Ukrainian scientists created the first systems of testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus on the basis of Chinese developments.
According to Aleksey Danilov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, immediately Chinese authorities provided the genetic code of the new virus, the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the epigenetics laboratory at the Institute of Gerontology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences started developing their own tests.
Importantly, Ukrainian tests are about 4-5 times cheaper than their German counterparts that were purchased earlier.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
В УКРАИНЕ РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ МВФ ПРОВАЛИЛИСЬ
По мнению президента Украинского аналитического центра Александра Охрименко, Украина, скорее всего, не получит новых кредитов от Международного валютного фонда (МВФ). Он считает, что в этом ничего страшного нет, поскольку страна давно в них не нуждается.
Украина уже больше года живёт без денег МВФ и нормально справляется с выплатой долгов. Это понимают и в самом Фонде. Просто сейчас так называемые эксперты МВФ не хотят признать, что все их рекомендации провалились, и поэтому делают вид, что ведут переговоры и якобы о чём-то договариваются.
Украина уже больше года живёт без денег МВФ и нормально справляется с выплатой долгов. Это понимают и в самом Фонде. Просто сейчас так называемые эксперты МВФ не хотят признать, что все их рекомендации провалились, и поэтому делают вид, что ведут переговоры и якобы о чём-то договариваются.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
It's no mystery that crime is most popular genre among readers
Recent polls show that the most popular genres among Ukrainian readers are crime fiction (41% of respondents), historical works (36%) and love stories (27%). As Sophie Hannah, a bestselling novelist and poet, put it, many literary novels have fantastic plots, and some crime novels are as dull as a puddle in a potholed pavement – nevertheless, as a genre, crime always promises suspense and action in a way that general and literary fiction does not.
At the same time, male (20%) are far more likely than female (12%) respondents to prefer genres such as science fiction, popular science literature (16% versus 9%) and fantasy (14% vs. 9%). By contrast, women (42%) are more likely than men (6%) to have a preference for love stories and fairy tales (10% vs. 2%).
At the same time, male (20%) are far more likely than female (12%) respondents to prefer genres such as science fiction, popular science literature (16% versus 9%) and fantasy (14% vs. 9%). By contrast, women (42%) are more likely than men (6%) to have a preference for love stories and fairy tales (10% vs. 2%).
Friday, February 14, 2020
Most Ukrainians don't trust their democracy, survey finds
Polls indicate that the citizens of Ukraine, who give preference to money over democracy, are still more than those who value democracy above grivnas. According to official figures, 47% of respondents believe that prosperity is more important than democracy, with 38% thinking the opposite.
Residents of the cities of Mariupol (22% of respondents) and Odessa (22%), as well as Nikolaev (24%), are the least supportive of democracy. A majority of Khmelnitsky and Zhitomir residents (24%) have not decided which category is more important to them.
Reportedly, dissatisfaction with democracy is rooted in the belief that democracy is not working – that it is unable or unwilling to deal with citizens’ demands and concerns. And there is evidence the dissatisfied are right: over time, politicians, parties and governments have become less responsive to a broad cross-section of Ukrainian opinion.
According to Sheri Berman, a professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, democracy is, by definition, “rule by the people”. This does not require a perfect correspondence between some impossible to define “will of the people” and political outcomes, but it does require that the divergence between the two not be too great. In addition, political equality is the heart of democracy: some citizens cannot be systematically and permanently more powerful or impactful than others. It is hard to recognize much less solve large social and economic problems if politicians, parties and governments are primarily responsive to elites or narrow groups of voters, rather than broad, cross-sections of the population.
Residents of the cities of Mariupol (22% of respondents) and Odessa (22%), as well as Nikolaev (24%), are the least supportive of democracy. A majority of Khmelnitsky and Zhitomir residents (24%) have not decided which category is more important to them.
Reportedly, dissatisfaction with democracy is rooted in the belief that democracy is not working – that it is unable or unwilling to deal with citizens’ demands and concerns. And there is evidence the dissatisfied are right: over time, politicians, parties and governments have become less responsive to a broad cross-section of Ukrainian opinion.
According to Sheri Berman, a professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, democracy is, by definition, “rule by the people”. This does not require a perfect correspondence between some impossible to define “will of the people” and political outcomes, but it does require that the divergence between the two not be too great. In addition, political equality is the heart of democracy: some citizens cannot be systematically and permanently more powerful or impactful than others. It is hard to recognize much less solve large social and economic problems if politicians, parties and governments are primarily responsive to elites or narrow groups of voters, rather than broad, cross-sections of the population.
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Pension spending to account for 9.8% of GDP
According to the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, 25% of the population is officially employed, while 27% of Ukrainian citizens receive pensions. Over the course of last year a monthly pension increased by 16.5% and has averaged 3,830 grivnas in this cash-strapped East European country as of January 1.
Natalya Nenyuchenko, Deputy Minister of Social Policy, said pension spending accounted for 11% of GDP last year. In 2020 it is expected to make up 9.8% of GDP.
Natalya Nenyuchenko, Deputy Minister of Social Policy, said pension spending accounted for 11% of GDP last year. In 2020 it is expected to make up 9.8% of GDP.
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Polls say grivna undervalued against dollar, euro
Recent polls show that a majority of the Ukrainian public believe that the current exchange rate of the grivna is either significantly (16% of the respondents) or slightly (17%) undervalued against the dollar and the euro.
Ukrainians' views of future grivna prospects are, on the whole, optimistic. Specifically, 31% of respondents believe that its rate against the USD/EUR currency pair will increase, and 30% expect the grivna to remain within the current range of currency fluctuations. Only 12% of Ukrainian citizens expect a fall in the exchange rate of the grivna.
According to James Rickards, editor of the Strategic Intelligence newsletter, major currencies do not go to zero but they move back and forth against each other like two kids on a seesaw moving up and down and not going anywhere in relation to the seesaw. The USD/EUR cross-rate is a good example. In the past 20 years, the value of the euro has been as low as $0.80 and as high as $1.60.
Ukrainians' views of future grivna prospects are, on the whole, optimistic. Specifically, 31% of respondents believe that its rate against the USD/EUR currency pair will increase, and 30% expect the grivna to remain within the current range of currency fluctuations. Only 12% of Ukrainian citizens expect a fall in the exchange rate of the grivna.
According to James Rickards, editor of the Strategic Intelligence newsletter, major currencies do not go to zero but they move back and forth against each other like two kids on a seesaw moving up and down and not going anywhere in relation to the seesaw. The USD/EUR cross-rate is a good example. In the past 20 years, the value of the euro has been as low as $0.80 and as high as $1.60.
Friday, January 17, 2020
Russian Orthodox Church cuts ties with Patriarch of Alexandria
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| Photograph: Galina Davydova |
To retaliate, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has broken communion with those hierarchs of the Church of Greece, who have recognized the OCU and will concelebrate with schismatics. Many Orthodox churches, such as those in other Slavic lands, will follow the ROC in insisting that the only canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine is the one remaining in communion with Moscow, and may well take measures in support of its position.
In addition, the Moscow Patriarchate has recently made the decision to rupture all links with Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria. The ROC Holy Synod also decided that its parishes in Africa will be removed from the Patriarchate of Alexandria’s jurisdiction and made directly subordinate to the ROC head, Patriarch Kirill.
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