The UK will allocate an additional GBP 1 billion in support for Ukraine, which will go towards investment, trade and security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
“Great news from London: UK will allocate an additional GBP 1 billion in support for Ukraine. That means new investments, trade, security. As a result of my negotiations with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson last year, the total volume of British support increases to GBP 3.5 billion,”- Zelenskiy said on Twitter on Wednesday.
In the unique place – the live medieval city of Ancient Kyiv in the Principality of Kyivan Rus, situated in the Kyiv region, an incredibly bright and colorful «Winter fairy tale» New Year program for children and adults will take place from December, 18 till January, 19. Theatrical performances, the New Year`s residence, horse shows and riding on a horseback and in carriages, tasty hot dishes in the tavern, flights on the rope descent, fortune-telling from the soothsayer-healer, interesting souvenirs, coin minting and the possibility of an unforgettable weekend with accommodation will be waiting for the guests.
From December, 18 till January, 9 on weekends and festive days there will work the New Year`s Residence, where every small and adult visitor will have the possibility to write a letter to the gray-bearded magician and leave it in the magic wish box.
During the «Winter fairy tale» on weekends and festive days the guests will see the festive performance with plunging into ancient traditions, rites and fairy tales. Only in Kyivan Rus it will be possible to see the unique author`s performance – the theatrical horse interactive of the fight between the overseas and the Slavic characters. The theatrical «gate storming», spells, different games and amusements will be waiting for the guests. Every willing one will get a chance to join the master-class on carol singing and also see the performance based on the story of N. Gogol – «Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka». And also – both children and adults will be invited to take part in fiery battles, round dances and flash mobs.
Ob Christmas, December, 25 and from January, 7 the fairy tale inhabitants of Ancient Kyiv will play the real nativity scene: Virgin Mary with the holy baby, shepherds, magi, and, of course – the struggle of good and evil and the victory of good in the finale.
A grandiose celebration of the New Year`s night will be waiting for the guests on December, 31 from 21:00! Ancient Kyiv has prepared a bright festive entertaining program with music and dances, the performances of the horse theatre and various amusements, tasty hot dishes, drinks and tinctures, gifts, treats and fireworks. You have never had such a celebration in your life!
During the whole New Year celebration cycle on weekends and festive days it will be possible to enjoy tasty meals, prepared on open fire, in garden houses and in the warm tavern.
In Ancient Kyiv every visitor will feel himself as the real citizen of the medieval city. Here you can put on historical costumes of Kyivan Rus times, learn to accurately shoot a bow, toss knives and mint coins according to ancient technology. When visiting the soothsayer the visitors will taste herbal teas according to forgotten recipes and will touch the ancient secret knowledge. And in the medieval shop and on the fair of masters – they will choose original handmade souvenirs for memory.
The lovers of extreme will be pleased with the «Zmiy Gorynych» speed slide and the «Politaylo» rope descent with tracks of different difficulties.
Those willing to continue their rest can stay for the night in comfortable rooms (by previous booking).
Ticket price (the price on the New Year`s night differs):
– For adults 200-250 Uah (depending on the date of visiting),
– For pensioners and students 150 Uah,
– For schoolchildren 100 Uah,
– For preschool children – for free.
Address: Kyiv region, Obukhiv district, village Kopachiv. You can get by your own car or by public transport. Check the schedule of route taxis on the «Obukhivtrans» website or on the «Kyivan Rus Park» website in the «Contacts» section.
Phone: +38 050 385 20 35, +38 044 461 99 37
Details on the website: https://parkkyivrus.com/
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/parkkyivrus
The Interfax subscribers can save money with the “openbusiness-20” promo code for a 20%-discount for a full price adult ticket to the Principality of Kyivan Rus:
– by previous order by tel.: +38 044 461-99-37, +38 050 385-20-35
– or at the cash desk at the entrance to the «Kyivan Rus Park».
The growth of the leasing market in Ukraine will exceed 20% over 2021, but there is still great potential for further market expansion due to the still low level of leasing penetration, Anton Diadiura, co-owner of the ESKA Capital leasing company, has said.
