Ukraine in the News 
- THE WASHINGTON POST — November 20, 2012
Journey Through Time, Identities in Chernivtsi, Ukraine’s Little Paris Onion-domed Orthodox churches. Solemn Catholic cathedrals. Cobblestone streets lined with mansions. A movie theater built on the ashes of a synagogue. These landmarks stand as testament to the shifting identities of the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi. As wars raged and empires fell, Chernivtsi reflected the heritage and traditions of its residents and rulers...
- LITHUANIA TRIBUNE — November 19, 2012
Why Cash Would Always Beat the E-DollarUkrainian hryvnia took the top spot in the rating. The currency basically tells most of the country’s history in portraits of famous Ukrainian public figures and historical buildings across the state. Contrary to a popular belief, elimination of paper money will...
- FINANCIAL TIMES — November 19, 2012
Ukraine Cuts Dependence on GazpromIgnoring predictions of waning European gas demand, Russia’s Gazprom is pressing ahead with plans to build costly new pipelines to bypass Ukraine. Moscow wants to squeeze Kiev by funnelling EU-bound gas exports around what it sees as a troublesome neighbour. But the policy is inadvertently driving Ukraine to do what it should have done long ago – reduce dependence on Russian-supplied gas by diversification and energy efficiency. Annual...
- MARKET WATCH — November 15, 2012
Leading European Statesmen Call for Steps to Improve Relations Between Europe and UkraineThe recent parliamentary elections in Ukraine were "not perfect but represented huge progress for a country that has only enjoyed independence for the past 20 years," and should not be judged in terms of black and white. This was the conclusion of leading European statesmen, including the former President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski, speaking at a post-election conference in Paris on Monday...
- TURKISH WEEKLY — November 14, 2012
Will E-Dollar Steal the Show From Good Old Paper Buck?The aesthetic commission of the International Finance Bank awarded Ukrainian hryvnia with the honorary title of the world’s most beautiful currency, while Australian dollar became second...
- THE AMERICAN — November 14, 2012
Take Your Money!Ironically, it was my own national currency – the Ukrainian hryvnia – that a panel of Swiss economists declared the world’s most beautiful in 2008. The economists, members of the aesthetic commission of the International Finance Bank, were probably mesmerized by the money’s resplendent colors and the way the bills reflected the country’s long heritage. Hryvnia bills are...
- INTERNATIONAL GYMNAST MAGAZINE — November 13, 2012
Ukrainian Duo Best Field at Brno Grand PrixUkrainians Maria Livchikova and Maxim Semyankiv joined forces Saturday to win the Brno Grand Prix, a mixed-pairs competition in the Czech Republic. The competition holds a similar format to the Swiss Cup, held two weeks ago in Zurich. One male and one female gymnast pair up to form one team. Each gymnast chose two events to compete in the qualification competition, and one event in the semifinal and four-team final. Gymnasts who choose to compete on the high-scoring vault event must show two different vaults for an averaged score...
- FINANCIAL TIMES — November 9, 2012
- Infrastructure: Football Fever Boosts Building Boom in Poland and Ukraine
Deadlines can have a galvanising effect on procrastinators, as happened with Poland and Ukraine under the pressure of this summer’s European football championships. Two decades ago, both countries emerged from communism with dilapidated transport systems: potholed roads, few highways, rattling railways and archaic airports. Efforts to modernise were initially stymied by penury in their early years of capitalism...
- KYIV POST — November 9, 2012
Rising Fashion Trend: Ukrainian National SymbolsSeeing men in vyshyvankas (Ukrainian traditional embroidered shirts) or ladies with blue-and-yellow ribbons in their hair no longer means its Independence Day or that you’ve landed in the middle of an anti-Russian language protest. Ukrainian national symbols are increasingly becoming a trend in modern Ukrainian fashion...
- BLOOMBERG — November 8, 2012
European Investors Put Adventure Back in Venture CapitalFormer Soviet republics such as Ukraine, populated with lots of young people with math and engineering expertise, are becoming especially hot destinations for VCs... “I have been involved in the startup space in Kyiv since 2003, and every year it multiplies by five,” says Yegor Anchishkin, who co-founded facial-recognition software maker Viewdle with the investor Yuri Frayman shortly after Ukraine’s 2005 Orange Revolution...
- THE GLOBE AND MAIL — November 8, 2012
The Long Road from Ukraine to Corporate Banking in CanadaMy name is Viktoriya Gruzytska and I am an executive director of corporate credit products at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. I joined CIBC 12 years ago as an associate and have since taken on roles with increasing responsibility to achieve my current position...
