Articles by Jack Laurenson

Gennadiy Chizhikov’s chamber boasts 8,000 member businesses and 73 offices around Ukraine

Interview with Osnat Lubrani, United Nations resident coordinator in Ukraine

Still no justice in sight for troubled Ukrainian banks

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Ukraine court moves to derail major bank fraud case against Bakhmatyuk 

Jack Laurenson: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 777 dead, 26,514 cases, 550 new infections

Business Update: Pandemic not likely to affect Ukraine’s visa-free travel with EU

Business Update: Ukraine expects $5 billion IMF loan approval on June 5, first payment …

Travel industry will need a long time to recover from COVID-19

Jack Laurenson: Ukraine’s Friend and Foe of the Week

Business Update: Ukraine International Airlines moves to cut 900 jobs, country opens some …

Business Update: Kyiv to lift more lockdown restrictions, railway ticket offices open

Business Update: Railway stations, airports prepare to reopen as lockdown slowly lifted

Business Update: Ukraine to prepare for possible next wave of COVID-19 infections

Business Update: Ukraine reaches tentative $5 billion agreement with IMF

Business Update: COVID-19 pushes more Ukrainian families below poverty line

Business Update: Ukraine to start lifting COVID-19 lockdown

Business Update: Economic downturn to peak in second quarter, air travel may return in …

Business Update: State Customs Service dismisses senior staff, Kyiv begins slow reopening

Business Update: May 4 – World Bank approves $150 million loan for Ukraine, business …

Jack Laurenson: Ukraine’s Friend and Foe of the Week

Business Update: April 30 – Banks profit, police investigate illegal logging and forest …

Business Update: April 29 – IMF warns that Ukraine government must protect NABU …

Business Update: April 28 – World Bank allocates extra $135 million for Ukrainian health …

Business Update: April 27 – Parliament to consider at least 300 banking law amendments

Business Update: April 24 – State railway pays big tax bill, farmers oppose export limits

Business Update: April 23 – Riaboshapka says SBU blocking PrivatBank cases, IT investments …

Business Update: April 22 – EU allocates 1.2 billion euros for Ukraine, Zelensky wants …

Business Update: April 21 – Online retail grows, house prices up

Business Update: April 17 – Rent breaks needed amid COVID-19 lockdown

Business Update: April 16 – Better trade conditions with EU, UK on horizon for Ukraine

Britain, Ukraine to sign new deal on free trade, strategic partnership

Business Update: April 15 – Land market reform opposition, forest fire fines increased

Business Update: April 14 – IMF says Ukraine’s economy will shrink, bounce back in 2021

Washington Post: The silver lining to coronavirus lockdowns – air quality is improving

Jack Laurenson: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week

Business Update: April 9 – COVID-19 inflicts pain on Ukrainian companies

Ukraine Digest: April 8 – Cabinet offers $2.5 billion for coronavirus recovery

Business Update: April 8 – Ukraine to import, produce COVID-19 medicines, Chornobyl zone …

Ukraine Digest: April 7 – Country continues fight against COVID-19

Business Update: April 7 – Kolomoisky faces London trial after UK Supreme Court decision

Ukraine Digest: April 6 – Country enters period of COVID-19 uncertainty

Business Update: April 6 – Most businesses expect 50% reduction in revenue for 2020

Ukraine Digest: April 2 – More medical staff infected with coronavirus

Business Update: April 2 – Central bank sends $1.55 billion to state budget, Ukraine gas …

Ukraine Digest: April 1 – Ukraine confirms more infected with COVID-19

Business Update: Germany lends Ukraine 150 million euros to fight coronavirus

Ukraine Digest: March 31 – Country braces for more cases of COVID-19

Business Update: March 31 – Ukraine prepares for long quarantine, EU sends aid, SkyUp …

Business Update – March 30: GDP to shrink, unemployment increases, banks vulnerable

Ukraine Digest – March 27: Hospitals, economy already hurt by COVID-19

Business Update – March 27: Progress with IMF talks, UIA needs $60 million state loan

Experts say Ukrainian hospitals are not ready for COVID-19 pandemic

COVID‑19 already inflicting harm on Ukraine economy

Ukraine Digest – March 26: Sharp increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19 

Business Update – March 26: PrivatBank freezes some loan repayments, Ukrnafta needs tax …

Ukraine Digest – March 25: Ukraine extends quarantine until April 24

Business Update – March 24: Ukrainian companies buy vital COVID-19 medical equipment

New labor law could threaten workers’ rights, but state firms happy

Business Update – March 23: Ukraine starts to tally economic cost of COVID-19

Jack Laurenson: China sends us a pandemic and its propaganda 

Business Update – March 20: European Investment Bank ready to aid Ukraine amid its …

Ukraine Digest – March 19: Emergency IMF talks, only 640 tested for COVID-19