Economics
As Russia’s war rages on against Ukraine’s eastern industrial Donbas region, steel and chemical exports continue to take a hit. But as these big commodity exports whither, the country’s agricultural e
Jun. 16, 2017
Eurovision isn’t all about songs. It’s about business, too. Initially, it was to have cost Ukraine about $24 million to host the show. Instead, Ukraine’s taxpayer-funded national broadcaster is spendi
May. 12, 2017
Lots of cities have Chinatowns — areas where expat Chinese people live and do business in close proximity. And with good reason. Chinese account for nearly 20 percent of the world’s population. But th
May. 11, 2017
Sales of cigarettes by PJSC Imperial Tobacco Production Ukraine (Kyiv), one of the largest tobacco companies in Ukraine, in 2016 decreased by 15 percent, to 14.406 billion units in comparison with 201
Apr. 25, 2017
In 1996, Austrian aristocratic scion Julius Meinl V was ready to move back east. The Soviet Union had collapsed and Meinl — the fifth in a line of Julius Meinls extending back to the man who founded
Apr. 21, 2017
Volodymyr Lavrenchuk is chairman of the board of Raiffeisen Bank Aval in Ukraine, the nation’s 5th largest bank with an estimated $1.9 billion in assets and largest foreign lender. Its parent company
Apr. 21, 2017
The Pechersk Kyiv Court has arrested Rinat Akhmetov’s shares in monopoly fixed-phone operator Ukrtelecom and its subsidiary TriMob, “protecting the interests of the state and seeking to refund the los
Apr. 14, 2017
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Oleksandr Senkevych impressed many in November 2015, when he defeated a candidate from the old local elite for mayor of Mykolaiv, a southern provincial capital with a strong pro-Ru
Apr. 13, 2017
A Ukrainian startup may have created the successor to the hugely popular Lego and Meccano toys. The startup has come up with an ingenious toy made of small plastic cubes with built-in magnets that all
Apr. 6, 2017
Name: Emil Kurbedinov Position: Private lawyer Key Point: Helping Crimean Tatars fight persecution Crimean Tatar Emil Kurbedinov, a 35-year-old lawyer, has defended several prominent Crimean Tatar act
Apr. 3, 2017
For a country at war, Ukraine exports a lot of weapons. However, the country sells fewer than it did before Russia launched its war on Ukraine in 2014, seizing Crimea and instigating violence in the e
Mar. 16, 2017
Russia is not cutting as much oil production as it could be under the agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC countries to cut oil output, Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said in an intervie
Mar. 9, 2017
London-based TransferWise has integrated a money transfer bot into the Facebook Messenger app. It’s now possible to send money to and from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe, including U
Feb. 23, 2017
Thirteen Ukrainian information technology companies have won places on the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) annual list of top tech firms, The Global Outsourcing 100. The
Feb. 21, 2017
Lviv IT company SoftServe is to acquire Polish technology company Coders Center, based in Wroclaw, the Ukrainian company said on Jan. 19. With this acquisition, the first international deal at such a
Jan. 24, 2017
U.S. business magazine Forbes has placed Ukrainian Dmitriy Zaporozhets on its list of the 30 most successful people in the world under 30-years-of-age in the Enterprise Technology sector. Forbes’ 30-u
Jan. 10, 2017