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Parliament fails to cancel privileges on petroleum product imports

KYIV, Mar. 16 (Ukrainian News) – Parliament on Thursday failed to cancel privileges on petroleum product imports provided in a law meant to stimulate …
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Parliament looks to introduce 17 percent sunflower duty, to be implemented in October

lowering the current 23 percent duty on sunflower exports to 17 percent. Two hundred and twenty-eight parliament members voted yes to the draft law …
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Ukraine reduced oil and gas imports from Russia in 2000

KYIV, Mar. 16 (AP) – Ukraine halved oil imports from Russia and reduced natural gas imports by 25 percent in 2000, as average prices for energy …
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Deputy PM believes Ukraine will be unable to meet all U.S. demands on pirated goods

KYIV, Mar. 15 (Ukrainian News) – A government official said Wednesday that Ukraine would not be able to meet all the United States’ demands to …
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Zarkapatia floods destroy one-third of winter crops, region delays spring sowing

ZAKARPATIA, Mar. 15 – The floods that hit Zakarpatia and the surrounding area last week have destroyed one-third of the winter crops in the region, or …
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Ukrtelekom incurs millions in losses due to Zarkapatia flooding

ZAKARPATIA, Mar. 15 (Ukrainian News) – The Ukrtelecom telecommunications company has incurred Hr 15 million in losses due to the flooding in the …
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Location blues: Swisshouse suffers from factory stigma

About a hundred meters from the base of Andriyivsky Uzviz stands the Soviet‑era Yunost clothing factory building. Clothing is still produced in the …
Serguei Chervachidze

New Web portal afeatures online retail ordering, free delivery

A fancy new Web portal called NuVse (Russian for “That’s all, folks”) was launched March 1 in non‑traditional fashion at Eric’s Bierstube in downtown …
Roman Olearchyk

New Web portal features online retail ordering, free delivery

A fancy new Web portal called NuVse (Russian for “That’s all, folks”) was launched March 1 in non‑traditional fashion at Eric’s Bierstube in downtown …
Roman Olearchyk

Business booms in Exclusion Zone

Slavutych – The United Nations has projected that Ukraine’s population will drop by nearly 40 percent by 2050. Over most of Ukraine, the birth rate is …
Katya Cengel

ZAP chief may get walking papers

(Wire reports) AvtoVAZ-Invest, the unit of Russian auto maker AvtoVAZ that recently purchased a 68 percent stake in the Zaporizhia Aluminum Plant …
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UKRAINE RELISHES LUXURY BUS BOOM

During Soviet times,Lviv’s LAZ bus plant produced 8,000 buses a year, enough to make it Europe’s largest bus plant. Today, it employs half its old …
Roman Olearchyk

UKRAINE RELISHES LUXURY BUS BOOM

viv’s LAZ bus plant produced 8,000 buses a year, enough to make it Europe’s largest bus plant. Today, it employs half its old workforce of 14,000 and …
Roman Olearchyk

Kyiv official gets Cabinet energy post

A little more than a month after seeing his closest ally sacked from his Cabinet, Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko finally got rid of one of his …
Roman Olearchyk

Center helps overcome language barrier

Ihor Malykin had a fortunate problem: What to do with too many clients? As co‑founder of Lingo, one of Kyiv’s first full‑service translation agencies, …
Steven Shakhan

Ukraine's government to increase pensions in 2001

KYIV, Mar. 14 (AP) – Ukraine’s government on Wednesday adopted a program aimed at establishing regular wage payments and increasing pensions, a news …
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Yushchenko instructs Naftogaz to complete Odesa-Brody pipeline by August

KYIV, Mar. 14 (Ukrainian News) – Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday instructed Naftogaz-Ukrainy to complete the construction of the …
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Canceling payment for incoming calls would cut profits sharply, mobile operators say

KYIV, Mar. 14 (Ukrainian News) – Possible changes to Ukraine’s communications law would lead to a sharp drop in incomes for mobile communications …
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