In January-October 2025, Express Insurance (Kyiv) collected insurance premiums totaling UAH 997 million, which is UAH 238 million, or 31.3%, more than in the same period of 2024, according to the insurer’s website. Premiums under CASCO contracts for this period amounted to UAH 660.3 million, which is UAH 66.4 million, or 11.2%, more than in January-October 2024, under OSAGO – UAH 315.9 million (+118%), and for other types of insurance, UAH 20.9 million (+3.1%).
The company reports that in January-October 2025, the total amount of insurance claims for insured events amounted to UAH 420.5 million, including payments to customers under CASCO – UAH 329.3 million, and to victims under MTPL – UAH 84.2 million.
As reported, as of October 1, 2025, the assets of Express Insurance amounted to more than UAH 1 billion, which is UAH 209.3 million more than a year ago, and their share in cash amounted to 87%, which ensures the company’s operational ability to pay compensation for insured events.
Express Insurance was founded in 2008 and is part of the UkrAVTO group of companies. It specializes in auto insurance.
Latvian pharmaceutical distributor SIA Emteko Holding has received permission from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) to acquire control over the Ukrainian representative office of pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter, LLC Gedeon Richter UA.
According to the antimonopoly agency, based on its decision made on Thursday, Emteko has received permission to acquire a stake in the authorized capital of Gedeon Richter UA LLC, providing it with more than 50% of the votes in the company’s highest management body.
Emteko represents the interests of European pharmaceutical manufacturers and supplies and distributes their products.
Gedeon Richter UA is the Ukrainian representative office of Gedeon Richter, which belongs to a pharmaceutical holding company, a member of which, according to the YuoControl system, is registered under Russian law.
Gedeon Richter Plc has provided Ukraine with humanitarian aid worth more than €1 million, including medicines.
French President Emmanuel Macron will receive Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on December 1, according to BFMTV.
“Just two weeks after his last visit to Paris, Volodymyr Zelensky will be received by Emmanuel Macron in the French capital this Monday, December 1, 2025,” BFMTV was told at the Élysée Palace on Saturday, November 29.
The two leaders are expected to discuss, in particular, “the conditions for a just and lasting peace, in accordance with the Geneva talks” and the American “peace plan,” the French presidency said.
The annual Charity Fair 2025, traditionally organized by the Association of Ukrainian Diplomats’ Spouses with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, took place in Kyiv on Saturday.
According to a correspondent from Interfax-Ukraine, this year’s event was attended by representatives of diplomatic missions from 29 countries, who presented their national traditions and culture. Ukrainian artists, traditional craftsmen, craft producers, designers, and public organizations also joined the joint charity initiative.
The event was personally attended by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga and his wife Tetyana Sibiga, who is a co-founder of the Association of Spouses of Ukrainian Diplomats.
As noted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all funds raised will be used for charitable purposes, in particular: the purchase of chemical warmers for military personnel as part of the “Warm the Defender” project; support for internally displaced children; assistance to children and people with disabilities; support for the elderly; assistance to animal shelters; other joint projects of the Association of Spouses of Ukrainian Diplomats, the Club of Spouses of Ambassadors in Kyiv, and the IWCK.
Guests had the opportunity to purchase holiday gifts or create them together with their children at themed master classes.
Each ticket purchase counts as a charitable contribution to the total Charity Fair 2025 collection.
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The Cabinet of Ministers is transferring State Enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” to the status of a joint-stock company, but 100% of the shares will remain in state ownership, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced.
“Today, at a government meeting, a number of decisions were made that are important for the stability and development of the forestry industry. State Enterprise ”Forests of Ukraine” is transitioning to the status of a joint-stock company. We are doing this to ensure a more effective corporate governance model with transparent reporting and to increase the competitiveness of the enterprise,” Svyrydenko wrote on Telegram following the results of Friday’s government meeting.
According to her, the transformation of the enterprise into a joint-stock company does not imply privatization—100% of the shares remain in state ownership.
Subsequently, the prime minister’s message was edited, and information about this decision was removed.
Metinvest Shipping, the logistics division of Metinvest Group, earned a net profit of UAH 114.146 million in January-September this year, compared with a net loss of UAH 16.227 million in the same period last year.
According to the company’s interim report, which is available to Interfax-Ukraine, its profit in the third quarter of 2025 amounted to UAH 81.299 million. Revenue for this period decreased by 13% to UAH 1 billion 752.366 million. Undistributed profit at the end of September amounted to UAH 1 billion 367.237 million.
The company ended 2024 with a loss of UAH 67.393 million, compared to UAH 729.472 million in 2023.
Metinvest Shipping LLC has been part of the Metinvest Group since 2006. The company has branches in Mariupol (operations temporarily suspended) and Odesa. The company’s activities cover the entire range of freight transport services: organization of road and rail transport, customs clearance, forwarding, ship agency, and chartering of the maritime fleet.
Since 2019, the company has been inspecting metal products of Metinvest Group enterprises. Between 2010 and 2024, Metinvest Shipping handled over 364 million tons of cargo, provided agency services for over 9,000 vessels, and transported approximately 896 million tons of cargo by rail. The company owns more than 2,300 units of rolling stock, including 11 diesel locomotives.
As of December 31, 2024, the average number of employees in the company was 220.
Metinvest Holding LLC owns a 100% stake in Metinvest Shipping LLC ”
The LLC’s authorized capital is UAH 25.012 million.
Metinvest is a vertically integrated group of mining and metallurgical enterprises. Its enterprises are located in Ukraine, in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as in European countries.
The main shareholders of the holding company are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of the Metinvest Group.
