The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine intends to agree with the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the mutual abolition of short-term visas for holders of diplomatic, special and service passports.
The relevant draft memorandum of understanding was approved at the Wednesday government meeting.
It is expected that the signing of the memorandum will establish a symmetric travel regime for Ukrainian citizens who use diplomatic and service passports and Saudi Arabians who hold diplomatic and service passports to another state.
In particular, the memorandum stipulates the possibility of visa-free travel up to 90 days within 180 days.
On October 11, the Central House of Officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hosted the anniversary gala concert accompanied by the National Presidential Orchestra ‘We, Ukrainians are children of dreams and freedom’.
The concert was dedicated to three anniversaries: the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Presidential Orchestra. Dozens of Ukrainian MPs, including Anatolii Tolstoukhov, the head of the Council of International European University Development, put lyrics to music at the concert.
Besides, this event was the idea of Mr. Tolstoukhov.
“The Ukrainian Parliament is known not from all sides. MPs of the first convocation included a lot of prominent, talented creators and artists, thus I came up with the idea to bring together their efforts in the form of gala concert,” Anatolii Tolstoukhov stressed.
The festive mood was driven by a comprehensive patriotic concert program prepared by the organizers.
One of the organizers, Albert Saltykov, Honored Artist of Ukraine and the Head of the International Fund for Rehabilitation of Children of Killed and Deceased Officers, talked about the concept and arrangement of the event.
“This concert took plenty of efforts and desires. I’m proud to say that it’s Ukraine’s first event gathering together all national artists who are former MPs.”
Guests were impressed with amazing and emotional performances by Oleksandr Vasylenko, a solo singer of the National Ensemble of soloists ‘Kyivska kamerata’, Honored Artist of Ukraine. Serhii Hurets, Honored Artist of Ukraine. Volodymyr Zasukhin, a singer and composer, Honored Artist of Ukraine. Inesh, a pop singer, Honored Artist of Ukraine. Ksanti, a Ukrainian singer of Greek origin. Iryna Kulyk, a Ukrainian opera singer. Pavlo Mrezhuk, a composer, poet and singer, Honored Artist of Ukraine. Khrystyna Okhytva, Honored Artist of Ukraine, solo singer of the choir ensemble of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Oleksii Pokhvala, Honored Artist of Ukraine. Albert Saltykov, Honored Artist of Ukraine, poet, composer, singer-songwriter. Oleh Shak, Honored Artist of Ukraine, composer, singer, poet and orchestrator.
“These people have now an opportunity to express their attitude to this state by their creativity, poetry and songs. Today, we have shown respect to the Presidential Orchestra appearing alongside with the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Petro Maha, the announcer of the concert, a Ukrainian actor, song-writer, TV journalist, scriptwriter, stage director of public events; art director of Personalities Kyiv Theater, one of the presenters of the Shuster LIVE political show.
However, the greatest surprise of the festive event was the final song by Anatolii Tolstoukhov and the majestic entrance of International European University students with baskets of natural flowers as a gift to: the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Presidential Orchestra.
Participants in the grain market and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine have set the maximum export volumes for wheat in the current 2021/2022 marketing year (MY) at 25.3 million tonnes, compared to 17.5 million tonnes in the previous marketing year. According to the ministry’s website, the corresponding addition to the memorandum of understanding for 2021/2022 was signed on October 19.
The ministry recalled that it is organizing the signing of such memorandums on its platform, starting in 2011, to ensure food security, in order to avoid the use of export restrictions, to ensure a predictable grain export regime and to stabilize the grain market in Ukraine.
“The practice of signing memorandums is successful in terms of compliance by the signatories with the conditions on the possibility of exporting grain volumes,” the department noted.
At the same time, this year the heads of the Ukrainian Millers union, the Ukrainian Bakers’ Association and Ukrkhlibprom withdrew their signatures to the memorandum, considering the export ceiling without dividing wheat into food and fodder as highly inflated.
Shakhtar Donetsk has lost 0:5 to Real Madrid, Spain, in the third match of the group stage of the 2021/22 Champions League.
The score was opened in the 37th minute by Serhiy Kryvtsov, who scored an own goal while trying to interrupt the long-distance pass to Karim Benzema. Vinicius scored a double in the second half (51, 56), Rodrigo scored the fourth goal (65), and Benzema scored the final goal (90 + 1).
In another match of Group D, Italian Inter beat Moldovan Sheriff at home with a score of 3:1.
Thus, after three rounds, Real Madrid and Sheriff are leading the group with six points, Inter with four points is in the third place, and Shakhtar closes the group with one point.
In the fourth round on November 3, Shakhtar will go to Madrid, and Inter to Tiraspol.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has said the government has no plans to introduce a full lockdown across the country.
“We do not plan to introduce a full lockdown across the country and stop the economy. But as the president said: the only alternative to lockdown is precisely mass vaccination,” Shmyhal said at a government meeting on Wednesday.
The prime minister also said that several more regions may soon fall into the “red” zone.
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of October 20
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
