Olena Prytula, editor-founder of the Ukrainska pravda online publication, and Tomasz Fiala, CEO of Dragon Capital, have entered into an agreement under which 100% of the corporate rights to the publication and all its assets will pass to the Dragon Capital Group. This was reported on the website of the investment company.
It is noted that the parties have agreed that the editorial policy of the publication and approaches to work will remain unchanged. The current Ukrainska pravda team, led by editor-in-chief Sevgil Musaeva, will continue to work in the same format as before, in close collaboration with Olena Prytula, who will continue to play the role of founding editor.
“By analogy with the NV project, we will continue the practice of non-interference of the owner in the editorial policy of the UE and are pleased to announce the signing of the relevant document, which will be freely available on the website of Ukrainska pravda,” said Tomasz Fiala.
It is noted that Dragon Capital sees this investment as another step towards supporting free media and freedom of speech in Ukraine. The investment company is convinced of the great prospects of digital media as a successful business, the popularity of which will grow in the coming years.
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During trading on Monday, October 11, the price of a barrel of Brent oil rose by 2% to $ 84.01. She reached this mark for the first time since October 2018. US WTI oil rose by $ 1.62 to $ 81.3 – the highest price since 2014, according to Reuters. It is noted that Brent […]
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A head of the National bank of Ukraine appeals to law enforcements with the request to inspect Soyuz and Veles banks. It returned to work in spite of the fact that the Central Bank had decided its liquidation. V.Gontareva informed on Thursday that these two banks recently had renewed its work. NBU stopped its functioning […]
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This year the company Nestle has established a venture fund package for $ 260 million, but it is just a part of a wider initiative of $ 2.1 billion for abandonment of primary plastic. Two years ago, Nestle that will make all its packaging suitable for recycling or re-use and intends to reduce the use […]
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The World Bank has maintained its forecast for Ukraine’s GDP recovery in 2021 at 3.8% after falling by 4.0% in 2020. The economic growth forecast for the next 2 years has improved, according to the World Bank report. In particular, according to the new forecast, Ukraine’s economy will grow by 3.5% in 2022 and by […]
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The total wealth of all dollar millionaires in the world in 2020 increased by 7.6% and amounted to $ 79.6 trillion. The international consulting company Capgemini SA in the annual World Wealth Report reported this. At the same time, the number of wealthy people (high-net-worth individual, HNWI) increased by 6.3% to 20.8 million people. The […]
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Olena Prytula, editor-founder of the Ukrainska pravda online publication, and Tomasz Fiala, CEO of Dragon Capital, have entered into an agreement under which 100% of the corporate rights to the publication and all its assets will pass to the Dragon Capital Group. This was reported on the website of the investment company. It is noted […]
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