Ukraine

Internet researchers take a peek at Ukraine's surfing habits

What are the most popular Internet sites in Ukraine? Who goes online regularly in this part of the world? These are absorbing questions for Internet …
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LyNOS deal has strings attached

The government announced on April 26 that it would hold a tender to sell a majority stake in the Lysychansk oil refinery (LyNOS), Ukraine's …
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New state agency to monitor Internet

President Leonid Kuchma's recent decree ordering the creation of a new agency to guard against unauthorized disclosure of confidential state …
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Ballerina battles for recognition

At the age of 16, Kyiv ballet protege Viktoria Scherbyna has received a tremendous amount of praise from some of the world's best-known ballet …
Anna Kozmina

Journalists seek freedom on the Net

As foreign and domestic media observers continue to bemoan Ukraine's miserable press-freedom record, a group of Ukrainian journalists has launched …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Stock market going hi-tech

Securities trading in Ukraine is set to become more transparent, quicker and more secure with the official opening on April 25 of a new, hi-tech …
Roman Olearchyk

Kuchma looks to ban offshore sales

Lashing out at the conduct of privatization in Ukraine, President Leonid Kuchma has urged the government to ban the sale of state property to offshore …
Vitaly Sych

Chernobyl Still takes grim toll

Fourteen years after a powerful explosion ripped though a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the long-term effects of the world’s worst …
Evgenia Mussuri

Lviv newspaper evades libel rap

A regional court in western Ukraine squashed a Hr 150,000 lawsuit against a popular local daily newspaper on April 24, bringing to a close a case that …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Cabinet gets lashing from the president

After President Leonid Kuchma issued his strongest criticism yet of Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko’s government, analysts said the president would …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Sowing the seeds of success

KAKHOVKA, KHERSON OBLAST – Not so long ago, Ukraine was the breadbasket of the Russian and later the Soviet empires. Today, the country is forced to …
Anna Kozmina

Farms call for sunseed duty to go

As the Agriculture Ministry tries to persuade parliament to repeal a controversial sunflower seed export duty, agribusinesses are sending a clear …
Roman Olearchyk

Q&A: Media guru Volodymyr Ruban

managed various media and media-related projects in Ukraine. In 1991, he left his job as a correspondent for the Moscow-based daily Nezavisimaya …
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Public, analysts in dark over energy crisis

Millions of Ukrainians are in the dark over why there are regular power outages in their towns and villages. Attempts to shed light on the situation …
Vitaly Sych

More Ukrainians turn to plastic payments

As more Ukrainians are 'going plastic' at cash registers than ever before, banks that issue credit and debit cards are saying that they see …
Roman Olearchyk

Ad professionals display their wares online and offline

Media professionals are gearing up for the 6th International TV and Radio Fair – a twice-yearly event that is to be held at the Ukrainian Chamber of …
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Divided we stand, united we vote

Of course, those who organized people to vote early and vote ‘yes’ in last week’s referendum ought to be congratulated. As soon as the tally was …
Peter Byrne

'Click charity' helps Chernobyl victims through online donations

As the effects of the worst nuclear disaster in history linger on, new efforts to raise money for those afflicted by Chernobyl-related illness are …
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