National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 25/01/21
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of January 25
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
Average monthly wage by region in Nov 2020, UAH.
The State Agency for Infrastructure Projects (Ukrinfraproekt) and the Norwegian company Q-Free ASA have discussed the prospects for cooperation in 2021 regarding the installation of Weigh-in-Motion (WiM) complexes.
“Today we’ve met with representatives of the Norwegian company Q-Free ASA, who are interested in the development of a project for Weigh-in-Motion complexes in Ukraine. We discussed the prospects for cooperation in 2021 on the establishment of such complexes,” Head of Ukrinfraproekt Kyrylo Khomiakov said on Facebook.
At the same time, he noted that in 2020 Ukrinfraproekt installed 20 WiM complexes, in 2021 it is planned to install 28 such complexes.
Q-Free ASA (Trondheim) is a Norwegian company founded in 1984. It has offices in 16 countries of the world, the number of employees is about 380. Since 2002, it has been listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker QFR.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland discussed the expansion of the free trade agreement (FTA) and the liberalization of the visa regime.
“An important basis for the development of economic cooperation between Ukraine and Canada is the Free Trade Agreement, and currently, both parties face the ambitious task of expanding their impact on investment and services,” the government’s press service said.
Shmyhal stressed the importance of supporting free trade area in the context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
“We believe that Canada’s policy of open international trade and export support, which is also pursued by Canada, is one of the measures to effectively counter the spread of the pandemic. I am convinced that these are the first steps on the path of work on the updated Free Trade Agreement,” the head of government said.
He expressed confidence that despite the difficult situation amid the fight against the pandemic, Ukraine and Canada will continue to actively develop bilateral cooperation.
“Trade and economic cooperation remain a priority of our cooperation. Each new challenge opens up new prospects for development, so we must consolidate our efforts to overcome the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic as soon as possible and continue to increase bilateral trade,” the prime minister said.
In turn, Freeland said that Canada is interested in expanding the Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine and is ready to work in this direction.
According to Shmyhal, Ukraine is completing the formation of its delegation for the relevant talks. The parties agreed that it is necessary to organize the work of an intergovernmental working group in the near future, which will draft a document.
In addition, the prime minister noted Ukraine’s high interest in visa liberalization and the readiness to host a group of Canadian experts in Ukraine to monitor the state of Ukraine’s compliance with Canada’s criteria.
Shmyhal told the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada about the “Crimean Platform” and invited Canada to join its activities.
In addition, the prime minister invited Freeland to Ukraine to celebrate the 30th anniversary of independence.
The introduction of immune passports in Ukraine is not excluded, but it is necessary to calculate why and how it will be carried out, because not all Ukrainians will be able to be vaccinated, said Ukrainian Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov.
“Regarding immune passports, this is a very serious and very delicate discussion. There are international vaccination certificates in the world. They were used, for example, for vaccinations against yellow fever. I do not exclude that something like this could happen. We must not forget that we have a category of citizens who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons. This is at least allergic reactions from any vaccine. This can have serious consequences for humans,” he said in the air of the Ukraine 24 TV channel.
He also noted that an immune passport will not eliminate all problems.
“Probably, there may be some restrictions. This is a kind of fantasy, when you come to some country and you neither go through self-isolation regime, nor take a test, and if you don’t have immune passport, then you should pass a test. Here exists a discriminatory issue,” added Stepanov.
An immune passport is a document confirming that a person is not contagious with a coronavirus due to the immunity he has received. The introduction of such a document is being discussed in some countries.
