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What we’re watching

  • Oct. 12-13: Polish President Andrzej Duda visits Ukraine, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky and attending the Polish-Ukrainian economic forum in Odesa.
  • Oct. 13 at 10 a.m. Washington/5 p.m. Kyiv time: Webinar: “Privatization program in Ukraine 2020-2021: State Property Fund of Ukraine” organized by the U.S-Ukraine Business Council. Register here.
  • Oct. 15 at 12 p.m. Washington/7 p.m. Kyiv time: Renew Democracy Initiative hosts a webinar “How Does Democracy Die?” Register here.
  • Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. Washington/Oct. 16 1 a.m. Kyiv time: Webinar “Ukrainian Dialogue: Zelensky’s first year leading up to America’s presidential election.” Ambassador of Ukraine to the U.S. Volodymyr Yelchenko, member of parliament Solomiia Bobrovska, and Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner. Register here.
  • Oct. 17 at 3 p.m. Kyiv time: Ukrainian World Congress First Virtual Forum “United by Ukraine.” More information here. Media contact: olha.domanska@ukrainianworldcongress.org
Top news
Coronavirus

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Broadband TV News: Copyright clampdown in Ukraine
Reuters: Ukraine wheat export prices hit two-year high
Interfax: NBU receives documents from Tigipko to approve the purchase of PIB
UNIAN: Ukraine occupies 30th position in Postal Development ranking
UkrInform: Ukraine aims to create competitive conditions for business, investment
Interfax: MPs propose to give half of speeding fines to local budgets
Interfax: Odesa airport cuts passenger traffic by 55% in Jan-Sept
Interfax: USDA lowers grain export forecast to 52.1 million tons
Interfax: Net profit of PrivatBank decreases by 22.6% in Jan-Sept
Interfax: Zelensky didn’t have any ‘concessions’ at Ukraine-EU summit
Interfax: Zelensky signs law regulating electronic retail trade in medicines
Interfax: Zelensky signs law on exemption of IDPs from paying tourist tax for living in temporary premises

Opinions

Glen Grant: Evidence in Sheremet case insufficient to justify suspect’s detention
Vasyl Myroshnychenko: UK and Ukraine sign historic post-Brexit free trade deal
Mason Clark: Lukashenko escalates crackdown
Halya Coynash: Crimean Tatar journalist gets 19-year sentence
Halya Coynash: Ukrainian soldiers missing or imprisoned in Donbas

Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series — From The Archives

Victor Pinchuk: Friend or Foe of Ukraine?

That question was posed during the Kyiv Post’s “Oligarch Watch” series in 2016. Read the entire “Oligarch Watch coverage here.