 20.5%, and reached a historic high of UAH 711 billion, and as of early March, households kept about UAH 707 billion in hryvnia accounts in banks.

“These indicators demonstrate confidence in banks and the national currency, and the share of time deposits of individuals in hryvnia increased by 4.2 percentage points over the year. Despite the widespread war, the level of dollarization of household deposits decreased by more than 2 percentage points to about 34%,” the regulator said.

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Zelenskyy approves candidacy of Valeriy Zaluzhnyy for post of Ukraine’s ambassador to UK

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has approved the candidacy of Valeriy Zaluzhnyi for the post of Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reports.

“On Thursday, March 7, 2024, the President of Ukraine approved the candidacy of Valeriy Zaluzhny for the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,” the Foreign Ministry said on its official website.

Reportedly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has sent the British side a request for the appointment.

As reported, on February 8, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed decrees dismissing Valeriy Zaluzhnyy from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and appointing Oleksandr Syrskyy to this position.

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44% of Ukrainian children have signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are present in 44% of Ukrainian children.

Such data of the study of children’s well-being in Ukraine “Index of the Future” conducted by the Kyiv School of Economics on the initiative of the Olena Zelenska Foundation and with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine are quoted by the Health Ministry on its website.

In addition, according to the study, the share of children vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis has decreased by 16% since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the share of children vaccinated against polio has decreased by 22%.

According to the study, the current vaccination rate against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis in Ukraine in 2023 is 37% lower than in EU countries.

In addition, according to the study, 13% of children aged 14-17 systematically (at least once a week) drink alcohol and 16% smoke cigarettes. Moreover, boys resort to such risky behavior more often than girls. In addition, 56% of children have consumed alcohol at least once, 53% have tried smoking, and 3% have used drugs.

According to the survey, 71% of respondents consider themselves happy. At the same time, this assessment was more often given by children from the East of Ukraine and Kyiv most often said.

At the same time, 44% of children in Ukraine have signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The study was based on data from five sources: government and open sources, quantitative studies of children, interviews with experts and graduates and alumni of institutional care.

The study included a representative online survey with 1,313 respondents aged 0-17 across Ukraine, excluding temporarily occupied territories.
Earlier, the Kiev-based think tank Experts Club announced the launch of a project on psychological recovery of people with the help of art therapy. Read more about the project here – https://open4business.com.ua/ru/stolichnyj-uchebnyj-czentr-experts-club-vmeste-s-art-gallery-universe-otkryl-programmu-art-terapii-dlya-postradavshih-ot-ptsr/