The Rada Committee approved the draft state budget 2024; Poland’s opposition parties could gain a majority in the Sejm. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
The Verkhovna Rada Budget Committee recommended the draft state budget of Ukraine for 2024 for the first reading. Among the significant changes that the government recommends to consider when preparing for the second reading is an additional 10 billion hryvnia tax on banks. It is also recommended to reduce costs for construction, repair and purchase of property in various government bodies, and reduce costs for the Bureau of Economic Security. At the same time, it is proposed to increase funding for prosthetics for the military and subsidy costs. Voting for the first reading of the budget in the chamber, according to regulations, must take place before October 20.
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party of Jaroslaw Kaczynski takes first place with a score of 36.03%. However, the combined results of the three opposition parties will allow them to gain a majority in the Seimas. Thus, the largest opposition association, the Civil Coalition, got 30.12% of the votes, the Third Way association – 14.44%. Left – 8.46%. Such data was released by the Polish State Election Commission based on the results of counting 95.65% of the votes.
Ukrainian troops hit a record 428 pieces of Russian equipment using drones from the Drone Army over the past week. This was announced by the Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov. According to him, the Russians have minus 101 guns, 88 armored vehicles, 75 tanks and a bunch of other equipment.
Total natural gas reserves in European countries have reached their all-time high on record. Currently, Europe’s underground gas storage facilities (UGS) are 97.89% full, or 8.54% higher than the average for this date in the past five years – they have 107.75 billion cubic meters. m of gas. On the day, inventories rose 0.21%.
OSCE head Buyar Osmani arrived on a visit to Kyiv. Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, in a press conference with Osmani, said that Russia should be expelled from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) because of its destructive influence. In his opinion, “Moscow actually took the OSCE hostage, manipulated the principle of consensus and thus destroyed the organization from the inside.” Buyar Osmani said that the continuation of Russia’s war in Ukraine not only destroys life in our state, but also creates a state of instability in the entire OSCE region and beyond. He said there were “a number of critical issues that, if not addressed urgently, could disrupt the core functions of the OSCE,” potentially undermining its core missions to protect people.
The radical group Hamas must be completely destroyed, but the Palestinian Authority must be preserved, and then a Palestinian state must be created on its basis. US President Joe Biden said this. “Hamas must be completely eliminated. But we need Palestinian power. We need a path to building a Palestinian state,” Biden said, adding that Israel’s occupation of the Gaza Strip “was a mistake.” At the same time, he admitted that it was not possible to start negotiations on the creation of a Palestinian state immediately after Israel’s victory in this war.
President Vladimir Zelensky met with US Special Representative for Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker, who arrived in Ukraine on a visit. According to the president, restoration projects require private investment, so Ukraine relies on the active participation of US business in long-term projects in the most promising sectors of the economy, such as agriculture, mechanical engineering, industry chemicals, etc. In addition, he emphasized the need to develop risk guarantee mechanisms to attract investment. The parties also discussed the issue of using the frozen assets of the Russian Federation as “a significant source of funds for the restoration of Ukraine.”
The hryvnia exchange rate on the cash market continues to grow at the beginning of the new working week. The average dollar exchange rate fell by another 5 kopecks – to 38.10 Hryvnia, the euro rate decreased by 10 kopecks – to 40.50 Hryvnia. In exchange offices they bought a dollar for an average of 37.60 UAH, a euro for 39.80 UAH.
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Source: korrespondent
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