“The portfolio of the company [ESKA Capital] doubled this year, income over nine months amounted to about UAH 400 million versus UAH 140 million in the same period last year, net profit also doubled – to UAH 29 million from UAH 14 million in 2020,” Diadiura said during a webinar organized by Freedom Finance Ukraine and dedicated to the issue of ESKA Capital bonds.
The co-owner of ESKA Capital noted the growth of competition in the leasing market, in particular, due to the switching of banks from lending to this instrument.
“In Ukraine, now about 15% of car sales go through a leasing scheme, while in neighboring Slovakia, with 5 million people, from 50% to 80% of such sales go through leasing. As far as I know, IFC estimates the potential leasing market in Ukraine at $30 billion,” Diadiura said.
He added that the company will continue to work with farmers, carriers and builders, possibly expanding the range of leasing products.
ESKA Capital LLC has been providing international leasing services for used cars, trucks and commercial vehicles, as well as agricultural machinery, trailers and semi-trailers, tractors from Europe, Asia and the USA since 2008.
Agricultural holding Continental Farmers Group has put into operation a new warehouse for storing seed potatoes with a capacity of 3,000 tonnes of simultaneous storage in Batiatychi village (Lviv region), the project cost UAH 3.2 million, according to the company’s website.
“We got a yield of seed potatoes higher than the planned indicators – 36.2 tonnes per ha. Over the season, the gross yield of seed varieties exceeded 15,600 tonnes, so we needed additional storage capacity. We plan to further increase the volume of seed potatoes, respectively, there is a need to increase storage capacity,” Continental said, citing Head of Continental Potatoes Cluster Orest Kravchuk.
According to the agricultural holding, growing potatoes is a strategic direction of its activities.
Continental Farmers Group cultivates chips, seed and food varieties of potatoes in Lviv and Ternopil regions. The total area under potatoes amounted to 1,600 hectares in 2020, in the current year – 1,800 hectares, with the total land bank being 195,000 hectares.
Ukraine’s leading pipe enterprises in January-November of this year increased production of pipes from ferrous metals, according to recent data, by 15.7% year-over-year, to 906,200 tonnes, including 87,100 tonnes produced in November. A source in the industry told Interfax-Ukraine, in particular, the enterprises of the Ukrtruboprom association have increased pipe production by 31.4% over this period, to 649,000 tonnes. Including in November, output amounted to 69,700 tonnes.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Ukrtruboprom welcomed a decision of the Ukrainian authorities to raise the export duty on scrap metal from EUR 58 to EUR 180 per tonne.
“Ukrainian pipe manufacturers expected this measure to restrict the export of strategic raw materials six months ago. It was from the end of spring that the export of ferrous scrap became uncontrolled, which caused a shortage of raw materials and even the import of round billets,” Ukrtruboprom Director General Heorhiy Polsky said, who signed the statement.
At the same time, he noted the timeliness of the duty hike: “It is important that the decision necessary for the Ukrainian pipe industry was made at the beginning of the winter season, when the volume of scrap procurement, the main raw material for production of seamless pipe products, is traditionally reduced.”
According to him, the new export duty will help stabilize the situation with scrap in the domestic market: pipe industry enterprises will be provided with raw materials, and people – with jobs and wages. After all, the export of highly processed products brings to the Ukrainian budget 4 times more taxes than the export of unprocessed raw materials abroad, Polsky summed up.
Within the framework of the YouTube project Experts Club, the Macroeconomic Review column has been launched on a monthly basis. In the December issue, the founder of the project, Ph.D. in Economics Maksim Urakin analyzed the main macroeconomic indicators of Ukraine; the video contains diagrams and illustrations dedicated to the current statistics of Ukraine.
Thus, according to the State Statistics Service, the population of Ukraine for incomplete 2021 decreased by more than a quarter of a million people.
In foreign trade, China confidently ranks first among the trading partners of Ukraine, while India was in the first position among the countries in terms of trade surplus.
In addition, up-to-date data were studied, statistics from the state employment center were presented and the ratio of unemployed to vacancies was derived. The industries with the highest unemployment rates as of November 1, 2021, as well as the indicators of the average monthly wage in the regions were analyzed.
Also, the analytical video presents the TOP-20 countries of Ukraine’s trading partners in terms of foreign trade turnover in January-September 2021.
To see a full video on the Experts Club YouTube channel, follow the link:
