According to Fixygen, Fozzy Group PJSC has scheduled a general meeting of shareholders for June 2, 2026, as indicated in a filing with the SMIDA disclosure system. The meeting will be held remotely.
Fozzy Group PJSC was registered on November 3, 2005, with EDRPOU code 33870713. According to OpenDataBot, the company’s authorized capital is UAH 32 million; Vladimir Kostelman is listed as the director; and its primary activity is the operation of head offices.
Fozzy Group is one of Ukraine’s largest commercial and industrial groups and ranks among the country’s leading retailers. According to OpenDataBot, the group’s network comprises over 700 retail outlets across various regions, and in addition to retail, the group operates in food production, banking services, and the restaurant business.
According to an industry review by RAU, Fozzy Group was founded by Vladimir Kostelman, Oleg Sotnikov, Yuriy Gnatenko, and Roman Chigir. The group includes the “Silpo,” “Fora,” Le Silpo, Thrash!, Favore, and Fozzy C&C chains, as well as other divisions—pharmacies, the restaurant business, agricultural assets, food production, Vostok Bank, and the logistics operator UVK.
For the Ukrainian consumer market, Fozzy Group remains one of the key players. In the context of the war, large-scale food retail fulfills not only a commercial but also an infrastructural function—it supports the supply of goods to the population, logistics, employment, and tax revenues.
17% of residents of the Ukrainian capital surveyed in the “Kyiv Digital” app say they experience constant fatigue, while another 15% note that they often experience anxiety.
The results of the survey on emotional state conducted in the app show that 17% of Kyiv residents feel constant fatigue, 15% often experience anxiety, 13% each have sleep problems, experience irritability or outbursts of anger, and feel on the verge of exhaustion, 11% feel apathetic, 10% feel well considering the situation, and 7% feel lonely.
When asked whom they turn to for support in difficult times, 39% said that they usually go through difficult moments on their own, 41% turn to family and friends, 8% to a psychologist or psychotherapist, 4% to colleagues and neighbors, 3% to specialized online resources, and 2% to a family doctor.
Kyiv residents were also asked what usually helps them support their emotional state. Thus, 23% answered that conversations with friends and family help them, 16% said reading books, watching films and other cultural activities, 15% each said immersion in work and sports and physical activity, 9% said sedative medications, 6% social networks, 5% maintaining a balance between work and rest, 4% psychological self-help skills, 3% volunteering and support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and 2% psychological consultations.
A total of 40.4 thousand users of the “Kyiv Digital” app took part in the surveys.
Spain ranked first among European countries in terms of the number of tourist overnight stays in 2025, confirming its status as one of the world’s leading tourist destinations. According to data from the Experts Club information and analysis centre, tourists spent 329.7 million nights in hotels and other accommodation facilities in Spain last year.
Italy took second place with 264.7 million overnight stays, and Turkey came third with 154.8 million. Next came France with 150.8 million overnight stays and the United Kingdom with 149.8 million, although the figures for the UK are for 2024.
The top ten also included Greece with 130.9 million overnight stays, Austria with 97 million, Croatia with 85.6 million, Germany with 83.6 million and the Netherlands with 64.3 million. Thus, the European tourism market continues to be shaped not only by the largest EU countries but also by medium-sized destinations with a strong focus on resorts and culture.
Spain remains the leader thanks to a combination of beach tourism, major city destinations, a well-developed hotel infrastructure and high demand from travellers from Europe and other regions. Despite protests against overtourism in certain regions of Spain and Italy, tourist flows to these countries remain high.
France maintains a strong position not only thanks to Paris. In summer, tourists are drawn to the Côte d’Azur and Provence, and in winter to the Alpine resorts. Austria and Croatia also demonstrate that countries with smaller populations can rank among the leaders by specialising in mountain, cultural and seaside tourism.
Europe as a whole remains the most visited region in the world. According to the data cited in the article, travellers spent over 1.5 billion nights in European accommodation, whereas in 1950 this figure stood at just around 25 million.
For the travel market, this confirms the steady recovery and growth of the tourism industry following the pandemic. According to estimates by the World Travel and Tourism Council, the travel and tourism sector could grow by 3.2% in 2026, and the industry will support 376 million jobs worldwide, or roughly one in nine jobs.
Madagascar’s largest recorded baobab tree, Tsitakakantsa, has come under the spotlight following social media reports that the tree could die within the next two to three years.
