Economics
Opaque, offshore structure believed to hide Kolomoisky’s interest.
Dec. 19, 2014
Global Energy giant Chevron terminated its contract with Ukraine to extract shale gas in western Ukraine after trying for more than a year to get the government to simplify taxation for this type of
Dec. 15, 2014
In May Ukraine’s Wikipedia celebrated passing the threshold of 500,000 articles published
throughout its ten years of existence.
Nov. 24, 2014
Oschadbank, which departments had been working on the rebel-control territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions until recently unlike other banks, has said that its branches in Donetsk and Luhansk will
Nov. 24, 2014
As of Nov. 7 Ukraine had threshed grain and leguminous crops on 13.9 million hectares (94% of the projected area) and harvested 58.8 million tonnes of grain, according to the Agricultural Policy and F
Nov. 7, 2014
Ukraine should get the Russian gas flowing in its pipes after a deal was reached in Brussels late on Oct. 30. The new deal, which should end a five-month disruption in supplies, was brokered by the Eu
Oct. 31, 2014
Kerch, CRIMEA – The costs of Russia’s annexation of Crimea are mounting.
The tourist destination is likely to get three million fewer visitors
this year, about half of last year’s total.
Aug. 14, 2014
Making Ukraine’s National Bank, which oversees a banking system of some 170 banks with $103 billion of assets, a more Western-style institution is a part of the policy the nation’s government is pursu
Aug. 8, 2014
Changes
to the budget law and tax code that President Petro Poroshenko signed on Aug. 1 hikes duties for domestic oil and gas extractors, among other measures that
intend to raise an additional $1 bil
Aug. 6, 2014
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea – By this time, Simferopol railway station should be bustling with tourists hauling summer holiday luggage. Yet, it is remarkably empty. The mini-bus to the seaside resort of Yalta
Jun. 12, 2014
Ukraine International Airlines, the country’s biggest air carrier owned by oligarch and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast governor Igor
Kolomoisky, launched direct flights between Kyiv and New York City on April
Jun. 6, 2014
Ukraine’s
Cabinet of Ministers on May 29 ordered the State Property Fund to prepare an
auction of 38 state-owned coal mines as part of a cost-saving measure in line
with International Monetary Fund re
Jun. 1, 2014
Crimean housewives were the first to feel the harder realities of life under Russia, with food prices shooting up 20 to 50 percent.
May. 22, 2014
Coursera, a major online education platform based in the U.S., is
set to start giving courses in May to Ukrainian students. Established in
October 2013 as Learning Hub in partnership with Bionic Unive
Apr. 24, 2014
With the threat from Russia’s military invasion, some of Ukraine’s oligarchs are uniting to accept to accept top government posts in their home regions.
Mar. 2, 2014
Money talks, as a recent investigation by Ukrainska Pravda deputy chief editor Serhiy Leshchenko shows.
Feb. 7, 2014