National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 05/09/19
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Aleksander Ceferin has come to Kyiv on a two-day visit, the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) reports. “Today, on September 4, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has arrived in Kyiv on a two-day visit. The president of the UAF, member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko met the distinguished guest, whom he personally invited to visit Ukraine,” the UAF press service reported.
It is noted that the visit of the UEFA President is very eventful and important for Ukrainian football.
Ceferin visits Ukraine for the third time in the status of UEFA President. The last time he stayed in Kyiv was during the UEFA Men’s and Women’s Champions League finals in May 2018.
Ukraine officially opened a new sugar production season on September 1 with the production of sugar beet at Radekhivsky Tsukor LLC, the National Association of Sugar Producers Ukrtsukor has said. According to its website, this year the most part of sugar plants of Ukraine postponed a start of new season of beet refining for later terms.
“The reason is unfavorable weather conditions, because in most regions of Ukraine, soil crust has formed due to hot and dry weather, which complicates the technological process of harvesting. In other parts of the country, due to heavy rains, the sugar content of root crops decreased, so the farmers stopped field works, expecting higher quality indicators of the crops. These very factors influence the reduction of sugar beet digging,” the association quotes its deputy board chairman Ruslan Yanenko as saying.
Besides, Ukrtsukor expects better situation on the fields, and the most number of plants will start operating in the end of September. In total, 32 sugar plants will work in new season.
As reported, the production of sugar in the 2018/2019 marketing year decreased by 15%, to 1.82 million tonnes. Some 42 sugar refineries operated during that season.
According to estimates of Ukrtsukor, the number of operating sugar plants in 2019/2020 will drop from 42 to 32, when sugar production is predicted on the level of 1.1-1.2 million tonnes.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at a closed meeting has decided to dismiss Ulana Suprun from the post of acting Minister of Health of Ukraine, MP from the European Solidarity faction Oleksiy Honcharenko has said.
“The decision was made unanimously. The decision on Suprun is final,” he said on Facebook.
He noted that this decision was made in a package of personnel issues (dismissal) along with the issue of dismissal of Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko from the post of head of Kyiv City State Administration.
As reported, Ulana Suprun was appointed acting Minister of Health on July 27, 2016.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has agreed on the dismissal of Head of Kyiv City State Administration Vitali Klitschko.
“We turned to the President’s Office regarding the dismissal of Klitschko,” Honcharuk said at a government meeting on Wednesday.
The Ukrainian delegation, led by Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Orzhel, is ready for trilateral negotiations on the transit of Russian gas in the Ukraine-EU-Russia format in September, the press service of the relevant ministry said, citing the words of the head of the department.
“The Ukrainian delegation, which I will head, is ready to take part in trilateral gas talks this month,” the press service quoted Orzhel as saying.
