In Ukraine on Sunday, January 14, light snow, in the afternoon in the southern regions with rain, only in Odessa region without precipitation, reported Ukrhydrometcenter.
There is ice on the country’s roads.
Wind south, south-west, 7-12 m/s, in western regions in some places gusts of 15-20 m/s, in the Carpathians 20-25 m/s, blizzards in some places.
The temperature at night 7-12°, in the eastern, Sumy and Chernigov regions 13-18° of frost, in the daytime 0-5° of frost, in the Carpathians 4-9° of frost; in the western regions and southern part of the country at night 2-7° of frost, in the afternoon from 1° of frost to 4° of heat.
In Kiev on Sunday, light snow. The roads are icy. The wind is southwesterly, 7-12 m/s. The temperature at night is 7-9°, during the day 0-2° of frost.
According to the Central Geophysical Observatory named after Boris Sreznevsky. Borys Sreznevsky in Kiev on January 14, the highest daytime temperature was 9.5 in 2015, the lowest nighttime temperature was -24.3 in 1896.
On Monday, January 15, at night in the eastern regions and the Carpathians moderate, in the rest of the territory in some places light snow; in the afternoon without precipitation, in some places in the western and northern regions light snow.
Temperatures at night 2-7° frost, in central and southern regions and in the Carpathians up to 10° frost, during the day from 4° frost to 1° warm, in the south of the country 1-6° warm; in Crimea at night about 0°, during the day 3-8° warm.
The roads are icy.
The wind is south-western with a transition to north-western, 7-12 m/s, in some places gusts of 15-20 m/s.
In Kiev on Monday there will be light snow in some places. The roads are icy. The wind is south-western with a transition to north-western, 7-12 m/s, gusts of 15-20 m/s. The temperature at night and in the daytime is 4-6° of frost.
National Energy Company Ukrenergo on 11 January announced a tender for the purchase of insurance services for equipment during its transportation.
According to the message in the system of electronic public procurement Prozorro, the expected cost is 430 thousand UAH.
Documents are accepted until January 20.
The head of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Lai Tsing-jeou, has won the presidential election in Taiwan, Western media report.
He received 40.2% of the vote, significantly outpacing his opponents. It is reported that almost all ballots have been counted. However, the Central Election Commission has not yet announced the voter turnout.
The media reminds us that the DPP will remain in power in Taiwan for the third consecutive term: Tsai Ing-wen has held the presidency for two four-year terms since 2016.
Hou Yui of the Kuomintang Party, who won 33% of the vote, has already congratulated Lai Tsing-jeou on his victory. Ke Wen-jeou, the founder and leader of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), who managed to win 26.33% of the vote, also conceded defeat.
Later, Lai Tsingde thanked everyone who voted for him, as well as Hou Yui and Ke Wen-jeou, who agreed with the election results.
“We are telling the international community that when it comes to choosing between democracy and authoritarianism, we choose the side of democracy,” he said.
“The party of current Vice President Lai, which defends Taiwan’s identity and rejects China’s territorial claims, is running for a third term, an unprecedented development in Taiwan’s current electoral system,” Reuters notes.
The European Union welcomed the elections held in Taiwan on January 13, citing a common commitment to democracy.
“Our respective systems of governance are based on a common commitment to democracy, the rule of law and human rights. The European Union emphasizes that peace and stability in the Taiwan
Strait area is key to regional and global security and prosperity,” a statement by a spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) said in a statement released on Saturday in Brussels.
At the same time, the EEAS spokesperson noted that the European Union remains concerned about the growing tensions in the Taiwan Strait and opposes any unilateral attempts to change the status quo.”
Earlier, the Experts club information and analytical center released a video about the most important elections in the world in 2024, which predicted the victory of an anti-Chinese candidate for the presidency of Taiwan. More information about the 2024 global elections can be found in the video here: https://youtu.be/73DB0GbJy4M?si=O98WbmetBtle9DnH
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The European Commission (EC) is allocating EUR126 million to Romania in 2024 under the “solidarity corridors” program to invest in the development of ports facing an increase in Ukrainian exports, according to its website.
“The funds will allow Romania to reduce bottlenecks created by the sudden increase in the number of goods arriving at ports along the Danube and Black Sea coasts. The funding will help port operators to handle and store goods, thus reducing the blockade caused by Russia’s war against Ukraine. “This will contribute to the EU’s ‘solidarity corridors’ action plan without disrupting excessive competition in the single market,” said Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission’s vice-president for competition policy.
According to the report, all logistics companies that operate in Romanian ports located on the EU eastern border (Constanta, Galati, Giurgiu), on the Danube-Black Sea canal (Poarta Alba, Midia and Navodari) and the Sulina Canal, in the “satellite ports” of Constanta (Midia and Mangalia) will be able to receive grants of up to EUR10 million.
Operators will receive the assistance needed to cover the additional costs of equipment and storage facilities to handle cargo deviating from their normal trade routes.
The funding has been made available at the request of Romania, which has notified the European Commission of its plans to support companies in Romanian ports to invest in additional handling or storage capacity to process goods from Ukraine. The EUR126m scheme will run until December 31, 2024.
As reported, thanks to increased shipments from Ukraine, the Black Sea Romanian port of Constanta recorded the highest grain exports in 2023 – 36 million tons, up 50% from a year earlier. Ukrainian grain accounted for about 40% of the total, or 14 million tons, up from 13 million at the end of November and from 8.6 million for the whole of 2022.
Romania is making efforts to increase its transit capacity to bring Ukrainian grain handling to 4 million tons per month, for which it is upgrading rail and road infrastructure in and around the port. Ukraine and Romania agreed to launch an additional anchorage for Ukrainian agricultural products in the port of Constanta.
increase in Ukrainian exports, solidarity corridors, The European Commission
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a special address at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland) on January 16, the forum’s press service reports.
According to the organizers, the President of Ukraine will personally attend and speak as part of a discussion panel titled “Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fragmented World.”
Zelenskyy will be joined by economist and founder of the World Economic Forum in Davos Klaus Martin Schwaab and Forum Director Brende Berge.
The World Economic Forum in Davos will be held from January 15 to 19.
In 2023, Energoatom paid more than UAH 21 billion in tax and other payments to the state budget.
“This is UAH 1 billion more than the company paid to the state budget in 2021, when it operated all 15 nuclear power units,” NNEGC said on Telegram.
The head of Energoatom, Petra Kotina, noted that in terms of taxes and other payments to the state budget in 2023, the company managed to fulfill its obligations, operating only nine power units in the territory controlled by Ukraine without the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP with its six thousandth power units.
As reported, in the first half of 2023, Energoatom received UAH 68 billion in revenue and paid almost UAH 11 billion in taxes to the state budget of Ukraine.
