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Parliament opens final session

efore next month’s highly charged elections, with the speaker pleading for civility from the country’s rabble-rousing deputies. “I call on you to …
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New joint venture created to supply Ukraine with gas through 2010

Soviet Union, ending what had been a bitter feud with Moscow over prices. Under the deal, Ukraine will receive 34 billion cubic meters of Russian and …
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Two gas explosions rip through buildings in eastern Ukraine

(AP) Two separate natural gas explosions ripped through buildings in eastern Ukraine, killing five and injuring 17, emergency officials said …
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Czech Republic to extradite Russian sought by Ukraine on weapons trading charges

face charges of illegal weapons trading, an official said Thursday. Justice Minister Pavel Nemec ordered the extradition of Oleg Orlov this week, his …
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Prime Minister calls for quick privatization of telecom giant Ukrtelekom

cations company on a fast-track toward privatization in hopes of repeating last year’s highly profitable sale of the flagship steel mill …
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Ukraine’s PM says talks successful on joint gas venture with Russia

(AP) Talks aimed at creating a joint venture to supply natural gas from Russia and Central Asia to Ukraine were successful, Ukraine’s premier said …
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Reports: Russia to spend US$46 million (-38 million) to fight bird flu

MOSCOW (AP) – Russia will spend about US$46 million (-38 million) to fund new measures to stop the spread of bird flu, Russian news agencies reported …
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Ukrainian, Romanian presidents discuss Ukraine’s gas deal with Russia

(AP) Romania’s president on Thursday praised the Ukrainian government for its success in settling its bitter gas dispute with Russia over prices, but …
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Kyiv Lions Club returns with Burns Night

It’s wonderful to acknowledge charitable giving in Ukraine, whenever and however it is done. Even better is acknowledging that the Kyiv Lions Club, …
Paul Miazga

For the uninitiated, a book exchange

It’s long been around – the movie and book exchange at the Baboon cafe/bookstore. For those who have blinked and missed the note in the Kyiv Post …
Paul Miazga

Lunch with… Bold, free-thinking Bavarian Beate Schober

Italian restaurants and weather extremes invigorate German Beate Schober, the former head of Austrian Airlines’ office in Dnipropetrovsk and currently …
Paul Miazga

Apartment rentals – a good alternative to Kyiv hotels

Short-term apartment rentals continue be the accommodation of choice for guests to the Ukrainian capital, and for good reason. Hotels here tend to be …
Paul Miazga

Put this in your pipe: Kyiv’s best smoke shop

We’re not going to say that a Cuban revolution is going on in Kyiv, but from two years ago, where there weren’t any smoke shops here, to today, when …
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Playboy on the up and up; pricey Pret

A few years back, when the porn industry was going through its modern boom phase, many media critics began enunciating the doom of “soft-core” …
Paul Miazga

7 Days in Kyiv

SPORTS Saturday 4 – Sunday 5 English soccer action. Embattled Manchester United will host Fulham on Saturday (7 p.m.), while star-studded Chelsea will …
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Anders Aslund: Re-privatization should be avoided

Summing up the economic results of 2005, one indicator strikes you: economic growth in Ukraine plummeted from 12.1 percent in 2004 to 2.4 percent in …
Anders Aslund

Clean punches

Ukraine needs fresh faces and clean hands among its otherwise dirty politicians. At first glance, former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, who …
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Open the market

President Yushchenko plans to break the monopoly in the communal services sector by bringing in private market players to fuel competition. “The …
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