President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico to visit Kyiv on Friday.
“Good. Come to Kyiv on Friday,” Zelensky wrote on social media platform X, attaching an invitation to Fico, in which he invited the Ukrainian president to a meeting near the state border between Slovakia and Ukraine.
As reported, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a meeting near the state border between Slovakia and Ukraine. Fico announced his invitation during a video message to Zelensky posted on Fico’s Facebook page.
The land of the Hryshko National Botanical Garden in Kyiv has been transferred for residential development despite a ban, the press service of the State Audit Service of Ukraine reported.
The release notes that during an audit of the implementation of budget programs by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and its institutions, the State Audit Service found violations in the financial activities of the Hryshko National Botanical Garden.
Namely, contrary to a direct legal prohibition, the land plot of the National Botanical Garden at 1 Sadovo-Botanichna (Timiryazevska) Street in Kyiv became the subject of an investment agreement, which provided for the construction of residential and non-residential buildings, part of which was to be acquired by the botanical garden.
For the past six years, the developer has been unable to implement the agreement because of the special security regime for the territory of the National Botanical Garden. At the same time, the institution has received cash, services, and other goods (including tulip bulbs and soil) worth UAH 2.6 million from the investor.
The release emphasizes that the M.M. Hryshko National Botanical Garden is a part of the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine, is an object of comprehensive protection and belongs to the lands of natural, historical and cultural designation, which are protected as a national treasure. The Law “On the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine” (Article 16) prohibits any economic and other activities that contradict the purpose of the reserve, including the construction of structures not related to its functioning.
The average annual temperature in Kyiv in 2024 was +11.4°C, which is 2.4°C higher than the climate norm, and 2024 was the warmest year in the capital since the observations were made, with 52 temperature records recorded, the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Laboratory reported.
“In 2024, the air temperature exceeded the long-term average in all its months. February and September were particularly notable, with the largest positive deviations – 5.2°C and 5.7°C, respectively,” the Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Laboratory said in a statement on its website on Thursday.
It is noted that the coldest day was January 9 – minus 15.8°C, the hottest – July 16, when the temperature in the shade reached plus 36.0°C.
In total, 52 temperature records were recorded in Kyiv in 2024, with the highest number of records in April – 13 and July – 14.
Precipitation amounted to 642 mm, which corresponds to 104% of the climate norm. However, they were distributed very unevenly over time – almost two monthly norms in April and June and only 23% and 36% of the long-term average in May and September.
According to the observations of the meteorological station of the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, the average monthly air temperature in Kyiv in December was 0.0°C, which is 1.8°C higher than the climatic norm. The coldest day in the capital was December 14, when the minimum temperature dropped to -9.8°C in the morning, and the warmest was December 19, when the maximum temperature reached +8.0°C in the afternoon.
Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to Ukraine Andon Sapunji presented his credentials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Serbian Foreign Ministry confirmed.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that Mishchenko congratulated Sapunji on the start of his mission in Ukraine, emphasized the resumption of the work of the Serbian Embassy in Kyiv and expressed readiness to further develop and strengthen friendly Ukrainian-Serbian relations.
On March 3, 2022, after the start of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia announced the temporary closure of the Embassy of Serbia in Ukraine for security reasons. The staff continued to perform their duties from Belgrade until conditions for their return became possible.
Diplomatic relations at the embassy level between Ukraine and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) were established on April 15, 1994.
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“Ukrzaliznytsia has announced the launch of ticket sales for the new international train No. 9/10 Kyiv-Budapest, the company’s press service reports.
“The long-awaited route, implemented in cooperation with the Hungarian railways, will start running on December 15,” the telegram says.
It is noted that the train will be an important step in relieving congestion at popular international destinations by providing a direct connection to Budapest, one of the key transportation hubs in the region. Passengers will be able to conveniently reach Vienna, Munich, Zurich and other European cities.
For comfortable travel, the train will also have compartment and luxury sleeping cars that meet the usual standards for Ukrainian passengers. The schedule provides for departure from Kyiv at 10:16 with arrival in Budapest at 06:00 the next day. The return flight will depart at 22:40 and arrive in Kyiv at 19:11. A ticket in a compartment carriage costs UAH 2800.
Tickets are already available in the app and on the official website of Ukrzaliznytsia.
