Ukraine

Kuchma urges parliament to approve revised 1998 budget

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma asked parliament on Friday to approve a revised 1998 budget draft before lawmakers leave for their summer recess …
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Government moves ease Tkachenko debt

Signaling willingness to let even expensive bygones be bygones, the administration has moved to wipe out a massive debt owed to the government by the …
Stefan Korshak

A fight to the death

Two very different sorts of Ukrainian political activists held meetings over the past few days and dramatically showed again how polarized Ukrainian …
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Letters To The Editor

Listen, I've been looking at the positive side so long in this country I'm sick. That was before. Before I became the director. I – like a lot …
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Money warms Kyiv’s friendship with NATO

Events during the July 9-10 visit of NATO Secretary General Javier Solana to Ukraine suggest that Kyiv may be pulling closer to the Transatlantic …
Tom Warner

Two of very different kinds

realized the advantages of this – the telephone connections to my bosses became quicker. But upon further consideration, when I thought of who was …
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A gap in the market

When it comes to finding the coffee table, doctor's office or restroom reading material, Ukraine is not the best place to look. Magazines that …
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EBRD okays $35m Kyiv hotel project

In some of the best news for the Ukrainian investment climate in months, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has given a …
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Fighting a losing battle

At 4 a.m. when most Kyivites were asleep i their beds, a woman and her 11-year-old daughter were perched on the window of their third floor apartment …
Vitaly Sych

P&G to up investments

U.S. based household-goods firm Procter&Gamble plans to invest $230 million into Ukraine over the next five years, a company representative said on …
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Parliament ends speaker deadlock

In a sign of growing cooperation between the government and the large leftist bloc in parliament, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday elected …
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Officials report more falls in budget revenues

Budget revenues are continuing to fall in Ukraine, with the state presently owed more than Hr 6 billion ($3 billion) in taxes and other payments, a …
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More of the same

After seven weeks of searching for a leader the Ukrainian Parliament finally elected a speaker, Peasants Party chief Oleksandr Tkachenko. With a few …
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Visiting NATO chief praises Kyiv

NATO Secretary General Dr. Javier Solana, visiting Ukraine lavished the country for its contribution to European peace and stability. He said …
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The House of Tax Dodgers

State and local taxes are so high that it is mandatory in Ukraine to avoid them. More than 60 percent of the taxes are said not to be paid. The …
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Investments on wheels

o well-groomed young men inspected dashboard layout, windshield wipers, and spare tire well. Meanwhile, their buddy Vladimir Leskov was chatting on …
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Trade deal delayed by Russian shuffle

Implementation of a major economic treaty between Ukraine and Russia is being delayed by the change of Russia's government, according to …
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Hurvits barred from Odessa vote

Former Odessa Mayor Eduard Hurvits will not be allowed to run for re-election, the city's new electoral commission decided on Friday. Strongly …
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