FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

At 1000, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host press roundtable talk as part of Green Deal project entitled "Ukrainian biomethane: how to dispose of potential of bio-energetics." Participants include Board Chairman of the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine (UABio) Heorhiy Heletukha; advisor to the Board Chairman of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy on low-carbon businesses and EU Green Deal Oleksiy Riabchyn; President of PrJSC MHP Eco Energy Oleksandr Dombrovsky; deputy head of the Regional Gas Company hydrogen project Ihor Hotsyk (8/5a Reitarska Street). The broadcast will be available on the YouTube channel of Interfax-Ukraine. The video recording of the roundtable talk will be published on the Youtube channel of the Green Deal portal. Admission of journalists requires registration on the spot. Additional info at: [email protected].

At 1000, a press conference on "Challenges of Democracy in the 21st Century" will start. Organizer: Association of Public Organizations "Free Nation". The following are invited to participate: ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin; Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy Yevhenia Kravchuk; U.S. Army Officer, Geopolitical Expert Harry Tabah (online); head of the Alliance of Nations NGO Abdulwahab Darwish; Belarusian opposition politician and former leader of the United Civil Party of Belarus Anatoliy Lebedko; Russian oppositionist, former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin Andriy Illarionov (online); moderator Oleksandr Svydyniuk (Ukrinform, 8/16 Khmelnytskoho Street, hall 2). Accreditation of media representatives: [email protected]. Due to quarantine restrictions, the number of places is limited. The event will be broadcast on the website and YouTube channel of Ukrinform: https://www.youtube.com/user/UkrinformTV.

At 1200, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a roundtable talk entitled "Replacing systemic govt control with carnival show. Who needs it and why." Participants include Director of the Institute for Global Strategies Vadym Karasiov; political expert Kostiantyn Matviyenko; Director of the Ukrainian Barometer sociological service Viktor Nebozhenko; political analyst Leonid Shvets (8/5a Reitarska Street). The broadcast will be available on the YouTube channel of Interfax-Ukraine. Admission of journalists requires registration on the spot.

At 1400, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host press conference on the initiative of local communities against mass liquidation of schools, hospitals in Ukraine’s regions: the practice of the so-called "optimization" of educational and medical infrastructure leads to the de facto closure of schools and hospitals, especially in rural areas. Participants include directors of hospitals and schools in Kherson region, lawyers, as well as candidate for deputy in Constituency No.184 Kateryna Odarchenko, the National Platform political party (8/5a Reitarska Street). The broadcast will be available on the YouTube channel of Interfax-Ukraine. Due to quarantine restrictions, the number of seats in the press center is limited. Admission of journalists requires registration on the spot.

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