What we’re watching
- Monday, March 15 at 11 a.m. Kyiv time: American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine — Ukraine business climate survey. Live stream on Facebook
- Monday, March 15 at 4:30 p.m. Kyiv time: Atlantic Council — Free to leave? Independent media in Russia. Register here.
- Tuesday, March 16 at 12 p.m Kyiv time: Internews and UkraineWorld. “Seven years of Russian occupation in Crimea.” Watch here.
- Tuesday, March 16 at 4 p.m. Kyiv time: British-Ukrainian Business Council webinar on agriculture. Contact organizer for more information: [email protected]
- Thursday, March 18 at 4:30 p.m. Kyiv time: U.S.-Ukraine Business Council — An interview with Kurt Volker. Register here.
- Friday, March 19 at 11 a.m. Kyiv time: 4th German-Ukrainian Business Forum. Register here.
Top news
- This week in Kyiv Post: How to get US-Ukraine relationship back on track
- Biden shows no willingness to stop Nord Stream 2 completion
- Experts: Biden should push Ukraine to fight corruption, stimulate US investment
- 12 points to strengthen the strategic partnership between the US and Ukraine
- Parliament to consider key bills of land reform next week
- PrivatBank’s top manager transferred businesses to relatives while in custody
- EU extends sanctions for violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine
- UNIAN: ‘Ukraine hits back’: Zelensky on recent moves by NSDC
Coronavirus
- Klitschko: Record-high number of COVID-19 patients in Kyiv hospitals
- Wide resistance to vaccines plagues Ukraine’s COVID-19 fight
- Red & green zone countries
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Financial Times: Bloomberg: COVID-19 vaccine tracker
Business
Reuters: China demand makes Ukraine barley more expensive than top milling wheat
UNIAN: Nord Stream 2: Ukraine intelligence reports another violation of environmental standards
Interfax: New management of Centrenergo casts doubts on company’s reporting for Q4 2020
Business Wire
Opinion
Sergii Leshchenko: Akhmetov’s son buys Swiss villa as oligarch sucks Ukraine’s enterprises dry
Illia Ponomarenko: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the WeekHalya Coynash: Russia destroyed part of historic Crimean Tatar Khan’s Palace
Kenneth Roth: Navalny persecution just the tip of the Russian crackdown
Ukrainian Weekly: International Women’s Day
From the archives: A CNN for Ukraine?
Channel 5, partly owned by Petro Poroshenko, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, goes to an all-news format. Poroshenko supported the 2004 Orange Revolution that brought Viktor Yushchenko to power. Even though Yushchenko dropped the visa requirement for Europeans and Americans, they have not reciprocated for Ukrainians.
