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Sewin their independence

SLAVUTYCH – Women have always had it hard here. Two‑thirds of the workforce at the city’s major employer, the Chernobyl nuclear plant, are men. Women …
Katya Cengel

Foreign companies dominate list of ‘best’ taxpayers

An annual ranking of Ukraine’s most successful companies reveals that the nation’s economy is still dominated by low-tech industrial giants, with …
Vitaly Sych

Tooling up for trade

Kyiv is about to become home to Ukraine’s first Western‑style construction materials and home supplies mega‑mart. Nova Linia, a 5,000‑square‑meter …
Roman Olearchyk

Budgets tapped for pope’s visit

Ukraine will spend far  more to host Pope John Paul II’s four-day visit to Kyiv and Lviv later this month than it did on its last high-profile …
Evgenia Mussuri

Red tape, graft are top business ills

An annual survey of businesses operating in Ukraine conducted by the International Finance Corporation has found that bureaucracy and rampant …
Roman Olearchyk

Ukrtelekom to retain UMC stake

Ukrtelekom intends to sell only 25 percent of Ukraine’s leading mobile operator, Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC), and retain ownership of 26 …
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Harvest may go to seed as nation short of combines

Some of what has been projected to be an excellent wheat harvest may go to seed because the nation lacks the machinery needed to bring in the …
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Book publishers say new law misses target

Talk about a heavy edit. A draft law passed by parliament at the behest of Ukraine’s struggling book industry has been revised and retooled to such an …
Vitaly Sych

Advisers tabbed for telecom sale

A consortium consisting of Squire, Sander & Dempsey LLP, Millen Financial Services, and the French bank BNP Paribas has won the contract to advise the …
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Book publishers say new law misses target

hest of Ukraine’s struggling book industry has been revised and retooled to such an extent that it will likely prove to be of greater help to print …
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Government preparing for shortfall

Less than six months into 2001, the government is revising  its spending plan in light of an expected revenue shortfall, calling into doubt the future …
Roman Olearchyk

Kuchma slaps ban on energo sales

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on May 21 called a halt to the transfer of state shares in energy-generating companies and energy distributors. The …
Roman Olearchyk

State loses stake in Rosava

The plot thickens. Three weeks after the first evidence appeared thatunknown forces were on the verge of essentially stealing the state’s 49 percent …
Vitaly Sych

Kuchma slaps ban on energo sales

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on May 21 called a halt to the transfer of state shares in energy-generating companies and energy distributors. The …
Roman Olearchyk

Industry split on licensing of IP-telephony

Business is getting tougher for companies that offer consumers the chance to make international phone calls over the Internet. The government, in a …
Roman Olearchyk

Kyiv hosts festival celebrating creativity in advertising

Ukraine’s young and flourishing advertising industry will have an opportunity to strut its stuff during Kyiv’s International Festival of Advertising, …
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Colliers named agent for Maidan Nezalezhnosti project

The Maidan project has moved to a new stage this week with the appointment of real estate brokerage Colliers International as sole agent for leasing …
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Rail station work sidetracks travelers

While urban Kyivans fume over blocked sidewalks and disrupted traffic downtown, the capital’s rail passengers are facing obstacles of their own. Major …
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