Business news from Ukraine

Business news from Ukraine

UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT BACKS PROCEDURE FOR APPROVING ADVISOR TO CONCESSION PROJECTS

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the procedure for selecting advisers to prepare a project for concession.
An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that the government made the decision at a meeting on Friday.
According to the explanatory note to the draft resolution, the adviser will be selected using both the electronic procurement system and the negotiation procedure.
According to the concession law, the involvement of an adviser should be mandatory if the value of the property for the concession exceeds UAH 250 million, and also if the expected value of the newly created concession entity exceeds UAH 250 million.

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AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGE BY REGION FOR JULY 2020, UAH

Average monthly wage by region for July 2020, UAH.

UKRAINIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM LOSES TO GERMANY

The Ukrainian national football team lost with a score of 1:2 in Kyiv to the German team in the group four match of the elite division A of the UEFA Nations League.
In the 20th minute, the score was opened by the guest defender Mathias Ginter. At the start of the second half, Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka doubled Germany’s lead.
In the 77th minute, Ruslan Malynovsky won back one goal from the penalty spot for the team of Andriy Shevchenko. But this goal was the last in the match.
In another match of the group, Spain at home beat Switzerland minimally with a score of 1:0.
After three rounds, Spain leads the group with seven points. Germany scored five points, Ukraine – three, and Switzerland – one.

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UKRAINIAN UNIVERSITIES SWITCHING TO DISTANCE LEARNING

Higher educational institutions throughout Ukraine will be transferred to distance learning due to the aggravation of the situation with the incidence of COVID-19, and the autumn holidays will begin a week earlier in general education schools, but the final decision on this issue will be made by local authorities, head of the parliamentary committee on issues of health of the nation, medical care and health insurance Mykhailo Radutsky said.
“During the last meeting, the President of Ukraine made a number of important decisions to combat the COVID-19 epidemic … We are temporarily transferring universities to distance learning. This decision is fully supported by the leadership of educational institutions. Unfortunately, there are already several outbreaks of infection of employees and students, as well as fatal cases. Last week, the Dean of the Faculty of Geography of the Shevchenko National University of Kyiv died … Autumn holidays in schools should start earlier. The start date of the holidays is determined by the local authorities, but it is optimal if the holidays start next week, before October 15,” wrote Radutsky on Facebook on Sunday.

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UKRAINE RANKS 30TH IN INTEGRATED INDEX FOR POSTAL DEVELOPMENT

Ukraine ranks 30th in the Integrated Index for Postal Development 2020 (2IPD) among 170 countries in terms of the level of postal development.
The rating is published on the website of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), which compiles it.
The top 30 also includes: Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, France, USA, Great Britain, Canada, Singapore, Italy, Belgium, Poland, New Zealand, Ireland, Czech Republic, Australia, China, Russia, Belarus, Slovakia, Portugal, Korea, Sweden, Estonia, Moldova, Thailand, Finland, and Serbia.
The rating was compiled based on criteria for assessing the reliability, reach, relevance, as well as resilience to external and internal shocks of postal companies.
CEO of JSC Ukrposhta Igor Smelyansky said on his Facebook page on Monday, Ukraine entered the top 30 for the first time.

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ALLIANCE ENERGO TRADE ACCEPTS TANKERS FROM GREECE AND ITALY WITH BITUMEN

Alliance Energo Trade LLC (AET, Kyiv) on October 2 and October 8 accepted tankers from Greece and Italy with a cargo of 4,000 tonnes and 3,800 tonnes of bitumen in the port of Mykolaiv, the company has said on Facebook.
By the end of the active construction season, the company expects four more shipments of bitumen from Greece and Italy.
“This is our first experience in the supply of road bitumen by sea. By the end of the active construction season, we expect four more shipments from Greece and Italy. This will provide our partners with high quality bitumen in full,” the company said.
The AET said that in order to receive sea batches of bitumen, investment projects were implemented for the construction of an automobile overpass for loading in the port of Mykolaiv on the territory of the shipyard.
The unloading of the second tanker was attended by about 60 bitumen carriers of the company, which went to road construction sites in Mykolaiv, Kherson, Odesa, Zaporizhia, Cherkasy and Kirovohrad regions.
Alliance Energo Trade was founded in 2012. Its ultimate beneficiary is Roman Adamov. The company operates in the field of international trading, large and small wholesale, delivering from Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, as well as through sea terminals.

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