Ukraine

Balancing acts

calculators, recording numbers in neat rows and columns. Then the outside world took one good look at the figures and laughed. Financial statements …
Interns

Yuzhmash builds new satellite launch rocket

DNIPROPETROVSK – In the hangars of a once secret Soviet missile factory, Ukrainian engineers on Friday delivered the first of 38 rockets for an …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Shares rise slightly in sleepy stock market

(Reuters) The PFTS share index moved up slightly to 52.63 points on Monday from 52.50 on Friday but dealers said the market would remain slack in the …
Interns

AvtoZAZ-Daewoo joint venture is finally registered

The AvtoZAZ carmaker and South Korean Daewoo Corporation have registered their joint-venture to produce cars in Ukraine, AvtoZAZ chairman oleksandr …
Interns

The spy who came in from the cold

During the Cold War, Darell Clark knew Ukraine like a few other people in the world – through the lens of an aerial camera used to photograph Soviet …
Tiffany Carlsen

Kyiv mulls more mark bond issues

(Reuters) Ukraine has yet to decide if it will increase its mark-denominated bond which was issued in February and lead-managed by Commerzbank, an …
Interns

When the terror stops

There is a long passage in Don DeLillo's latest novel, 'The Underworld,' that paints the vivid scene of hundreds of warplanes parked in …
Interns

Judge dismisses Perekhid lawsuit over Studio 1+1 television license

A New York judge has dismissed Perekhid Media’s $750 million lawsuit against Studio 1+1 investor Central European Media Enterprises (CME), ruling that …
Tiffany Carlsen

Russia offers tax breaks in car industry

MOSCOW (AP) – The Russian government approved a plan Thursday to offer large foreign investors broad tax exemptions to attract capital to its …
Interns

Share index up as trading volumes rise sharply

(Reuters) Ukraine's PFTS share index moved up to 53.20 points on Thursday from 52.85 the previous day and dealers predicted the end of May would …
Interns

A futile rebellion against history

Enough foreign hand-wringing about Communist success in last month's Ukrainian parliamentary elections. Enough venting of frustration in the …
Editorial

Lost children find guardian angels

On a weekly sortie into a rundown Kyiv suburn, a small group of teenagers lugs bags full of bread and bouillon cubes to a street corner where some …
Lily Hide

Time to turn off the techno trash

While a history of Soviet occupation may have its place among the causes of Kyiv's troubles, it pales in comparison to the true source of our …
Editorial

How to anger Kuchma

Back in the bad old days, party bosses used to get fired if their bailiwicks fell short of the five-year plan. Now that democracy has supposedly …
Interns

Crackdown on copyright piracy fizzles

While ‘Titanic’ is still packing cinemas at $7 a head in most European cities, Ukrainians have been enjoying private home screenings of the …
Tiffany Carlsen

Foreign plaintiffs wary of commercial courts

The first thing a Westerner entering Urkaine’s byzantine commercial court system must do is abandon, if not hope, then at least his quaint notion that …
Lily Hide

One game, many sets of rules

Baseball, that quintessential American pastime, is upon us. Another season is underway. Hope springs eternal – a cliche of unrivalled proportions for …
Editorial

Stocks fall as investors eye Red Rada

Ukrainian shares already brought low by political uncertainty posted another steep fall last week as leading stock market indexes declined by up to 13 …
Katya Gorchinskaya
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