More than 1,200 patients with coronavirus are being treated in the capital’s medical institutions, the vast majority of them are in serious condition, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
“Today in the city’s hospitals there are more than 1,200 patients with coronavirus. These people are in serious condition. The vast majority of them need oxygen support. Almost 100% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated. And this is one of the main arguments why you need to be vaccinated. Therefore, if you do not care about your health, think about your parents, relatives, friends. Their safety is your responsibility too. I really do not want to go back to the period when more than 50 people died from the virus in a day. And now the virus is more aggressive. The disease is more difficult and causes complications,” the mayor said on the air of the Freedom of Speech (Svoboda Slova) program on Ukraina TV Channel.
According to Klitschko, more than 1.7 million vaccinations were made in Kyiv today, more than 880,000 vaccinations with the first dose and more than 890,000 – with two doses. In particular, almost 90% of teachers are vaccinated. Nevertheless, the percentage of people vaccinated remains high.
“We cannot make vaccination compulsory. But if strict restrictions are imposed, if, for example, you want to go to a catering establishment or to some public events, you will not do this without vaccination. Sorry, but this is a concern, first of all, about the most valuable thing – people’s health and lives,” Klitschko said.
The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will launch flights on the Kyiv-Stockholm Skavsta (Sweden) route from December 16, 2021.
The press service of the airline said on Friday that the flights will be operated twice a week: on Thursdays and Sundays.
According to Wizz Air Internal Communications Manager Paulina Gosk, the launch of this flight will strengthen cultural and economic ties between Ukraine and Sweden.
There are currently no direct flights between cities.
Deputy Head of the President’s Office Yulia Svyrydenko notes that all local communities in Ukraine by the end of this year must create regional plans for solid household waste treatment, which was decided at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.
According to the website of the President’s Office, at a meeting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities with the participation of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, Svyrydenko said that negotiations are now underway with representatives of Scandinavian countries, which are leading in the construction of modern waste processing plants. At the same time, according to her, investors should receive market tariffs and transparent cooperation with local authorities.
She noted that 462 million tonnes of waste were generated in Ukraine last year, and 10 million tonnes of solid household waste are accumulated annually. The expert also said that there are 33,000 unauthorized landfills in Ukraine.
Zelensky also noted the importance of the issue of waste treatment, since only 4% of municipal solid waste is sorted in Ukraine at overcrowded landfills and illegal landfills.
FOREIGN INVESTORS, SOLID WASTE, WASTE TREATMENT, WASTE TREATMENT PLANT
The loan portfolio of Ukrainian banks in August 2021 increased by 3%, to UAH 1.124 trillion, while the volume of non-performing loans (NPL) decreased by 0.7%, to UAH 393.178 billion, according to reports on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). According to the report, the share of non-performing loans in the country’s banking system in August fell to 34.99% from 36.3% in July.
The National Bank indicated that over the month the portfolio of loans in the corporate sector increased by 2.6% – to UAH 827.583 billion (the NPL volume in it decreased by 0.2% – to UAH 344.99 billion), and the portfolio of loans to individuals increased by 2.4% – to UAH 238.463 billion (NPL decreased by 3.7% – to UAH 47.738 billion).
At the same time, the volume of interbank loans increased by 3.9% – to UAH 41.1 billion (NPL by 1.3% – to UAH 450 million), and the volume of loans issued to public authorities and local governments – by 1.5 times, to UAH 16.7 billion (NPL remained at 0%).
According to the National Bank, in August the share of NPL in the portfolio of loans provided to the corporate sector decreased by 1.2 percentage points (to 41.69%), loans to the population – by 1.3 percentage points (to 20.02%), interbank loans – by 0.03 percentage points (to 1.10%), while the share of loans to state authorities remained at the level of 0%.
The central bank’s report indicates that the loan portfolio of state-owned banks (excluding PrivatBank) in August-2021 increased by 4.7% – to UAH 303.856 billion (the NPL volume in it decreased by 0.9% – to UAH 111.195 billion). PrivatBank’s loan portfolio grew by 0.9% – to UAH 250.674 million (NPL – by 0.1%, to UAH 176.9 billion).
In addition, over the month, the loan portfolio of banks with foreign capital increased by 3.5% (to UAH 372.39 billion), with private – by 2.2% (to UAH 196.257 billion). At the same time, the volume of NPL in them decreased by 2.5% (to UAH 82.956 billion) and by 1.1% (to UAH 21.592 billion), respectively.
Thus, in August 2021, the share of NPL in the loan portfolio of state-owned banks (excluding PrivatBank) decreased by 2 p.p. (to 36.59%), and in PrivatBank – by 0.6 p.p. (to 70.57%). At the same time, the share of NPL in the loan portfolio of banks with foreign capital decreased by 1.4 percentage points (to 22.28%), with private – by 0.4 percentage points (to 11%).
Mayor of Zaporizhia Volodymyr Buriak announced his intention to resign from the post of mayor for health reasons.
“Today, during a session of the Zaporizhia City Council, I announced my intention to resign from the post of mayor. You know that I was on sick leave and was examined. Considering that I was on the operating table three times, the doctors recommend that I take care of my health, because there are still several examinations to take,” Buriak wrote on his Facebook page.
He also said that he is not going to leave the city, he will not leave politics, and the party of Volodymyr Buriak “Yednannia” (Unity) will continue to participate in the development of the party and the city.
On November 25, 2015 Buriak took the oath of the mayor. On October 25, 2020, he was elected mayor of Zaporizhia for a second term.
A large Ukrainian producer of pet food for cats and dogs Kormotech LLC (Prylbychi village, Yavoriv district, Lviv region) will build in Ukraine another plant for the production of the company’s main products, which will increase its capacity several times and ensure the growth of exports, Rostyslav Vovk, the CEO and co-owner of the company, has told Interfax-Ukraine.
“We plan to build a plant four times more powerful than the one that is now in Ukraine. The expansion will last for three years,” he said on the sidelines of the International Summit of Mayors in Kyiv.
Vovk said that the main goal of the expansion is to increase the supply of products for export. “We do not have enough products for our export markets. We have already taken our place in Ukraine, and now we need to deal with Europe, go out into the world,” the head of the company said.
Speaking at the summit, he said that this week his colleagues defended a project for a new factory in Ukraine with an estimated cost of EUR 93 million.
“So, perhaps, we will need an “investment nanny,” Vovk said, commenting on the possibilities of using this mechanism of state support for investments in Ukraine, recently enshrined in law and planned for practical implementation from the end of this and the beginning of next year.
At the same time, the head of the company told Interfax-Ukraine that it is still incorrect to name a specific figure for the planned investments, since it could change significantly.
At the summit, Vovk also said that the plant will be opened in Lviv region.
Kormotech, founded in 2003 with its head office in Lviv, manufactures products for cats and dogs under its own brands Optimeal, Club 4 Paws (TM Miau! and Gav!) And in the private label direction and exports products to 37 countries.
