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Parliament drafting amendments to law on advertising

Parliament's Committee on Freedom of Speech has invited advertising experts to prepare amendments to the 1996 law on advertising and plans to …
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Antifreeze-February 24, 2000

Epiphanies are for the weak-minded. How can anything that occurs to a guy in a fit of inspiration ever actually stick? On the slight chance that he …
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How to get first-aid treatment

rst aid, just pick up any public or private phone and dial 03. Simple enough, right? Not always. The Ukrainian public health care system is not …
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Best Internet cafe: Virtual Tower

The Internet is generally associated with something deeply positive: communication and information exchange. Millions of people chat in ICQ, read news …
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Readers Retort-February 24, 2000

Last week we asked readers what they thought about castrating pets. Is it a cruel procedure carried out solely for the convenience of pet owners? Or …
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A virtual gold mine?

Nudging Ukrainian consumers into the age of technology takes a lot of patience and even more persistence, but one Kyiv-based company thinks its …
Olena Nikolayenko

Capital's warehouse segment remains an inhospitable sector

Oversupply; aging facilities; low prices: Those are just three of many factors that make the warehouse segment perhaps the most inhospitable segment …
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National bank sets hryvna free

The government and central bank announced on Feb.21 that Ukraine would allow the hryvna to float freely in 2000 after years of trying to keep it …
Stefan Korshak

Cypriot games

When Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kassoulidhis visited Ukraine this week, he received a beaming welcome from Ukrainian officials. He met …
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Will the two Ukraines become one?

In the past couple of years, when traveling between my home in New Jersey and my office in Kyiv, I have noticed an ever-lengthening separation between …
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Q&A: Anatoly Grytsenko

's National Security and Defense Council, last year, eight top policy analysts led by Colonel Anatoly Grytsenko retired from the council to work …
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Sink or float

Feb. 24, 2000 The Ukrainian government and the National Bank of Ukraine on Feb. 21 officially announced that they would give up trying to keep the …
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Concerns trouble young new Ukrnafta boss

Most people would be happy to be the boss of a blue chip company. But then, Ukrnafta isn’t exactly IBM. At the tender age of 32, Oleh Salmin in early …
Stefan Korshak

Pump prices set for dramatic rise

Parliament on Feb. 17 supported a government directive and canceled a 1992 law granting lucrative tax breaks to certain joint ventures. The decision …
Vitaly Sych

P&G ice sculpture exhibition to become an annual event

Last month's ice sculpture exhibition in Kyiv was not only one of this year's entertainment highlights, but also an advertising coup for …
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Tyumen still eyeing LyNOS, Oriana

Tyumen Oil, a subsidiary of Russian conglomerate Alfa Group, is apparently stepping up its bid for two Ukrainian strategic enterprises: troubled …
Vitaly Sych

National bank sets hryvna free

The government and central bank announced on Feb. 21 that Ukraine would allow the hryvna to float freely in 2000 after years of trying to keep it …
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Language bill angers Russians

A recent government decision aimed at widening the use of the Ukrainian language has drawn the ire of Russia, but Ukrainian officials retaliated by …
Vitaly Sych
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