- The sea of Azov by law can be used by both Ukraine and Russia, but Russia seems to try to monopolize it. It threatens the Ukrainian fishermen who are afraid of being taken captive by Russians. Read the Kyiv Post reporting from Azov Sea shore and the city of Mariupol.
- Anatoliy Grytsenko says he is the best prepared for the president job among the candidates to run in 2019. But at the last election in 2014, he received only 5 percent of the votes.
- The gas transportation system code, passed in 2016, has turned into a flashpoint of conflict among key players of the market with different visions of their industry.
- Ukraine’s army turned away from the Soviet food standards and replaced the ration with better quality options, supplied under an entirely new procurement system.
- Riding a bike in Kyiv should be easier from now on with the new Germany-based international bicycle rental company that will launch its service in Kyiv in mid-August.
- One of Ukraine’s largest investment funds plans to build a plant for recycling solid household waste in Zhytomyr. The facility should be built within one year.
- Aleshka Simkic, the outgoing deputy chief monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, sees no sense in continuation of Russia’s war against Ukraine in Donbas. She describes the war as an “unnecessary conflict” that has caused the country grief for way too long.
- The UK banks refused to open accounts for a Ukrainian firm run by fintech entrepreneur Dmytro Dubilet. They wrongly claimed that Ukraine was under financial sanctions.
- Check the places for horseback riding in Kyiv and around the city. This sport builds up strength and helps battle stress and develop positive thinking, a trainer says.
- Like a Local’s bars in Kyiv serve around 40 types of wine – all produced in Ukraine. Read our interview with the owner Sergiy Klimov.
- A Kharkiv-based company ArmStreet produces elaborate tailor-made clothes and accessories in medieval and Victorian styles, as well as shoes and steel armor. And sells it to some Hollywood stars.
