Ukraine

Central bank salaries high

As more allegations of possible impropriety at the National Bank of Ukraine surface, lawmakers and others are also taking a closer look at the …
Peter Byrne

Future generations in debt

Ukraine’s public debt is rising with each multi-billion dollar bailout from a Western lender. So is the nation drowning in debt? Not quite yet, say …
Nataliya Bugayova

Hotel industry rising from deep slumber

The days when tourists in Kyiv had to lug their own bags to hotel rooms without an elevator, use a towel the size of a dishrag and desperately shout …
Yuliya Popova

Political Pulse: How will Kremlin meddle in presidential election?

The decibels are sure to go higher in the shouting matches between Ukraine and Russia as the Jan. 17 presidential election nears. The Slavic neighbors …
Yuliya Popova

Ukraine, Eastern Europe worried about losing clout in Washington

The U.S. decision to cancel plans to build a missile shield in Eastern Europe has provoked concern that Russian may be emboldened to push its …
James Marson

Glory of sailing returns to Kyiv

After a five-year break in professional yachting competitions, this colorful sport is back in Kyiv again. Professional yachts flocked to the southern …

Jewish groups protest Babi Yar hotel plan

Lawmakers said Thursday that Kiev’s city council approved a plan last week to build dozens of hotels over the next decade, including a three-star …
Interns

Luxembourg exchange halts Naftogaz bond trade

State-owned Naftogaz proposed converting the existing bonds into new ones that will mature in 5 years and increasing the interest rate from the …
interns

Yatseniuk says new president will have to oblige current government to work

“Who were they replaced with? They were replaced with those who have never managed the country,” he said live on the Odesa regional television on …
Interfax-Ukraine

State Property Fund receives court order banning sale of Odesa Portside factory

A representative of the press service of the State Property Fund announced this to Ukrainian News. According to the representative, the State Property …
Ukrainian News

Yushchenko’s representative in Rada not planning to dissolve parliament

“The president won’t dissolve the Verkhovna Rada six months ahead of elections,” he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday. He also said that this …
Interfax-Ukraine

Yushchenko proposes to cooperate with FAO to bring Ukrainian products to world food market

The president said this during a meeting with FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf in New York on Wednesday, the Ukrainian presidential press service …
Interfax-Ukraine

Kyiv decides to build sport facility on Alma-Atynska street by 2012

Ukrainian News learned this from the press service of the Kyiv city state administration. The city administration has appointed the Chief Department …
Ukrainian News

Ukrainians can stay in Belarus without registration up to 30 days

“The government … has adopted the agreement on a free visa regime with Belarus, which the Ukrainian premier signed in June, 2009,” Deputy Foreign …
Interfax-Ukraine

Luxembourg exchange halts Naftogaz bond trade

The exchange said in a statement on its Web site that the decision was due to unspecified violations in its regulations. Exchange and Naftogaz …
Interns

ICPS: consumer confidence in Ukraine in August goes up

“August 2009 marked a resumption of the growth in optimism. The consumer confidence index added six notches, growing to 63.2. It’s interesting that …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukrainian Jewish Committee: Demyaniuk must not be allowed into Ukraine

Lviv lawmakers claim that the Demyaniuk case is an international conspiracy, which allegedly aims to discredit Ukrainians and Ukraine in the eyes of …
Interfax-Ukraine

Sixth YES summit opening in Crimea

The key topics of the discussion on September 25 and September 26 in the Livadia Palace are to be the new global downturn, the future of the Ukrainian …
Interfax-Ukraine
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