Ukraine will participate in the 55th Brussels Book Fair (Foire du Livre de Bruxelles), which will take place from March 26 to 29 in Belgium, according to the Ukrainian Book Institute (UBI).
“This will be Ukraine’s second time participating in this event; this year, it will be part of the collective booth of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC). Ukrainian publications will be featured in the booth’s bookstore (Librairie européenne). And on Friday, March 27, there will be a discussion on the various levels of ‘translation’ of the Ukrainian experience—between the military and civilians, the post-totalitarian East and West, the languages of culture and politics—as well as on how to interpret one’s own history for an international audience,” the UIB statement reads.
It is noted that on March 27, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., a public discussion in French titled “Traduire le présent, défier le futur” will take place at the Place à l’Europe venue. Participants in the event include: veteran, writer, and translator Pavlo Matyusha; journalist and writer (Georgia), winner of the 2025 European Union Prize for Literature, Tea Topuria; Marilyn Josephson, international policy advisor to the President of the European Council and diplomat; Mykyta Moskaliuk, program and international project curator at the “Frontiera” Literary Platform (moderator).
Participants at the Brussels Book Fair include: Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski (“The Witcher”), French prose writer and playwright Philippe Besson (“Stop Your Fantasies”), Belgian writers Amélie Nothomb and Caroline Lamarche (finalist for the Goncourt Prize), and many others.
As reported, Ukraine is participating in The London Book Fair, which takes place from March 10 to 12. Twelve publishers and a literary agency are presenting their books at the national stand.
Ukraine will participate in the Leipzig Book Fair, which will take place from March 19 to 22.
In 2025, the Ukrainian national stand at the London Book Fair was represented by 14 Ukrainian publishers and literary agencies, featuring 199 titles of Ukrainian publications.
JSC “Bogodukhiv Meat Processing Plant” will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders on April 9, 2026. For this Kharkiv-based meat producer, this will be the main annual corporate event, at which the results of the previous year’s operations are typically reviewed.
According to Opendatabot, the company was registered in October 1995 in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast.
Its primary activity is the production of meat products; its authorized capital is 574,700 UAH, and its revenue in 2025 reached 134.17 million UAH.
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Thailand’s real estate market in 2026 is showing steady growth, largely due to the return of foreign buyers and the recovery of tourist traffic. After a downturn during the pandemic years, the sector has once again become one of the key drivers of the country’s economy.
The main segment of demand is concentrated in Bangkok, Pattaya, and Phuket. At the same time, it is the resort regions that are of primary interest to foreign investors, who are focused on both renting and purchasing homes for their own use.
According to regulators and developers, apartment prices in Bangkok average between $3,000 and $5,500 per square meter, depending on location and project class. In resort regions, the price range is wider: in Pattaya—from $1,500 to $3,500 per square meter, in Phuket—from $2,500 to $6,000 per square meter, though premium seaside projects can significantly exceed these levels.
Thai legislation restricts foreign participation but makes the market one of the most accessible in Asia: foreigners can own units in condominiums (up to 49% of the project’s total area) but cannot directly own land. This has shaped a market model where condominiums have become the primary product for foreign buyers.
Foreigners play a key role in Thailand’s market. According to the country’s Land Department, foreigners accounted for about 13% of all condominium transactions in 2024–2025, though their share is significantly higher in certain projects and locations.
Chinese citizens remain the largest group of foreign buyers, accounting for up to 40–50% of all transactions involving foreigners. They are followed by buyers from Russia, Myanmar, India, and European countries. In recent years, Russians have consistently ranked among the top three foreign buyers, particularly in Phuket and Pattaya.
Ukrainians are also present in the Thai market, primarily in the resort real estate and rental segments; however, their share is significantly lower and remains niche.
Thus, Thailand remains one of the real estate markets in Asia most dependent on foreign demand, where foreign capital largely determines price dynamics, especially in tourist regions.
According to Fixygen, PJSC “Leocon” has scheduled a general shareholders’ meeting for April 14, 2026. Based on the available excerpt from the notice, the agenda includes decisions related to the supervisory board, including the approval of terms for contracts with its members.
The company was registered in Kyiv in April 1996. According to Opendatabot, PJSC “Leocon” has a registered capital of UAH 25 million and specializes in the production of electrical distribution and control equipment.
The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEDB) has granted Ukraine additional loans: 100 million euros for the HOME program to compensate citizens for housing destroyed by the war, as well as 20 million euros to support microenterprises and small farms in Ukraine.
