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G-8 finance ministers arrive in Moscow ahead of Saturday talks

MOSCOW (AP) – Finance ministers from the world’s richest countries fly into Moscow on Friday for talks on energy supplies and the effect of high oil …
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Russia’s Putin invites Hamas leaders to Moscow for talks

MADRID, Spain (AP) – Russia does not see the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organization, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, and invited …
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Poland’s prime minister appeals for energy security pact

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland’s premier appealed Friday in published remarks for a Euro-Atlantic energy security pact guaranteeing vital suppliers of …
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Ukraine’s president calls for unity in annual address to parliament

s and unite – a familiar appeal from the embattled leader, who risks losing influence in next month’s parliamentary race. Communist Party lawmakers, …
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Ukraine’s lawmakers vote to bar foreign troops from participating in training exercises

n military training exercises in Ukraine this year, a move that reflects the opposition’s anger over President Viktor Yushchenko’s approaches to …
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State stymied on ferroalloy plant repossession

Despite an incontestable ruling by Ukraine’s Supreme Court, which has allowed the state to regain control of the lucrative Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant, …
John Marone

Tell it like it is

As we move closer to the March parliamentary elections, Ukrainians are being bombarded with political advertising. In its campaign, the …
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Letting go

This week saw a continuation of Ukraine’s most famous celebrity wrestling match: the state versus the oligarchs, with the country’s industrial assets …
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Roman Kupchinsky: Suspicious gas dealings with Russia

After following and writing about gas deals between Ukraine and Russia for the past four years, I feel confident in stating that the agreement to …
Roman Kupchynsky

Advisor defends gov’t

Oleksandr Danylyuk has served as an economic advisor to Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhnaurov since last fall, when the ally of President Viktor …
Roman Olearchyk

Gongadze trial endures more delays

Ukraine`s trial of the century, the 2000 murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze, began at the Kyiv Court of Appeals last month, but its slow pace and …
John Marone

Betting on Ukrainian studies

Nine-year-old Takun Chakraborty speaks Bengali at home, but easily switches to Russian when he hangs out with his Russian-speaking friends, and he …
Yulianna Vilkos

Hares Youssef: Ukraine’s influential Syrian-born businessman

When Hares Youssef, an influential Ukrainian businessman of Syrian origin, talks about why he left his homeland, he mentions everything except his own …
Vlad Lavrov

Election rigging still can’t be ruled out

While parliamentary elections this spring are expected to be fairer than the fraud-filled presidential elections of 2004, some analysts say that …
Evgenia Mussuri

Kyiv businessmen to finance Hollywood studio

A Kyiv-based business group is leading a bold investment project to create a modern film production facility on the outskirts of teh nation`s capital …
John Marone
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Eugenia Aleksandrova

Europeans buying out glass plants

Switzerland’s Vetropack Holding is negotiating to purchase a majority stake in Hostomel Glass Factory, located in Kyiv oblast. Greece’s Yioula …
Maya Yaremenko

Luxury mobile phone store opens doors in Kyiv

Ukrainian luxury lovers now have one more reason to loosen their purse strings, with the opening of a new mobile phone boutique selling expensive …
Yulianna Vilkos

Bank grants education reform cash

The World Bank has granted Ukraine an $86.6 million loan in the first step of a broader initiative to support the nation’s reforms in the education …
Yulianna Vilkos
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