Ukraine

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Ukrainian national Tetyana Popova, 24, has joined media agency Initiative Media Ukraine as an operation and media-buying director. There she will be …
Interns

Architect says Rodina Mat at risk of collapse

Love it or loathe it, Kyiv’s Rodina Mat statute, built in Soviet times to rival New York’s Statue of Liberty, promises to be an enduring symbol of …
Evgenia Mussuri

Woman finds MBA program a fair exchange

After two years of teaching English at a university in Ivano-Frankivsk, Oksana Strashna decided she needed a change in career. For one, the job at the …
Vitaly Sych

Letter from the new publisher

We are proud to announce that Pieter Kinds has taken over as publisher of the Kyiv Post. For four years, the Kyiv Post has been in the middle of the …
Interns

Hryvnia recovers after falling to new low

After plunging to an all-time low of Hr 5.7 to the dollar, the beleaguered hryvna crawled back up to Hr 5.3 to the dollar in street trading in Kyiv on …
Alex Berdnick

Rada rejects Pustovoitenko

Parliament on Dec. 14 rejected President Leonid Kuchma’s request that it reappoint Valery Pustovoitenko prime minister, forcing the president to look …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Stock market ending year on a high

Leading Ukrainian shares climbed to a new year-high in the latest trading period, but dealers said the market would be unpredictable in the near-term …
Interns

Dialla, BITA take home top awards for ad effectiveness

Who's the best judge of the effectiveness of an ad campaign: the creator of the ad itself, or the client? The organizers of X'99, a Ukrainian …
Interns

Q&A: Steven Pifer

The message given by U.S. Ambassador Steven Pifer during a meeting with journalists on Dec. 13 was simple and direct: Hope dies last. Following the …
Peter Byrne

Making a profit the Chinese way

Executives at the Tienli Bistro faced their first management challenge of the day at 10:48 a.m. on Dec. 13. ‘Not enough tables, too many customers,’ …
Stefan Korshak

Developers say Podil project will rise above other office centers

The Perspektyva Business Center, which began rising in Podil in the summer of 1998 and now dominates the skyline of that Kyiv region, is just about …
Interns

Grain dearth could spike bread prices

The capital’s grain and flour stocks have reached critically low levels, and the city has only enough in stock to keep making bread for another nine …
Vitaly Sych

Kuchma makes new reform pledge

President Leonid Kuchma, pressured by woeful economic conditions at home and growing Western impatience with his failure to achieve any visible reform …
Peter Byrne

Conflict is Inevitable, but…

If there is one sure thing about foreign investment in Ukraine, it is that joint venture partners have to negotiate with one another – constantly. …
interns

Five more years to go, what now, Mr. Kuchma?

Considering Ukraine my 'second' country, I am wondering what will happen to it in the near future. Is there going to be any change, any …
Interns

AmCham elects new board

Jorge Zukoski, executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce, officially announced on Dec. 1 the successful completion of another round of …
Interns

President issues land reform decree

Three days into his second term, President Leonid Kuchma on Dec. 3 issued his first major decree, which tackles the thorny issue of agricultural …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Probe into abuse of volunteers finds no crime

No one may ever learn what exactly happened to two young Americans arrested by Kherson police for public intoxication late last month. Their …
Stefan Korshak
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