№20, (2005)

Yuriy PLOSKY, deputy general director of WICOM Technologies Ltd: “The major downside to Ukraine’s business field is the gap between declared support for investors and the realities faced by...

There is no future as a physical world, but we have our capabilities, motivations, and will. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TRANSITION The debate on a new economic model for the Ukrainian national economy...

Only about 30 people from various districts of Donetsk oblast say they are willing to work to help develop green tourism in this miners’ region, where rural rest and recreation is underdeveloped,...

Transcarpathia is Ukraine’s youngest territory bordering on four East European nations. As its name implies, this region lies beyond a swath of the majestic Carpathians. Transcarpathia is a land of...

An event long awaited by bankers in Ukraine took place late last week. This was the founding meeting of a company tentatively called the Credit History Bureau. Despite bankers’ professional vigilance...

Kyiv was expecting to host Javier Solana, Secretary-General of the EU Council and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy. It has now been confirmed that the visit will not...

Sometimes it seems as though our traditional Christian churches of the same or different confessions are divided not by insignificant differences of rite but by an abyss. Otherwise, how can one...

On June 16 and 17 Kyiv is hosting a high-profile forum with the participation of politicians, business executives, and media representatives. Dubbed a mini-Davos, the forum is an offshoot of the...

The Institute of Sociology of Ukraine has completed a fresh survey as part of its annual monitoring of public opinion that has been held since 1994 and which in fact is a sociological map of Ukraine...

The Carpathian Mountains are a region with 22% of Ukraine’s resort and recreational potential. This lucrative sphere helps solve social problems, improve the lives of residents, stabilize employment...

Prominvestbank - the leading Ukrainian bank, the only bank in Ukraine to be listed among the Top 1000 World Banks, ranks 85-th in terms of solvency. Prominvestbank was recognized as The Bank of...

Although the government has been extending its hand to business since last spring, business people have not seen any major changes and are still claiming that the government has failed to keep its...

The government’s latest foreign policy statements, particularly those relating to Ukraine’s membership in the Single Economic Space, have left the political community in Ukraine and overseas somewhat...

(Conclusion. Part I in previous issue) “In August 1941 the Nazis burned downtown Kyiv to the ground. There was such thick smoke that you could not see the sun even in the daytime. My mother, aunt, my...

Next week Ukraine is going to see two significant events: a session of the Ukraine-EU Cooperation Council sum up the first results of cooperation between this “postrevolutionary” country and Brussels...