Ukraine

Ukraine's ad industry takes ad man back to his youth

For veteran ad man Brian Dobson, stepping off the plane in Ukraine is like taking a step back in time to his first days in the ad industry in sixties …
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Ukraine set to vote again

Fresh from two rounds of presidential election, Ukrainians are now bracing for a new vote that could lead to a major overhaul of the country’s …
Katya Gorchinskaya

One referendum not worth voting for

To those who thought that political intrigue in Ukraine would settle down after the presidential elections ended last November, think again. Several …
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U.S. to boost aid to Kyiv in year 2000

As the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton moves into its final year, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright singled out Ukraine along …
Peter Byrne

Villagers fighting for land ownership rights

VELYKA DMYTRIVKA – According to the administration of President Leonid Kuchma and many foreign consultants, Ukrainian land reform, if not perfect, is …
Stefan Korshak

1999: year of the average advertisment

As 1999 drew to a close, the Post asked creative directors at ad agencies in Kyiv to sum up the past year. Many said that their art had imitated life …
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Y2K software firm sued

While Ukraine is proudly boasting of effectively subduing the millennium bug, U.S. investigators are trying to find out if Y2K software purchased with …
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The frustration of fundraising in Ukraine

Though I do not profess to be a journalist, I felt I needed to communicate in some fashion my disenchantment in foreign corporations doing business in …
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Former Lazarenko aide out on bail in US

Petro Kyrychenko, former aide to ex-premier Pavlo Lazarenko, was released from prison Jan. 9 to a particularly plushy ‘house arrest’ in his San …
Stefan Korshak

Ukrainians Czeched by new law

Ukraine may soon be able to shed its reputation as a major supplier of illegal works to the Czech Republic. But it will not be thanks to the …
Peter Byrne

Orlan survives by going soft

Adapt and survive. This law of nature holds just as well in business, and no more so than in a challenging business climate like that of Ukraine. The …
Alex Berdnick

Wealthy Kyivans snap up luxury flats

They say good things come to those who wait. But that old adage doesn't seem to apply to Kyiv's housing market: while thousands of families …
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Tymoshenko says state firm stole Russian gas

Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Jan. 12 accused state energy monopoly Naftogaz Ukrainy of concealing the full amount of its gas debt to …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Quiet start to trading in year 2000

Ukraine's stock market entered the year 2000 with relatively subdued trading, but expectations are high, and dealers predict a general revival of …
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Letters to the Editor

Rodina Mat will not collapse My father, Anatoly Victorovych Maslovsky, was the general construction manager for the Rodina Mat complex ('Architect …
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Yushchenko effect ups bond prices

New Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko is making a difference already – at least as far as prices for Ukrainian Eurobonds go. The price of Ukrianian …
Vitaly Sych

Mykolayiv Alumina gets new boss

Ukraine’s most scandalous industrial saga took another twist on New Year’s Eve as the country’s metallurgical jewel Mykolaiv Alumina Plant (MAP) again …
Vitaliy Sych

Ukraine hits 2000 without a hitch

Computer experts insist the Y2K computer glitch was more than just a product of someone’s imagination. It will be hard to convince Ukrainians of …
Peter Byrne
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