Ukraine

Health ministry gives Nestle baby food all-clear

Government health officials gave Swiss food giant Nestle permission to resume importing one of its infant cereals in Ukraine last week, six months …
Tiffany Carlsen

Ukraine courts allies far and near

While economic factors continue to bind Ukraine to other ex-Soviet states, this young nation is standing up to its huge neighbor and seeking to plant …
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A win-win proposition

Ukrainians voted for independence in 1991 under the assumption that it would make their country far richer than it had been as Russia's western …
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Foreign banks cautious over entering market

Three more foreign banks have applied to convert their local representation offices into full-fledged branches, but Ukraine shouldn’t expect a big …
Stefan Korshak

Ukraine courts allies far and near

While economic factors continue to bind Ukraine to other ex-Soviet states, this young nation is standing up to its huge neighbor and seeking to plant …
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Import tariff threat worries auto traders

Thousands of Ukrainian car importers may soon face stiff new tariffs which could put them out of business and give a huge advantage to domestic car …
Stefan Korshak

The undead economy stirs

There’s more to the Ukrainian economy than meets the eye. Variously described as ‘limp’, ‘struggling’ or ‘comatose’ by the news agencies and …

Russian trade deals clear way for export boom

(Reuters) Ukrainian exports to Russia will increase by 20 to 25 percent this year after Moscow's decision to remove value-added tax on Ukrainian …
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Free farmers markets? When butchered pigs fly

The evidence is daily on display at farmers’ markets around Kyiv: freed to profit from the fruits of its labors, Ukraine’s peasantry has built …

Used car dealers brave risky run for the border

‘A great purchase,’ smiles Volodymyr Chaban, dusting thick snow from the hood of a charcoal gray 1992 Toledo two-door. ‘One owner – a German guy. …
Stefan Korshak

Fears mount over safety of Chernobyl's concrete tomb

REUTERS The foundations of the steel-and-concrete sarcophagus covering the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's wrecked fourth reactor are …
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Poor infrastructure bedevils Ukrainian agricultural sector

Poor infrastructure and laggardly reforms cast a shadow over ambitious plans announced by Ukraine's agriculture minister on Monday to boost 1998 …
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Rada's critics hinting at state of emergency

It seemed a longshot topper for a holiday wish list. During President Leonid Kuchma's trip to the eastern city of Luhansk at the end of 1997, …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Government cancels forced grain sales

The government is abandoning forced purchases of grain from farmers, an Agriculture Ministry official said on Thursday. The practice, dating back to …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Christmas makes a comeback

On the morning of Eastern Christmas in Kyiv ,the giant, tinsel-covered fir tree on Maidan Nezalezhnosti looked forlorn in the nearly empty square. …
Lily Hide

Down on Daewoo

Privatization of Ukraine's state-owned giants will begin this year because the government needs the proceeds to narrow the deficit in its …
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Finance Ministry plans $1.57B T-bill issue in 1998

(Reuters) Ukraine plans to issue nearly Hr 3 billion ($1.57 billion) in Treasury bills in 1998, the Finance Ministry's press service said on …
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And now, a word from our sponsor

Virtually all Ukrainian television channels broadcast the following pre-recorded address from President Leonid Kuchma just before midnight on New …
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