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Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law to increase the minimum wage
Starting from September 1, the minimum wage will amount to 5000 UAH; Ukraine is working to return all prisoners as soon as possible. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.
Zelensky signs a law on raising the minimum wage
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law to increase the minimum wage to 5000 UAH from September 1, 2020. The Office of the President noted that this is only the first stage of the increase in the minimum wage in Ukraine. The next step will be to increase the “minimum wage” to 6,000 hryvnia in 2021, and within a year it will rise to 6.5,000 hryvnia.
The head of state intends to return all prisoners
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the relatives of the deceased defenders of Ukraine and the disappeared. During the meeting, he promised the state to return all Ukrainian prisoners. According to Zelensky, Ukraine is now working to return as soon as possible all people who are illegally detained in the temporarily occupied territories and in Russia.
The number of recruits in the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be reduced
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine plans to reduce the number of those called up for military service this fall. It should be noted that now the General Staff continues to work on the high-quality staffing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with soldiers and sergeants, with the aim of increasing the number of recruited military personnel.
The Cabinet of Ministers announces staff purges
The head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arahamia, announced possible staff rotations in the government this fall. According to Arakhamia, personnel changes can occur in two or three ministries.
In the Kharkov region, clashes occurred near the Roma settlement
In the Kharkov region, clashes broke out during an action near a Roma settlement in the village of Andreevka, Balakley district. Law enforcement officers arrived at the scene to ensure law and order. According to media reports, hundreds of residents of Andreevka village demanded that the authorities evict the Roma from the village and that the police maintain order. After the rally, its participants went to the house where the gypsies live and tried to break into the courtyard.
Former Naftogaz group official accused of embezzlement
Law enforcement officials suspect that the former head of the company, whose founder is NAK Naftogaz, embezzled 1.7 million hryvnias. The former official has already been informed of the suspicion. It is observed that the Police have gathered sufficient evidence of the official’s participation in the embezzlement and seizure of company funds.
In Ukraine, commemorative events were held in honor to the memory of the lost defenders
On the Day of Remembrance of Defenders of Ukraine on August 29, the country’s leadership and the army participated in commemorative events. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participated in the events in memory of the soldiers who died in the fight for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
In Minsk a demonstration of thousands of people was held “Great Parade of the Women’s Peace Forces”
In Minsk, thousands of women participated in the solidarity march, which took place in the area of Victory Square. The event was announced on social media as the “Great Parade of the Peace Forces of Women”, which is held in order to “remind the men of the security forces that not a single housewife will wash the blood of innocents from the shoulder straps. “
In Kiev, 48 coronavirus patients were hospitalized per day
During the last day in Kiev, coronavirus was confirmed in 265 people. Among the sick are 19 children and 11 health workers. Six patients have died in the last day. In total, the coronavirus claimed the lives of 193 Kyiv residents. Currently, there are 12,984 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Kiev.
Mine found near the beach in the Odessa region
In the Odessa region, on the central beach of the city of Chernomorsk, a marine mine was found on the central beach of Chernomorsk. The pyrotechnicians who arrived initially planned to detonate the munitions in the water, but then decided to remove the mine and deactivate it off the beach.
The winners of the Molodista Film Festival received awards
The organizers of the Kiev Molodost International Film Festival announced the winners at a ceremony. The ceremony, which took place under the People’s Friendship Arch, closed with the film “The Earth is blue like an orange” by producer Anna Kapustina and director Irina Tselik. For the first time in the history of Ukrainian cinema, the film received an award for best director in the competition program of the Sundance Film Festival.
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