Ukraine

Perils of debt burden weigh on officials

Ukraine has been pushed into deep economic crisis by the burden of its foreign debts and a lack of foreign cash to service them, senior officials said …
Interns

EBRD spared dangers of Chernobyl

Ukraine will delay the restart of the last operational reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant so as not to scare off thousands of bankers …
Victor Luhovyk

Nuclear disaster fades from memory

SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine – Only about 200 Ukrainians turned up early on Sunday morning to light candles in remembrance of those killed when the Chernobyl …
Interns

Ministers jumping ship of state amid presidential purge

The squeeze is on for government officials menaced from above by a purge designed to solidify President Leonid Kuchma’s support base ahead of next …
Victor Luhovyk

Energo stocks selling at bargain prices, say dealers

What happens when a stock market stalls, foreign capital flees, and even the prices of blue chip shares stagnate or plummet? Traders start talking …
Stefan Korshak

EBRD to expand Ukraine small business credit line

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will advance an additional ECU 120 million ($132.2 million) to expand its small and medium …
Stefan Korshak

Sugar beet planting starts amid worries over inputs

(Reuters) Ukraine has started planting sugar beet amid favorable weather in the south and rains in central and northern areas that could lead to …
Interns

Top banker killed in suspected contract hit

A former central bank chief who was also a prominent lawmaker in Ukraine's outgoing Parliament was shot and killed in what looked like a contract …
Interns

American robot to probe Chernobyl hellhole

A robot guided by software used by America’s space agency last year to map the surface of Mars will soon plunge into an even more hostile environment …
Lily Hide

Officials detail blast's mounting toll

Ukrainians have suffered almost four times more radiation-related diseases since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, the Health Ministry said on …
Interns

CAIB signs deal to privatize 24 percent of Donbassenergo

VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria's CAIB Investmentbank said on Thursday it had signed the first international tender for advisory services in the …
Interns

Hands off our Chernobyl

The Chernobyl anniversary is once more upon us, with its private grief for families of the victims and its public grandstanding by officials armed …
Editorial

The immovable minister moves on

For a man who did not make his country's foreign policy, Hennady Udovenko sure personified it. Smart diplomacy has been one of the few bright …
Editorial

Analysts not buying privatization changes

The government will proceed with sales of regional electricity distributors halted three weeks ago after the prime minister complained they were being …
Victor Luhovyk

Shifting laws torture tax accountants

Lubov Korenchuk is tortured by an obsession that has driven her to seek out a support group. Each week, she meets with 40 fellow sufferers in central …
Tiffany Carlsen

A history Ukraine can use

'I feel like a first-grader,' she said in exasperation. 'Like I've been treated as a child and that a part of my identity, of my …
Editorial

Analysts not buying privatization changes

The government will proceed with sales of regional electricity distributors halted three weeks ago after the prime minister complained they were being …
interns

Friend of West Tarasyuk is new foreign minister

President Leonid Kuchma named a Western-leaning diplomat Friday to replace outgoing Foreign Minister Hennady Udovenko, who stepped down to take a seat …
Interns
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