The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the European Union, has extended the application period for aggregators in the vegetable and berry farming sector to receive grant support, according to the FAO office in Ukraine.
“The program is designed for businesses that help small farmers integrate into supply chains. This involves investments in infrastructure and equipment that enable better storage, processing, and delivery of products, as well as entry into new markets,” the organization noted in a Facebook post.
Grants range from $26,000 (1.12 million UAH) to $150,000 (6.46 million UAH). Eligible enterprises are those developing an aggregation model centered on small producers in the Volyn, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernivtsi regions.
Applications are being accepted by the State Agrarian Registry (DAR) until April 17, 2026.
As reported, the initiative is part of a broader FAO and EU strategy to develop value chains in the Ukrainian agricultural sector to support small and medium-sized farms during the war.
According to Fixygen, JSC “Lviv Elegant” intends to hold its annual general meeting of shareholders on April 30, 2026. The meeting is scheduled to be held remotely via a poll, and the list of shareholders eligible to participate will be compiled as of April 27. Registration for participation will begin on April 15 and end on April 30.
According to the published notice, the agenda includes two items: consideration of the supervisory board’s report for 2025 and approval of the company’s financial and operational results for 2025, including the distribution of profits or the determination of how to cover losses. The draft resolutions propose to approve the company’s annual report for 2025 and to leave the net profit of UAH 567,476 thousand undistributed, without the accrual or payment of dividends.
JSC “Lviv Elegant” was registered on November 28, 1994, in Lviv, with a statutory capital of UAH 747,570. According to public registries, the company’s director is Volodymyr Panchyshyn, and its primary activity is the leasing and operation of owned or leased real estate. The company’s revenue in 2025 amounted to UAH 12.48 million, net profit—UAH 568,000, and assets at year-end—UAH 18.333 million. According to the company’s annual report for 2024, the largest shareholders at the end of that year were PJSC “Asset Management Company ‘Karpaty-Invest’” with a 60.03% stake and L.S. Petruk with a 19.29% stake.
Fines totaling 2.76 billion UAH were imposed for the absence of people with disabilities in the workforce
A total of 8,700 companies were fined for this violation
Employers who failed to hire people with disabilities last year received an average fine of 317,000 UAH, according to the Social Protection Fund for Persons with Disabilities. More than 8,600 companies received such fines totaling over 2.76 billion hryvnias. Currently, there are 88,705 companies in Ukraine with at least 8 employees that are subject to the mandatory quota for creating jobs for people with disabilities.
Employers who failed to hire people with disabilities last year must pay an average fine of 317,000 hryvnias. Over the course of the year, the average fine increased by 20%.
Thus, 8,697 employers who failed to meet the quota were assessed penalties totaling 2.76 billion hryvnias. This represents about 10% of all employers who were required to hire people with disabilities by the end of 2025. For comparison, in 2023 this figure stood at 17.5%, and prior to the start of the full-scale war—only 2.5%.
In total, 88,705 companies with 8 or more employees were subject to the mandatory quota for creating jobs for people with disabilities last year. This is 2% less than in 2024.
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/sanctions-unemployed-disabledpeople
According to Fixygen, PJSC “Elektroizmiruvach” will hold its annual shareholders’ meeting on April 24, 2026, via remote participation. Key agenda items include the approval of operating results, annual financial statements, profit distribution, and decisions regarding management bodies.
“Elektroizmiruvach” is one of Zhytomyr’s well-known instrument-making enterprises. The plant specializes in the production of measuring instruments, testing, and navigation equipment, and its industrial history dates back to 1957. The company is among the oldest Ukrainian manufacturing assets that have retained their specialization in instrument manufacturing.
The agricultural holding company Continental Farmers Group (CFG) has allocated $23.9 million to upgrade and modernize its fleet of machinery, the company’s press service reported.
“Continental is consistently implementing its investment plans, maintaining a focus on the systematic renewal, standardization, and modernization of its fleet. This approach enhances operational efficiency, cost predictability, and the technological resilience of the business,” emphasized Georg von Nolken, CEO of the agricultural holding.
According to the report, the agricultural holding’s fleet was expanded with 17 tractors of various power ratings, nine self-propelled sprayers, seven seeders, four cultivators, as well as trailer and warehouse equipment. In addition, the company purchased two grain harvesters and one potato harvester.
“Continental” has also expanded its logistics division and purchased 14 new tractor-trailers with semi-trailer dump trucks and five cargo trucks. The agricultural holding explained that this is another step toward creating a closed-loop logistics cycle “from field to elevator,” which will reduce dependence on external carriers.
All new equipment is integrated into the precision farming system. The units support automatic section control, operation based on task maps, and remote monitoring, which allows for the optimization of seed, fertilizer, and fuel costs.
Continental clarified that the purchased machines are already being used in the 2026 spring planting campaign.
The Mriya agricultural holding and CFG, united under the name “Continental Farmers Group,” have been operating as a single business since November 2018, when Mriya signed an agreement with the international investor Salic UK regarding the sale of assets.
Salic was founded in 2012. Its sole shareholder is the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, which invests in agricultural and livestock production.
According to the Interfax-Ukraine Culture project, the National Museum “Kyiv Art Gallery” opened the exhibition “Andriy Chebykin. MASTER AND WORKSHOP,” dedicated to the 80th birthday of Ukrainian graphic artist, educator, and academician Andriy Chebykin, the museum’s press service reports.
“The exhibition, organized to mark the master’s 80th birthday, does not sum up his career or erect a monument. Before us is the living creativity of an artist who continues to feel the thrill every time he picks up a brush or pencil,” the organizers note.
The exhibition is structured not as a retrospective but as a space for a living creative process—it combines Chebykin’s own works with those of his students, demonstrating the formation of the modern Ukrainian graphic arts school.
The exhibition is centered on two key themes of the artist: Woman and Nature. Through landscapes and the nude genre, the artist explores femininity, the fragility of existence, and states between calm and storm, virtue and desire.
Viewers are presented with the evolution of Chebykin’s work—from the classic etchings of the 1970s–1980s to the Crimean watercolors and refined nudes of the 1990s–2000s. Among the landmark works is “Premonitions” (2015–2020), which reflects on historical turning points and the power of love.
A separate section of the exhibition features the artist’s latest works, created amid the conditions of full-scale war. In particular, the drawing “The Enemy Was Shot Down Over Tatarka” (2022), a reaction to the shelling of Kyiv; the canvas “A Great Nation Is Being Born” (2023); and the new work “Purification” (2026), in which the artist shares a premonition of peace.
The exhibition also features the artist’s Carpathian impressions and reflections on the events of the current war.
A separate section of the project consists of works by graduates of Chebykin’s Free Graphics Workshop. As the organizers note, over 300 students have passed through his school during his 55 years of teaching at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, and the exhibition illustrates the educator’s guiding principle—the development of creative individuality.
The exhibition opening will take place on April 14 at 4:00 p.m. and will run until May 17, 2026.
The project was implemented under the direction of Yuriy Vakulenko, with Oksana Pidsukha serving as curator.
As reported, from April 6 to 10, the capital is hosting concerts, exhibitions, theater productions, and Easter events that make up the city’s cultural calendar.
https://interfax.com.ua/news/culture/1157403.html
