The Polish Sejm has passed a law introducing new conditions for foreigners, including Ukrainian citizens, to receive the “Rodzina 800+” child benefit. The law links the payment of benefits to the mandatory employment of parents, as well as to children attending Polish schools. businessinsider.com.pl+2rmf24.pl+2
A foreigner will be entitled to the “800+” benefit only if they were employed in Poland in the previous month. If the parent was not working, the benefit will be suspended. A mandatory condition is that the children of foreigners must attend Polish schools. Foreigners must earn at least 50% of the minimum wage in Poland. In 2025, this is approximately PLN 2,333 gross.
The document must now be signed by Polish President Karol Nawrocki to enter into force. The temporary protection period for Ukrainians has also been extended until March 4, 2026.
According to a report by the Union of Polish Metropolises, in May 2025, approximately 3.37-3.85 million Ukrainians were living in Poland, many of whom had arrived since the start of the war in 2022. According to another source, about 1.55 million Ukrainian citizens live in Poland with documents, with different statuses (temporary residence, work, etc.).
There is also an estimate that before the war and before the active phase of migration began, there were about 1.35 million Ukrainians who were there legally as migrant workers and others.
A debate has erupted in the UK over the Bank of England’s plans to restrict the ownership of stablecoins — cryptocurrencies pegged to the dollar, euro, or other stable assets.
The regulator fears that if people transfer their money from banks to such digital assets en masse, it could hit the banking system. Therefore, a limit is being discussed: for ordinary citizens — no more than £10-20 thousand (approximately $13.6-27.2 thousand), for companies — up to £10 million.
If the decision is adopted, the UK will become one of the strictest countries in regulating stablecoins — stricter than the US and the EU.
Representatives of the crypto industry consider such steps harmful. According to them, the restrictions will reduce the country’s attractiveness to investors; it will be more difficult and expensive for people to use digital currencies; the control system itself will prove to be too complex and costly, as stablecoin issuers do not know who owns their tokens at any given moment.
“The introduction of limits will hit depositors, the City of London, and even the pound,” said Coinbase Vice President Tom Duff Gordon. “No other major country has introduced such measures.”
Supporters of stablecoins emphasize that they could make international transfers faster and cheaper.
The Bank of England responds that the restrictions will be temporary — to give the financial system time to adjust to the new digital money market. “A massive outflow of funds from banks could lead to a reduction in lending to businesses and the public,” explained regulator representative Sasha Mills.
Finance Minister Rachel Reeves has previously stated that the government will support the development of blockchain technologies, including the use of stablecoins.
The global market for these digital currencies is currently estimated at approximately $288 billion.
NEC “Ukrenergo” plans to apply schedules of hourly shutdowns all day Thursday.
As noted by the system operator in its Facebook on Wednesday evening, this is due to the expected cloudiness for tomorrow, which will reduce the production of electricity by solar plants.
It also clarifies that the GGOs concern both the population and industry.
As reported, today GPOs apply from 19:00 until the end of the day.
In Odessa and the region from July 10 introduce summer restrictions for trucks, movement is allowed from 6:00 pm to 10:00 am, reported the press service OVA.
“We remind you that from (10.07.2023) in order to preserve the road surface during the hot season come into force summer bans on the movement of trucks from 10:00 to 18:00,” – said in the telegram channel of the head of the Odessa OVA Oleg Kiper.
From 18:00 to 10:00 movement of freight transport is allowed, stressed in the OVA.
As noted, the restriction of traffic will act on the highways M-15 /Odessa-Reni /, M-05 /Kiev-Odessa /, M-14 /Odessa-Melitopol/ within the Odessa region for heavy vehicles with a total weight of over 24 tons and loading on the axle 7 tons.
“Exceptions are specialized purpose vehicles and vehicles transporting dangerous, perishable goods, live animals and poultry; goods related to the prevention or elimination of the consequences of emergencies; military goods, dual-use goods and/or property used for the needs of defense; humanitarian aid; people,” the OVA stressed.
In the department reported that also allowed the movement of vehicles engaged in international transport of goods, provided that the driver of the truck has a reserved place in the waiting list to cross the state border of Ukraine for road transport means of the electronic system (“eOrder”) two days before the waiting list for the next time.
At the same time, engaged in the transportation of grain, oilseeds and fuel and lubricants businesses are advised to contact the Odessa OBA for consultation and subsequent receipt of passes during curfew by phone: (048) 718 93 87, (048) 718 95 20.
“The consultation will be carried out from Monday to Friday from 09.00 to 18.00. In order to properly organize the issuance of passes, the relevant documents should be sent to the email address ytsatskoi@od.gov.ua,” explained in the administration.
It is noted that the observance of truck drivers and the requirements of road signs will be controlled by the territorial division of Ukrtransbezopasnost together with law enforcement officers.
It is also reported that at the same time the Service of restoration and development of infrastructure in the Odessa region will ensure the establishment of appropriate prohibitive and informational road signs and determination of places for placement of special sites or parking of heavy and/or large vehicles for the period of the special regime.
The National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) on Thursday adopted Decision No. 1053, which canceled almost all restrictions on capital and commodity markets introduced since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion.
“The step to unblock the capital and commodity markets is timely and balanced, because market participants have confirmed their readiness for the development of the financial sector,” Prime Minister Denys Shmigal said in a statement from the National Securities and Stock Market.
According to him, even before the war, the renewal of the stock market was identified as one of the government’s priority initiatives.
“After our victory, the development of capital markets and commodity markets may become one of the drivers for the recovery of the economy and Ukraine as a whole,” the prime minister said.
Ruslan Magomedov, the head of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, noted that during the five months of the war, the capital markets and commodity markets worked in manual mode.
“The regulator carefully monitored and analyzed the results of each authorized operation. In civilian life, this is nonsense, but the war dictated its conditions. Thanks to an individual approach and a prudent position, we were able to overcome panic, preserve assets and prevent defaults on a number of securities,” he said. head of the regulator.
The decision comes into force on August 8 this year, the document states.
According to it, the bans remain in relation to transactions related to individuals and legal entities of the Russian Federation and Belarus.
In addition, settlements on the second part of the REPO operation under REPO agreements concluded before the start of the war, as well as applications for redemption from participants in joint investment institutions of open and interval type, are allowed only from August 22, and for earlier transactions, permission from the Commission is required.
As reported, the Verkhovna Rada last week adopted a law “on the specifics of the activities of the financial sector in connection with the introduction of martial law in Ukraine” (No. 7465-1), which makes it possible to ease these restrictions. However, this document has not yet been signed by the president, according to the information on the website of the parliament.
This summer, the State Agency for Highways of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) does not introduce seasonal restrictions for trucks with a total weight of up to 40 tons during the daytime at elevated air temperatures.
According to the agency on its Facebook page on Tuesday, this decision was made primarily due to the war in the country, the reorientation of exports to the road network and significant changes in logistics.
“Before the full-scale invasion of Russia, Ukraine exported mainly by sea. Now, due to the blocking of ports, the country has redirected the flow of goods to rail and road. We understand the importance of logistics today, therefore, in order to avoid interruptions in the transportation of vital goods, seasonal restrictions are not introduced this year” , the ministry said in a statement.
At the same time, Ukravtodor reminds drivers and carriers that the movement of trucks must be carried out in compliance with weight parameters both in terms of total mass and axle load at any time of the day. According to the norms, the maximum weight of a cargo vehicle for transportation on the roads of the country is 40 tons.
