The State Property Fund (SPF) during an auction held on Wednesday sold the First Kyiv Machine-Building Plant JSC (previously the Bilshovyk plant) for UAH 1.429 billion. The auction, which lasted about 10 minutes, was held in one round, during which participant 3 offered a price of UAH 1.409 billion, and participant 1, which was General Commerce LLC, offered UAH 1.429 billion.
The price grew by UAH 40 million. Participant 2 was Invest Novatsiia LLC, participant 3 was Developing Company Kaskad LLC.
General Commerce LLC was registered in Kyiv in 2018, the charter capital is UAH 4,100. Its head is Ihor Khyzhniak.
The ultimate beneficiary of the company, Volodymyr Dovhopolov, is also the founder with a share of 9.99% via UDP Asset Management.
As Head of the State Property Fund Dmytro Sennychenko said, after the auction, the procedure provides for 10 days to sign the contract, 30 days to pay the specified amount, as well as the approval of the Antimonopoly Committee.
As reported, the starting price of the plant was set at UAH 1.39 billion. According to the privatization conditions, the new owner shall pay off the debts of the plant to employees, the state budget and other creditors (now the debts are more than UAH 500 million), implement the current collective agreement and prevent dismissal within a certain period.
In addition, the buyer needs to invest at least UAH 57 million in the modernization of the enterprise over three years, to retain a part of the production that has potential at the site in Kyiv or Zhashkiv, or other production facilities in Ukraine.
The Spanish low cost airline Vueling will open direct flights from Kyiv (Boryspil International Airport) to Paris (Orly International Airport) from December 5, 2021.
According to the ticket booking system, the airline will fly on the route twice a week: in December with a shifted schedule, and from January 2022 – on Tuesdays and Sundays with a departure from Paris at 06:55 and from Kyiv at 12:10.
Previously, flights between Ukraine and France were operated by UIA, Air France and SkyUp.
As reported, the Hungarian low cost airline Wizz Air announced plans to start operating flights to Paris from Kyiv and Lviv.
Vueling Airlines is a low cost airline based in Barcelona (Spain).
Ukraine and the European Union signed the Common Aviation Area Agreement on October 12. On June 28, 2021, the EU Council agreed to sign with Ukraine, as well as with three other countries – Armenia, Tunisia and Qatar – the Common Aviation Area Agreement. The process of uniting the Ukrainian aviation space with the EU was launched back in 1999. On December 12, 2006, the EU Council authorized the EC to start relevant negotiations with Ukraine. In October 2013, the text of the Common Aviation Area Agreement was agreed upon by the parties, however, due to foreign policy conditions, its signing was postponed indefinitely.
In the very heart of Kyiv, at 8a Lva Tolstoho Street, a multi-brand showroom Dim Brendiv has opened.
The showroom presents various collections of Ukrainian brands. Buyers got the opportunity to immerse in the world of fashion, beauty and style, and designers – to present their collections and find new fans of their brand.
The showroom collected various products by style, texture and age criterion. There are also daily casual blouses and skirts, suits, evening dresses and outerwear.
It also presents various accessories that women of fashion will be able to effectively complement their image.
The showroom is bright and spacious, shopping lovers will be able to view themselves and their friends in magnificent large mirrors, and the staff will prepare a cup of fragrant tea with sweets so that customers can rest after trying on their outfits.
The assortment and brands presented can be viewed on the Dim Brendiv Instagram page. New collections and models of clothes are presented every day.
“In my showroom there are a lot of cool and exclusive items of famous Ukrainian brands that are not presented anywhere else in Kyiv. I fell in love with these things from the first collection, and with each new look book, you can find models that you really want to buy. The assortment is constantly updated, and we immediately post the most stylish items on our Instagram page. We are open to both buyers and Ukrainian designers who want to present their collections in our stylish premium class showroom. Come to us, our doors are always open!” the owner of the showroom, a girl with a great taste, Maryna Kharetonchuk, who chooses clothes from Ukrainian designers, told Open4Business.com.ua .
It is worth noting that the showroom is located near the Lva Tolstoho metro station in the very center of Kyiv, at 8a Lva Tolstoho Street, opening hours are from 11:00 to 20:00 daily.
Businessman Vasyl Khmelnytsky is looking for a partner for the joint development of Kyiv Sikorsky International Airport (Zhuliany).
“I am now looking for a partner in the airport [Kyiv International Airport]. But it is important for me not just to sell the airport, but to find partners who have a slot of aircraft, who have a reputation in this business, who have cheap loans, who will do the right strategy for the airport. I need their experience,” Vasyl Khmelnytsky said during an interview with co-owner and CEO of TIS port Andriy Stavnitser.
The businessman also stressed that synergy with a partner is important to him.
As reported, Khmelnytsky announced that he plans to continue investing in Kyiv airport.
Kyiv International Airport is located 7 km from the center of the capital. It ranks second in Ukraine in terms of the number of flights and passenger traffic. The airport has three terminals with a total area of 21,000 square meters. The airport runway allows accepting aircraft such as Boeing-737, Airbus A-320. However, even with the A-320, there are loading restrictions on long haul flights.
Based on the results of the 2010 investment tender, the airport is managed by Master-Avia, which has entered into a 49-year lease agreement for the airport property. According to the company, during this time it has invested more than $ 50 million in the creation of new airport infrastructure and is still using all available resources to pay off the loan. The beneficiaries of the company, according to the unified state register of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, are Vasyl Khmelnytsky and Kostrzhevsky.
In March 2019, Khmelnytsky said that his UFuture business group owns 90% of the shares of Master-Avia LLC, another 10% in the company belongs to Khmelnytsky’s partner Denys Kostrzhevsky.
Master-Avia owns terminals and the apron, and the airfield and the runway are on the balance sheet of municipal enterprise Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany).
A diagnostic and treatment center with an ambulance substation was opened in Kyiv by the Adonis medical group.
According to a press release from Adonis, the new clinic will receive both adult patients and children around the clock, in the 24/7 mode. It will also have a center for children and adults, a diagnostic department (CT, MRI, X-ray, dental computer-aided tomography, ultrasound), a laboratory, a women’s consultation, a surgical department for adults and children, dentistry for children and adults, a department of oncology with oncosurgery, and a department of orthopedics and traumatology.
As reported, the Adonis medical group launched its own ambulance service in 2021.
Adonis is a network of private full-cycle medical centers for adults and children.
The private clinic Adonis was established over 20 years ago. Its network includes ten branches in Kyiv and the region, including two of its own maternity hospitals and a stem cell laboratory. In the branches of the clinic, doctors conduct appointments in 60 medical directions.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko opened a photo exhibition in Leipzig (Germany) dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the sister city partnership between two cities.
“Today, the Mayor of Leipzig and I opened the Days of Kyiv in Leipzig. To mark the 60th anniversary of the sister city partnership and cooperation of our cities. The Days of Kyiv were opened with the photo exhibition about the daily life of the Ukrainian capital,” Klitschko wrote on Facebook on Saturday.
He noted that many Ukrainians living in Leipzig came to the photo exhibition