As reported by the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday, the relevant decision was adopted by the EBRD’s Administrative Council on March 16–17, in a joint meeting with the Governing Board attended by Deputy Minister Olga Zykova.
The HOME program is implemented through a state-run housing certificate mechanism, which allows citizens whose homes were destroyed as a result of Russian aggression to receive compensation for the purchase of new housing. Using the previously provided and fully utilized €200 million, 3,774 housing units were purchased for over 13,000 Ukrainians, who received new housing.
“As of early 2026, over 98,000 applications for compensation for destroyed housing have been submitted, indicating a massive need to restore the housing stock. Additional funding will allow us to support another 3,000 families and extend the program’s implementation until June 30, 2028,” the Ministry of Finance noted.
As for the €20 million, this program will be implemented through the National Development Agency (formerly the Entrepreneurship Development Fund), which will provide financing through partner banks and credit unions. The program’s total funding also includes a €4.6 million EU investment grant under the Ukraine Investment Framework, €0.23 million in technical assistance, and a €3 million EBRD grant to cover currency risks.
The program is aimed at supporting entrepreneurs affected by the war, internally displaced persons, veterans, women entrepreneurs, youth, people with disabilities, and small farms, the Ministry of Finance clarified.
It is expected that at least 50% of the €20 million in funding will be directed toward vulnerable groups, and 30% of the investments will go toward energy-efficient and sustainable projects.
JSC “Novokramatorsk Machine-Building Plant” (NKMZ, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast) ended 2025 with a loss of UAH 127.1 million, whereas in 2024, net profit amounted to UAH 36.3 million.
According to financial indicators published in the NSSMC’s disclosure system in the appendix to the notice of the company’s general meeting of shareholders on April 28, retained earnings as of the beginning of the current year amounted to UAH 1.993 billion (as of the beginning of 2025 – UAH 2.343 billion).
NKMZ’s total assets decreased by 7% over the year to UAH 5.634 billion; in particular, total accounts receivable fell by 9% to UAH 493.9 million.
The company reduced its current liabilities by 21.4% to UAH 536.7 million; there were no long-term liabilities.
The equity of NKMZ as of the beginning of 2026 was UAH 5.097 billion; the authorized capital remained unchanged at UAH 89.3 million.
According to the draft resolutions of the shareholders’ meeting, it is planned to cover the loss incurred in 2025 using retained earnings.
At the same time, it is planned to allocate a portion of retained earnings in the amount of UAH 223,314 thousand for the payment of dividends at a rate of UAH 1,000 per share (with a par value of UAH 400).
As reported, from May to November 2025, the company also paid out UAH 223.3 million in dividends (UAH 1,000 per share), allocating all net profit for 2024 and UAH 186.98 million in previously unused profit toward these payments.
At the meeting, shareholders plan, in particular, to elect a new composition of the supervisory board, reducing it from five to three members, while proposing to re-elect the company’s vice president, Dmytro Skudar, as chairman of the supervisory board for a new term, as well as to include another member of NKMZ President Heorhiy Skudar’s family—V. Skudar—in its composition. It is also proposed to re-elect Irina Varaksina as deputy chair of the supervisory board for a new term.
NKMZ is a city-forming enterprise in Kramatorsk, the largest in Ukraine in the production of rolled, metallurgical, forging and pressing, hydraulic, mining, lifting and transport, hydraulic, and railway equipment.
As reported, NKMZ’s operations were forced to shut down with the start of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, and it began partially resuming operations on October 1, 2023.
NKMZ did not publish its financial and operational results for 2025, but in January–September 2025, its net sales revenue amounted to UAH 1.174 billion (+51% compared to the same period in 2024), and 78.3% of total revenue came from exports. India was the largest importer.
The plant noted that it is located in a frontline area, and a key factor remains its operations “under conditions of Russian military aggression against Ukraine.”
The number of employees as of early 2025 was 5,660.
According to the NSSMC, as of the fourth quarter of 2025, company president Georgiy Skudar owns over 8.97% of the shares in PJSC “NKMZ,” while Galina Savenko and Olena Yakovleva hold stakes of nearly 33.586% and 33.63%, respectively (according to media reports, Skudar’s daughters – IF-U).
According to the YouControl resource, in 2025 NKMZ increased its net revenue by 29.6% compared to 2024 – to 1.485 billion UAH.
