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# Kyiv Club Brings 1-0 Victory to Baku, but Bookmakers Doubt Their Advance. The Reason Is Not Football, but the Calendar.

TASkombankhas officially confirmed plans to merge with Idea Bank, but nothing will change for regular customers – the app, branches, and products will remain the same. Meanwhile, the deal itself is another signal that the time of consolidation has arrived on Ukraine's banking market.

28 out of 50 heads of the Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) central apparatus and territorial directorates chose to resign without waiting for the results of their attestation — this is the actual figure for the security service's reboot.

The National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities (NKREKU) has for the first time limited the timeframe for the "green" tariff for residential solar panels — panel owners should check whether their generation falls within the "profitable" hours.

While Bloomberg counts barrels, drivers in Stavropol and Volgograd regions are queuing for gasoline that simply doesn't exist. Ukrainian strikes on refineries have turned OPEC+ abstract statistics into a very concrete shortage.

The city council has cancelled memoranda with Bolt, Jet Rides, and Vevy, but legally the scooters will not disappear — authorities acknowledge they lack the authority to confiscate private property or fine users.

Vladimir Popereshnyuk acknowledged that the incident with the dog became one of the company's biggest reputational crises — and exposed a practical gap: Nova Poshta simply had no rules for handling animals.

Nolan surpassed his own Batman films within a month of "Odyssey" screening, but behind the dry figure of a billion dollars lies not so much a boom in viewer interest as the price of tickets in premium formats.

According to the investigation, Money 24/7 did not transfer funds to clients' electronic wallets, but retained the money for themselves.

# Behind the Official 7.7% Lies a Gap Between Statistics and Utility Bills — Water and Garbage Tariffs Are Rising Several Times Faster Than Food Prices

Turkish Onur Group, having turned its attention from the gold of Dnipropetrovsk region, is betting on graphite near Shepetivka — and this shows where investor interest in Ukrainian mineral resources is actually heading.

Czechoslovak Group's revenue from Ukraine has grown in absolute figures, but its share of the company's turnover has halved over two years — the concern is accelerating on NATO and Asian markets.

A French banking license transforms Revolut from a fintech app into a full-fledged bank for tens of millions of Europeans — and raises questions about whether customers in Ukraine will receive such status.

The capital is financing the preparation of heat networks for the heating season not through grants or subsidies, but through loans at 22% annual interest — and Kyiv residents will ultimately pay for this through the city budget.

A river running shallow due to heat waves has forced Budapest to reconsider: whether it's possible to build nuclear dependence on a climate that is becoming increasingly unpredictable.

The head of OKKO admitted: if the Strait of Hormuz is not unblocked, Ukrainians face a return to spring fuel prices — and without any tax breaks from the state.

The NBU forecasts public debt at 90% of GDP, the government at over 108%, while the KSE believes it has already exceeded 100%. The difference measured in trillions of hryvnias is not about the economy itself, but about how to classify the same funds.

Federal employees went weeks without paychecks during last year's record 43-day shutdown — now both parties prefer to pay the political price in advance rather than risk repeating the crisis before the November 3 vote.

The CEO of De Novo explains why a server cabinet containing data of millions of Ukrainians is no longer a matter of business, but a matter of national security.

Of the nearly 213,000 applicants recommended for admission, only 73,000 secured state-funded places, while the rest must decide by August 11 whether to pay tens of thousands of hryvnias annually for their education.

The European Union's combined GDP reached 18.8 trillion euros, but behind this figure lies a stark disparity in living standards: a Luxembourg resident lives as if earning 3.5 times more than a Bulgarian.

Investigators believe Kolomoisky withdrew over 9.2 billion hryvnias from PrivatBank under the guise of repurchasing its own bonds — the High Anti-Corruption Court will now decide on this case.

Kyiv region has signed a cooperation agreement with Turkish energy giant Aydem Holding, but a memorandum is a statement of intent, not a binding contract. The key question is not who signed it, but who is responsible for the land, infrastructure networks, and financing.

A Chinese robotics manufacturer is raising nearly a billion dollars just as the US closes its market to its products — the figure of 13.3% of revenue from America explains why the company is in a hurry.

The EU transfers another tranche of revenues from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine — this time amid a massive attack. However, while Brussels approves hundreds of millions quarterly, the 140 billion euro "reparations loan" plan remains blocked.

A hole in the outer shell of the New Safe Confinement will be hermetically sealed, but this is a temporary solution.

# Translation A road-building company became the sole participant in an auction and acquired the Kotovsky winery at twice below the starting price. This is already the second case in a year when a state winemaking asset has been transferred not to an industry player, but to a tenant or a related business.

The President of the Association of Dietitians of Ukraine Oleg Shvets stated that healthy people can eat watermelon without any restrictions — there is only one guideline: their own well-being.

The funds will go toward repaying loans that have already financed the Ukrainian army and budget — meaning Russia is paying for the war it started without touching the "body" of the frozen 300 billion.

One person could submit multiple applications — so the 28% "growth" does not mean 28% more applicants. What's more interesting is this: demand for engineering specialties is growing faster than for management and psychology.

While the head of Ukrposhta was alarming citizens with new requirements to disclose their tax ID number and card number, the National Bank says the opposite: these data in receipts will become less, not more.

A company that for years fed the Poltava region's budget with jobs has become a hostage not to factory problems, but to a maritime blockade. This demonstrates how fragile the logistics of Ukrainian exports has become.

Russia's crude oil exports have fallen below 4 million barrels per day for the first time in six weeks — Bloomberg records the impact of Ukrainian strikes on tankers and refineries.

Money from the EU is no longer contingent on promises of new reforms — it now depends on whether the state apparatus can fulfill already signed commitments. So far, it is falling short.

The State Statistics Service recorded weak economic growth in the second quarter, while all forecasting institutions—from the government to the IMF—are once again lowering expectations for the year.

A towing company continues to process vessels in the waters of "Pivdennyi" within the maritime corridor, despite regular attacks on port infrastructure.

People died not on the train, but while waiting for it — near warehouses that were the actual target. This raises a practical question: how is Ukrzaliznytsia protecting platforms near logistics hubs that have become a priority target for Russia.