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Justice Minister admits to fabricating resume

Justice Minister Roman Zvarych has acknowledged that he does not have a master’s degree in philosophy or any other subject from Columbia …
Peter Byrne

Medical students fighting government pressure

The government’s first moves to reform the country’s medical education system will likely be in vain, as they face strong resistance from Ukrainian …
Yulianna Vilkos

Tapegate gets even weirder

The only reason for travelling to the city of Ostrava, in Northern Moravia, in the Czech Republic, was to meet Volodymyr Boldanyuk, the Czech citizen …
Peter Byrne

Zvarych must go

Justice Minister Roman Zvarych lied about his educational history, as he admits in an interview with The Ukrainian Weekly, an English-language …
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Patience on Eurovision

ountry. But amidst the celebration – Ukraine was on the map! – there was a note of worry. Eurovision is a massive tourism windfall, media event and …
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The coming summer sex boom

or women and the sex tourism season for too many men. Hordes of Turkish, German, American, French, English, Italian, Swedish and other men will, as …
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Consumer confidence hits all-time high

Consumer confidence among Ukrainians reached an all-time high in the first quarter of this year, a sign that Ukrainians feel more optimistic about the …
Roman Olearchyk

International students run up against charity snags

ed about strays at Kyiv’s privately-run S.O.S animal shelter is natural. But when Klein wanted to channel her compassion into action, and asked people …
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Pinchuk mulls sale of some assets

Ukrainian business mogul Viktor Pinchuk is apparently testing the market, trying to see if there are buyers for any of the assets he obtained while …
Roman Olearchyk

Russian oil bows to government controls

Using administrative pressures, Ukraine’s government late last week successfully persuaded Russian oil conglomerates that control Ukraine’s petroleum …

Anders Aslund talks the economy

of the Russian and Eurasian Program at the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and co-director of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s …
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Tough women

ze is watchful and serious. Yet she smiles, blushing in a most feminine way, when asked what it feels like to be doing a man’s job. Tetyana, clad in a …
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Dacha rental costs rising fast

when the Soviet Union collapsed. For the less fortunate, renting dachas or joining friends remain the only options. And renting real estate in the …
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Big city, little office space

l these investors pour into Ukraine, as everyone hopes, where are they all going to work? Office space in Kyiv is at a premium. Many major business …
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10 Years: Kyiv’s gregarious Burns-loving Scot

eloping, and I don’t know any place more exciting. I just don’t see a country where the grass is greener than in Ukraine.” Edinburgh-born Stuart …
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Forty-six alcohol licenses per store?

Supermarkets are bemoaning a new rule that requires each cash register to have its own separate liquor license. The new rule came into effect on March …
Vlad Lavrov

Top U.S. music producer sees potential in Ukraine

Narada Michael Walden, a celebrated U.S. music producer who has worked with stars such as Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin, says Ukraine is an …
Vlad Lavrov

Eurovision has trinket vendors competing

Ukrainsky Souvenir, the sole licensee of the Eurovision 2005 trademark, is taking rival souvenir makers to court for trying to dodge new copyright …
Viktoria Braychenko
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