Ukraine

Search for better life forces women to sell sex

Natalia Korolenko is one of many young Ukrainian women who came from somewhere else hoping to find something better in Kyiv. The 17-year-old wanted to …
Evgenia Mussuri

Abb’s new outlet for success

As strategic investors go, you don’t get much more strategic than ABB. The giant Swiss company, Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., is a globalized technology and …
Anna Stepanenko

KPN wants to retain its stake in UMC

Dutch telecommunications company KPN is ready to sell its shares in Ukrainian long-distance provider Utel, but wants to retain its stake in lucrative …
Vitaly Sych

As debts come due, Kyiv hopes to reschedule

Financiers around the world will be watching Ukraine closely next year as the country struggles to meet payments on its external debt. In 2000 Ukraine …
Interns

It isn't enough to shed communism

, the well-known international financier and philanthropist, who has been donating his money to development of civil society in Ukraine since the …
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Christmas ads won't come on the heels of Thanksgiving

Americans in Kyiv celebrate Thanksgiving Day on Nov. 25 with a traditional feast of turkey and pumpkin pie. In the United States, this holiday also …
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Lazarenko trail leads FBI to Kyiv

“Together with U.S. agents we conducted investigative work, interviewed witnesses and received a number of documents which are of interest to the U.S. …
Peter Byrne

Real estate companies looking for upturn after Kuchma win

How will the result of the presidential election impact the development of the real estate market? Jones East 8, one of the major real estate players …
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New jeep rolling off line

While the Koreans slash prices and the western competition flatly fears to enter, Russian manufacturers are expanding vehicle production in …
Stefan Korshak

Shares boosted by Kuchma win

Leading Ukrainian shares jumped nearly 9 percent in the latest trading period, buoyed by the re-election of President Leonid Kuchma and a significant …
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AvtoZAZ-Daewoo asks gov’t to cut car imports

Ukrainian car-making joint venture AvtoZAZ-Daewoo has asked the government to stem the flow of foreign cars into Ukraine in order to boost the …
Anna Kozmina

Elite haggle over plum jobs in gov’t

Tensions are running high in the struggle for seats in the new government as the competing business and political groups that helped President Leonid …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Kuchma glides to second term

Ukraine delivered a resounding “No” to communism on Nov. 14, re-electing Leonid Kuchma president for a second five-year term. Kuchma won 56.25 percent …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Marketers and ad men focusing more on focus groups

How do customers and potential customers view a product? Which ad medium will have the biggest impact on consumers? Which price image will maximize …
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Yevhen Chervonenko:

of soft-drinks, Orlan, advises President Leonid Kuchma, heads the National League of Producers of Foodstuffs and co-heads the Jewish Confederation of …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Kempa Center draws foreign, local firms to Kyiv's outskirts

In Kyiv, most high-profile office centers are located in high-profile areas of the city. But office centers don't necessarily have to be located …
Interns

Memoirs of a kind-hearted President Kuchma

s month. Relating the story of his political career first as prime minister and then president, Kuchma devoted several pages of the book to the newly …
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Observers claim second-round voting rife with violations

The presidential election in Ukraine was not free and fair, and while the recorded violations may not have affected the outcome of the vote, they can …
Katya Gorchinskaya
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