According to the Monumental Trees database, Tsitakakantsa is a Grandidier’s baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) near Andombiry in the Atsimo-Andrefana region in southwestern Madagascar. In January 2021, the circumference of its trunk at a height of 1.3 m was 28.82 m, and its height was about 15 m. In the Monumental Trees ranking, it is listed as the thickest recorded Grandidier’s baobab in Madagascar.
Reports that Tsitakakantsa is “dying” and could completely collapse within two to three years have appeared in recent days on English- and French-language social media. They state that the tree has lost one of its large branches, which for old baobabs can be a sign of progressive decay. However, among the primary sources found, there is no official statement from Madagascar’s park service, scientific article, or report from a relevant institute that would confirm exactly such a timeframe for the tree’s demise.
The Grandidier baobabs are endemic to Madagascar and are classified as an endangered species. Kew Gardens notes that the expansion of agricultural land in Madagascar threatens their extinction.
The history of Madagascar’s largest baobabs has seen similar cases before. Until 2018, another sacred baobab—Tsitakakoike, also belonging to the Adansonia grandidieri species—was considered the largest living baobab. According to Guinness World Records, it grew near Andombiro in the Ambiky Forest, stood 14.6 meters tall, and had a volume of about 455 cubic meters, but it collapsed in 2018.
Scientists attribute the vulnerability of old baobabs to a combination of factors: age, droughts, rising temperatures, forest degradation, fires, and changes in the landscape around the trees. This is a particularly sensitive issue for Madagascar, as the island is the center of origin and diversity for baobabs: a study published in 2024 indicates that Madagascar should be considered the center of origin for modern baobab lineages.
Baobabs on the island are often regarded as sacred trees, and their local name, renala, translates to “mother of the forest.”
According to Interfax-Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga has instructed Ukrainian missions to international organizations to demand an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council and a joint meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation and the OSCE Permanent Council in connection with Russia’s missile strike on Kyiv.
“I have instructed all our missions to international organizations to make full use of multilateral instruments in response to yesterday’s barbaric Russian missile strike on Kyiv. The UN, OSCE, Council of Europe, and UNESCO must provide an adequate and decisive response to the aggressor, who is attempting to compensate for the lack of military progress on the battlefield with terror against the civilian population,” he wrote on social media.
Sibiga stated that Ukraine is demanding an immediate and urgent convening of a UN Security Council meeting and a joint session of the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation and the OSCE Permanent Council.
“Putin is trying to intimidate Ukraine by attacking the civilian population and destroying residential buildings, museums, schools, and critical infrastructure. He is also trying to intimidate the world by launching missiles from a reconnaissance missile system against peaceful cities,” the minister emphasized.
According to him, all of this requires decisive and coordinated action by the international community.
“We call on our partners to take decisive multilateral action aimed at deterring Russia and compelling it to accept a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace,” the foreign minister stressed.
On Sunday night in northeastern Ukraine, and during the day on May 25 in the eastern and, in some places, southern parts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and in the Carpathians, there will be brief rain and, in some places, thunderstorms; the rest of thecountry will see no precipitation, according to the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center.
Winds will be from the northwest at 7–12 m/s.
Temperatures will range from 11–16° at night and 21–26° during the day, reaching up to 29° in Zakarpattia and the south of the country; in the Carpathians, temperatures will range from 8–13° at night and 15–20° during the day.
In Kyiv on Monday, no precipitation. Winds from the northwest, 7-12 m/s. Nighttime temperatures 14-16°, daytime 23-25°.
According to data from the Boris Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory in Kyiv, the highest daytime temperature on May 25 was 30.7°C in 2007, and the lowest nighttime temperature was 2.6°C in 1909.
On Tuesday, May 26, no precipitation is expected in Ukraine; only in the northeastern part and in the Kyiv region will there be brief showers in some places during the day.
The wind will be northwesterly, 7–12 m/s, with gusts of 15–20 m/s in some places in the western regions during the day.
Nighttime temperatures 11-16°; daytime 21-26°, up to 29° in Zakarpattia and the south of the country, 17-22° in the northeastern part.
On Tuesday in Kyiv, partly cloudy. No precipitation. Wind from the northwest, 7-12 m/s. Nighttime temperatures 14-16°; daytime temperatures 23-25°.
