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Gerashchenko: Ukrainian MPs invite Canadian representatives as observers at 2019 elections

Representatives of the Ukrainian parliamentary delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly have met with Canadian colleagues, who were invited as …
Interfax-Ukraine

Lucky 13: These are top recent investments in Ukraine

Editor’s Note: According to a Kyiv Post survey of business and government leaders in Ukraine, these are the top recent investment in the nation. If …
KyivPost

IMF identifies many problems for Ukraine’s leaders to solve

Editor’s Note: The following summaries are from the International Monetary Fund’s April 4 staff country report on Ukraine available on its website at …
KyivPost

Fashion retail sector shows signs of recovery in Ukraine

During the 2014–2016 crisis, when the economy shrank by half and the currency lost two-thirds of its value, Ukrainians did not lose their urge to …
Bermet Talant

Investors say tax rates are not biggest deterrent to business

Among investor worries, Ukraine’s current tax rates aren’t at the top of the list. Ukraine started lowering tax rates in 2015, bringing them closer in …
Olena Savchuk

Ukraine’s carriers invest in mobile broadband, dream of 4G for 2018

It’s been two years since mobile operators started rolling out third-generation internet in Ukraine — years after most other European countries. And …
Denys Krasnikov

Car sales rise 34% as more drivers hit road

If any index tracks economic health, it seems to be new car sales. By that measure, Ukraine is clearly on the mend. New car sales in Ukraine in …
Brian Bonner

Ukraine expects a big bounce in Doing Business ranking

The Ukrainian government expects the nation to jump 10 positions in the World Bank’s Doing Business Ranking in 2018, Maksym Nefyodov, first deputy …
Veronika Melkozerova

Downward price pressure strong in every sector of real estate

The real estate market in Ukraine is either depressed or full of possibilities, depending on one’s perspective. For developers, the dramatic plunge of …
Olga Rudenko

Pharmaceuticals sector rises as health care reform looms

The pharmaceuticals sector didn’t escape the general economic slump that hit Ukraine in 2014–2015, but the industry now appears to be turning a …
Rahim Rahemtulla
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Maria Romanenko

An energy breakthrough might finally be on its way for Ukraine

Any nation’s economy is inextricably linked to its energy sector. If that sector is clean, competitive and efficient, and if the nation has enough …
Maria Romanenko

EU ambassador Mingarelli talks about what deters investment into Ukraine

When the Kyiv Post interview turned to whether Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is one of the “good guys” or “bad guys” — meaning is he a genuine …
Brian Bonner

Ukraine spends 12% of GDP on pensions; this has to end

Ukraine’s pension system has long been a fiscal time bomb threatening the country. And recently, the ticking got louder. Today, the ratio of Ukrainian …
Nataliya Trach

Ukrainian IT market keeps rising as if in a world apart

Call it an economic virtual reality. Over the last three years, while the rest of the Ukrainian economy struggled due to the turmoil generated by …
Denys Krasnikov

Life of finance minister: Plug fiscal black holes

Plenty of people mourned the departure of Natalie Jaresko last year as Ukraine’s finance minister after she lost out to Volodymyr Groysman as prime …
Brian Bonner

When will gray economy in Ukraine get any lighter?

To do business today in Ukraine is to come into contact with the shadow economy. Be it in the form of an employee asking to be paid in cash, a …
Rahim Rahemtulla

Company sues Ukraine in bid to corner hepatitis C drug market

Multinational pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences has found a way to make money in Ukraine. The company markets an anti-hepatitis C drug in Ukraine …
Josh Kovensky

International lenders look to build hryvnia bond market

Two major international lenders see 2017 as the time to start building a hryvnia capital market. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development …
Josh Kovensky
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