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GERMANY AND DORTMUND CLUB HELP TO RESTORE STADIUM IN CHERNIHIV DESTROYED DURING THE WAR

Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko says that Germany and the Dortmund club will help restore the football stadium in Chernihiv destroyed by Russian troops.
“Germany and the Dortmund club are ready to help restore the stadium in Chernihiv destroyed by the Russian occupation forces. The club remembers its player and the cool Ukrainian footballer Andriy Yarmolenko. For our part, we join Mayor Vladislav Atroshenko in the dialogue and hope that this wonderful news will be able to support Chernihiv residents,” Tkachenko wrote in the telegram channel following negotiations with Claudia Roth, Minister of State for Culture and Media of the Federal Chancellor’s Office.
According to the minister, Germany stressed its unchanging position on the importance of rescheduling the 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee from Russian Kazan.
In addition, the parties discussed the initiative to include the historical area of Odessa in UNESCO.

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HIGHEST LEVEL OF WAGES ARE IN KYIV, LOWEST IN CHERNIHIV, WAGES IN UKRAINE 13% UP IN JUNE

Real wages in Ukraine in June 2018 compared to June 2017 increased by 13%, compared to May 2018 by 4.8%, the State Statistics Service has reported. It said the average nominal wage of full-time employees in June 2018 compared to May 2018 rose by 4.8%, in annual terms by 24.2%, amounting to UAH 9,141, while in May it was UAH 8,725, in April some UAH 8,480, in March some UAH 8,382, in February some UAH 7,828, and in January UAH 7,711.
According to statistics, the largest growth in the average wage of full-time employees in June 2018 compared with June 2017 was observed in Zakarpattia (28.2%), Zhytomyr (27.4%), Dnipropetrovsk (27%), Poltava (26%), Vinnytsia and Zaporizhia (26.9%), Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad (25.8%), Volyn (25.6%), Ternopil (24.8%), Kyiv (24%), Khmelnytsky (23.7%), Lviv (23.6%), Cherkasy (23.5%), Ivano-Frankivsk (21.9%), Chernivtsi and Chernihiv regions and Kyiv (22.2%).
Wage growth in Donetsk and Luhansk regions (excluding part of the joint forces operation) was 20% and 33.4% respectively.
The highest level of wages in the past month was recorded in Kyiv at UAH 13,553, the lowest one in Chernihiv region at UAH 7,341.

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