Ukraine

Tempting possibilities for President Kuchma

A 31 percent rise in interest rates announced by Ukraine's Central Bank on Monday sounded yet more alarm bells about the parlous state of the …
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Find the gunmen

Serhy Odarych, the political scientist wounded in a shooting last month, and his political ally, former Justice Minister Serhy Holovaty, have pointed …
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Shipping company's debts maroon sailors

As Ukraine's troubled Black Sea Steam Ship Company (Blasco) made changes to top management last week, more reports surfaced about the dreadful …
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Monumental evolution from angels to thieves

Sometimes I just can not understand the Ukrainian mentality. Particularly this latest post-Soviet not-quite-Ukrainian, semi-independent, nakedly …
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Energy firm share issue irks foreign investors

Possibly backtracking on loudly-trumpeted plans to privatize Ukrainian utilities, the State Property Fund (SPF) moved last week give itself 10 percent …
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Kuchma sets single tax for small firms

(AP) President Leonid Kuchma has signed a new series of economic decrees, introducing a single tax rate for small businesses and a high import tax on …
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Economic news: bad and worse

Ukraine's leading economic indicators have gone from gloomy to dire over the past week, with interest rates spiking upward as share prices on the …
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Economic news: bad and worse

Ukraine's leading economic indicators have gone from gloomy to dire over the past week, with interest rates spiking upward as share prices on the …
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SPF debuts new cash auctions

Ukraine debuted a new form of privatization auction last week, part of the cash-strapped government's ongoing drive to raise income from the sale …
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Bribe charges traded in Rada

As Ukrainian lawmakers try to end one of history's longest parliamentary stalemates, accusations of graft and rumors of bizarre back-room deals …
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Russia cuts power to east Ukraine

Russia has increased the pressure on Ukraine to repay energy debts by cutting off power to the Kharkhiv and Sumy regions in the eastern part of the …
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Letters To The Editor

Explosive disagreement I also agree with you that the article about how Hitler blew up the Uspensky Cathedral is inconclusive. The copy of the …
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Capital's road works unearth deep suspicions

In most European capitals a major refurbishment of the city's main thoroughfare would be greeted with pride and probably a delighted curiosity …
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Shopkeepers idle, pedestrians stumble as repairs rip up center

Kyiv's downtown area has literally been turned inside out as city officials aim to transform Ukraine's capital into a real European city. …
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No rules means Mafia rules

Economics is, for all practical purposes, a dead science for Ukraine's government officials. If you want to observe real 'voodoo …
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Russia cuts power to east Ukraine

Russia has increased the pressure on Ukraine to repay energy debts by cutting off power to the Kharkhiv and Sumy regions in the eastern part of the …
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A precarious living by the pen

1933, this century's annus horribilis in Ukraine, was also a disastrous year for Ukrainian literature. Against the background of the Great Famine, …
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New captain at helm of troubled Blasco

As recently as October 1997, Aleksandr Diordiev was the Ukrainian Ministry of Transportation's best white knight. His mission was simple: as new …
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