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The academic year has started in Ukraine
The school year has started for more than 4.2 million Ukrainian schoolchildren; The Ministry of Finance has partially repaid the state debt. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.
Ukrainian students celebrated the Day of Knowledge
More than 4.2 million schoolchildren, including more than 428,000 first graders, have started their studies in the context of the coronavirus epidemic, the Ministry of Education said.
At the same time, according to media reports, in Nikolaev, a class of schoolchildren and two groups of kindergarten students have already left for self-isolation due to contact with the infected.
The Cabinet has paid off part of the state debt
The Ministry of Finance has closed $ 1.69 billion in redemption of external government bonds and $ 400 million in interest on them. Until the end of the year, another 1.6 billion dollars will be paid.
At the same time, the State Treasury Service recorded 688.6 billion hryvnia of revenue to the state budget for January-August this year, which is 96.2% of what was planned.
Coronavirus confirmed in more than 123 thousand Ukrainians
On the morning of September 1, 123,303 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Ukraine, of which 2605 ended in death and 57,802 recovered. During the day, 2,088 infected were identified.
However, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal assured that the blockade in the country will not happen again, since the economy will not support it.
SCJ refused to remove the head of the Kiev District Administrative Court and other judges
The members of the Higher Council of Justice, by unanimous decision, left the head of the Kiev District Administrative Court, Pavel Vovk, as well as his deputy Yevgeny Ablov and three other judges in office.
The requests of the Attorney General Irina Venediktova were not considered or were not satisfied by the members of the Council.
One of the “people’s servants” was expelled from the faction.
Based on the results of the collection of signatures by majority vote of the deputies of the parliamentary faction Servant of the people Geo Leros is expelled from their ranks. According to media reports, the head of the faction David Arakhamia began collecting signatures.
The popular deputy reacted harshly to the expulsion, calling the current government a “regime.”
Naftogaz has accumulated a record amount of gas in underground storage facilities
Ukraine has broken the record for gas reserves, having accumulated the volume in underground storage facilities necessary for the heating season, including the guarantee of European gas transit. Chapter Naftogaz Andrey Kobolev predicted 27-28 bcm of gas versus 24 bcm we already have.
Security officials detain students in Belarus
Another day of protests in the Republic of Belarus was accompanied by clashes with security agents and the arrest of protesters. Among those captured were students and journalists.
At the same time, President Alexander Lukashenko said that in the event of a change of power in the country, a “massacre” could occur.
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