Economics
The International Monetary Fund expert team had mixed grades for Ukraine’s performance one day after its Sept. 26 departure without a staff-level agreement on new lending, the clearest sign that all i
Sep. 27, 2019
Editor’s Note: This story has been expanded to add more commentary from experts. One month ago, Ukraine launched its new wholesale energy market, with mixed results. The change, two years in the makin
Aug. 2, 2019
Ukraine has never been rich in oil. But few people remember that the country used to possess enormous capacities to produce diesel fuel and gasoline. On the eve of the Soviet collapse in 1990, it had
Aug. 2, 2019
The hryvnia to U.S. dollar exchange rate in the interbank foreign exchange market on July 31 strengthened to Hr 24.9845/$1 from Hr 25.0919/$1. The deputy chairman of the board of First Investment Bank
Jul. 31, 2019
Editor’s Note: Our latest Legal Quarterly magazine is out. Get a PDF version online or pick up a copy in Kyiv. In 2017, two anti-corruption activists researched and wrote a report assessing conflicts
Jul. 8, 2019
On Aug. 24, 1991, Ukraine declared itself an independent country. Then on Dec. 1, 1991, 90.32 percent of Ukrainians voted “yes” to leave the Soviet Union in a referendum, and the next day Poland and C
Jun. 27, 2019
A German international low-cost bus operator officially launched its operations in Ukraine today, teaming up with Ukrainian company Euroclub. Although the company, FlixBus, has been operating some ro
Jun. 11, 2019
It has been almost four years since the moment when Marco Cervetti set foot in Ukraine. The talented Italian chef says he has never regretted that decision. In 2015, he was inspired by Kyiv and the pr
Jun. 7, 2019
Two international airlines — Scandinavian Airlines and low-cost Wizz Air — have launched new direct flights from Ukraine to Norway and Greece, the companies announced on May 21. Scandinavian Airlines
May. 21, 2019
Sweden is Ukraine’s biggest economic partner in Scandinavia. But there’s still a lot of room for growth — and for Ukraine to gain the trust of the Swedish business community. In 2018, the two countrie
May. 17, 2019
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Ukraine is pleased to announce that we are expanding further our energy and real estate practices by hiring two associates. Vladyslav Uryvskyi has joined CMS as
May. 16, 2019
Azerbaijan’s state-owned national oil and gas company SOCAR has successfully completed the drilling of an exploration well in the Caspian Sea and signed a new $500-million contract with BP Exploration
May. 15, 2019
They’re an iconic feature of Ukrainian public transport: “marshrutkas,” the sometimes rickety, oft maligned, and almost always overcrowded private buses zipping down city streets. They also form an im
May. 14, 2019
Ukrzaliznytsia from May 15 will launch the possibility of buying tickets for all trains in the direction of Poland via the Internet, head of the company Yevhen Kravtsov said on Facebook. “Previously,
May. 14, 2019
There would be no modern Ukraine without Jews. And there would be no State of Israel without Ukraine. This should be a truism. Yet, for many in the 21st century, the tie is not immediately obvious. Of
May. 9, 2019
A Ukrainian model-making startup, Time 4 Machine, announced late on May 4 that it had raised $430,000 on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to produce its metal, mechanical models. The money was pl
May. 5, 2019
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Riyadh denied the Bloomberg report, saying it did not threaten to sell euro and French bonds as a way to influence the G7 into not seizing $280 billion of Russia’s frozen assets.
Jul. 10