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Expatriates’ investment firms will merge

Two Kyiv-based financial services firms established by U.S. citizens have unveiled plans to merge, citing the need to better service Ukrainian …
Roman Olearchyk

Lie-detecting arrives on the Ukrainian market

id Andriy Volyk from behind his desk in a small, ascetic office in an old two-star hotel on the outskirts of Kyiv. “But,” he adds, “they also have the …
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Raiffeisen Bank buys deeper into local market

Austria’s Raiffeisen International announced on March 24 that it is in talks to buy Ukraine’s  second-largest bank as part of its plan to expand into …
Viktoria Braychenko

Merchants in uproar over management of mall

Tenants at Ukraina shopping mall are demanding lower rent and new management as they blame the latter  for lack of professionalism and low shopper …
Vlad Lavrov

10 Years – Mirovaya Karta’s Michael Don

ieved us.” In 1989, when foreigners were just starting to peek behind the Iron Curtain, many Soviet citizens were leaving the country looking for a …
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Alfa Group increases its stake in Kyivstar

Moscow-based Alfa Group has beefed up its stake in leading Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar GSM, stamping out links the company had to relatives of …
Roman Olearchyk

Turkish contractor kicked off of construction site

The fate of a bridge across the Dnipro River remains up in the air after armed guards acting on behalf of the bridge`s builder forced a contracting …
Viktoria Braychenko

Recruiters, job-seekers benefit from growth

With the revolution over and the new government in place, Kyivans are thinking about the future, and for job seekers, things are only looking …
Eugenia Aleksandrova

Eurovision: Ticket woes, unfortunately

remember, the ticket sale date for the high-profile pop music festival had been pushed back twice already, because local contest organizers weren’t …
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7 Days in Kyiv

r the internationally famous Ukrainian dancer Vladimir Malakhov is expected to take time off from his duties as director of the Berlin State Opera …
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Quoting Shakespeare, afraid to grow up

22. Place you call home: Curitiba, Brazil. Time served: 2 months. What brought you to Ukraine? A job in the automotive sector. Favorite place in Kyiv: …
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Snail-farming aid worker Chris Petch

Clad in a pinstripe suit and fedora, Chris Petch, operations officer for the International Organization for Migration, strolled into Cafe Francis for …
ruslan tracz

Sushi in Bessarabska, and a Laguna in Globus

When sushi becomes a regular lunch choice along with Ukrainian buffet offerings or pizza, that’s when you know the local dining scene is changing for …
Viktoria Barchenko

Looking for smut? Keep an open mind

You might enter the Nasoloda (“pleasure” in Ukrainian) sex shop in Podil out of sheer curiosity, but as soon as you walk in you’ll consider buying …
Viktoria Barchenko

Moldovan government condemns elections in separatist Trans-Dniester as illegal

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) – Moldova’s government on March 28 condemned local elections held a day earlier in the eastern province of Trans-Dniester, …
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Battle of rival parliaments ends in Kyrgyzstan, raising prospects for stability

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) – Lawmakers on March 29 ended a damaging battle for legitimacy between rival parliaments, boosting prospects for political …
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Yushchenko says Ukraine must improve weapons exports, pledges better controls

(AP) – Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko said that the country’s military industry should make more efforts to improve it own weapons designs …
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Kyrgyz opposition figure claims control a day after president ousted in massive protests

er Kurmanbek Bakiyev emerged from the Parliament building March 25 and said he had been named Kyrgyzstan’s acting leader a day after protesters drove …
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