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A full lockdown should be introduced on New Year’s Eve, according to the People’s Servant
The Cabinet of Ministers has developed programs to support Ukrainians and businesses in the event of a lockdown in the country; Vaccination against the coronavirus in the EU is scheduled to start before the end of the year. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.
The government has developed programs to support Ukrainians and businesses in the event of closure.
Thus, sole proprietorships and employees, whose field of activity may be closed due to strict quarantine, will be able to receive financial assistance in the amount of eight thousand hryvnia. Also, with the introduction of quarantine, employers will be able to receive up to 8,000 hryvnia of one-time financial assistance for each employee whose working hours will be reduced due to a shutdown.
EU citizens will be vaccinated against coronavirus at the end of December
Vaccination against the coronavirus in the European Union is scheduled to start before the end of the year, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. He said that he has already signed contracts with six companies for the supply of COVID vaccines.
Iran intends to allocate 200 million euros to pay compensation for the UIA plane crash
The Iranian authorities are going to pay compensation for the Ukraine International Airlines plane, shot down in January 2020. It is an amount of 200 million euros. The money is expected to go into the country’s state budget over the next year.
President calls on European experts to consider the issue of Ukraine’s anti-corruption legislation
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked the Venice Commission to evaluate Ukraine’s anti-corruption legislation after the decision of the Constitutional Court. It asks the Commission to rule on the CCU’s decision on liability for inaccurate declaration in the presence of a possible conflict of interest, as well as on the CCU’s compliance with the procedure to hear the case, in particular, on the validity of the decision and compliance with the limits of constitutional submission.
The Cabinet of Ministers has expanded the list of Russian passports that are not recognized by the Ukrainian authorities.
Previously, Russian passports issued in Novoshakhtinsk and Pokrovsky in the Rostov region were not recognized. It is in these bodies that residents of the occupied Donbass receive Russian passports. Now, documents issued in other settlements in the Rostov region will not be recognized: Donetsk, Krasny Sulin, Matveev Kurgan, Shakhty and Rodiono-Nesvetayskaya.
Ukraine Introduces New Business Support Program
The Ukrainian authorities will guarantee up to 80% of the loan that the businessman takes from the bank. We are talking about an additional 5 billion hryvnia, which will be used to reduce the cost of loans for even more companies.
The Cabinet of Ministers extended payments to FOPs for children
According to the head of government, when there are children under the age of 10 in the family of an entrepreneur, the state will help with their provision. About 2 thousand UAH will be paid for each child. Additionally, all applications submitted in May-August under this program will automatically renew.
The Cabinet of Ministers has extended the maximum tariff rates on the import of Russian goods into Ukraine
The document extends until December 31, 2021 the application of the preferential import tariff rates established by the Customs Tariff of Ukraine (raised to the level of the most-favored-nation rates of the WTO) in relation to the import of goods, whose country of origin is Russia.
In Poland and Germany, mortality records of COVID-19-19
In Poland, 674 coronavirus patients died yesterday; This is a new record since the beginning of the epidemic in the country. Of the 674 deaths, 152 died directly from complications from the coronavirus, the remaining 522 had other chronic diseases. In turn, 410 patients with COVID-19 have died in Germany during the last day.
Canada to allocate funds to combat domestic violence in Ukraine
The project will provide money to 30 Ukrainian communities in the prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence. At the national level, the project will also help national institutions to provide services to victims and finance violence prevention programs.
The British economy sinks
The UK will experience its worst economic recession in 300 years. Britain’s gross domestic product will decline by more than 11%. This means that in 2025 the size of the economy will be approximately 3% smaller than expected in March.
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