- THE GUARDIAN — November 7, 2012
Letter from Ukraine: Cafe CultureThe city of Lviv celebrates its diverse past through a range of themed cafes, from secret hideouts to masochism. With its cobblestone streets and 18th-century architecture, Lviv is a living museum of imperial Europe. A rare display of the Austro-Hungarian legacy in western Ukraine, it is a place where rickety tramcars clack along winding rails, church bells jingle in the air, and pigeons flutter from one faded monument to another...
- KYIV POST — November 7, 2012
- Ukraine’s Parliament Orders Re-run Elections in Five Districts
Ukraine’s outgoing parliament ordered re-runs in five electoral districts on Tuesday, overriding complaints by the opposition... The Batkivshchyna of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, far-right nationalists and a liberal party headed by boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko, have organised protests outside the Central Election Commission’s offices in the capital Kyiv...
- THE GUARDIAN — November 6, 2012
- Ukraine Village Finds Wedded Bliss at Centre of Huge Dress Industry
Voloka is the post-Soviet capital of nuptials. Every third building is a wedding shop, and buyers come from the other side of the world, attracted by the high quality and low prices of the garments. "Recently one American came to us, choosing dresses for the boutique which he plans to open in the US," says Kateryna Yeremitsa inside her home...
- KYIV POST — November 6, 2012
- Good News Ukraine Blog
Kyiv public relations specialist Zhanna Kobylinska thinks there’s too much bad news about Ukraine, so she has launched a “Good News Ukraine” blog that sticks to uplifting news and steers clear of controversy...
- KYIV POST — October 26, 2012
- Ex-PACE President Cavusoglu: It’s Wrong to Assess Elections in Ukraine Before Election Day
Mevlut Cavusoglu, the former PACE president and a member of the PACE observation mission for the parliamentary elections in Ukraine, has said he thinks that it is wrong to assess the elections in Ukraine before Election Day. "At this stage, I cannot predict the result, and I cannot say that the elections will be exemplary or bad. At this point, criticizing...
- SPIEGEL — October 26, 2012
Pumping IronIn Kyiv, some sports nuts prefer to use salvaged tank chains and tires instead of barbells to beef up. At a unique open-air fitness park in the heart of the Ukrainian capital, body builders are still getting pumped up Soviet-style. A new photography book documents their efforts...
- EMBASSY — October 24, 2012
Ukraine Election Mission Called Canada’s LargestUkrainian voters head to the polls on Oct. 28. The Ukrainian government says that while it recognizes the country has problems, it is working to improve them. Observers are applauding the Harper government’s decision to send 500 people to monitor the upcoming parliamentary election in Ukraine...
- KYIV POST — October 4, 2012
- Ukraine’s Oldest A Cappella Band Celebrates 20 Years on Stage
They are charismatic, elegant and true and, if you hear them singing, you will remember the experience forever. Pikkardiyska Tercia, an inimitable band from Lviv, sounds like a small orchestra but in fact its music is performed by six men a cappella. Highly professional and innovative, they have been conquering hearts of thousands of fans...
- CNN — October 1, 2012
U.S. Needs Ukraine Priorities StraightUkrainian officials have responded positively to encouragement from U.S. and E.U. leadership to stay the course on free and fair elections, and new guarantees are now in place. Kyiv has also undertaken an ambitious regulatory reform process that could ease the burden of taxes, red tape, and corruption, but U.S...
- KYIV POST — September 28, 2012
- Bonding With Nature in Kyiv
Two exhibitions in Ukraine’s capital are becoming increasingly popular with tourists and locals alike. Featuring rare reptiles and mammals from across the world, the “Discover Your Ekzoworld” petting zoo was launched last spring at Dreamtown, a major shopping center on the north side of the city...
- FINANCIAL TIMES — September 20, 2012
- Ukraine Agrees USD 3 Billion Loan-for-Corn Deal
Ukraine is set to sign an unusual loan-for-crops contract with China that will see Kyiv access USD 3 billion in credit lines in exchange for supplies of corn, a commodity that Beijing has started to import in large quantities. The deal expands into food the...
- FINANCIAL TIMES — September 19, 2012
- Energy: Outsiders Boost Power Sector
Ukraine has seen some positive foreign investment news this year, with Kiev opening up an underinvested but promising energy sector that has long been dominated by domestic oligarchs. If successful, the projects could bring in badly needed billion-dollar investments...
- FINANCIAL TIMES — September 19, 2012
- Foreign Direct Investment: ‘Risky’ State Also Has Its Attractions
On the ground, investors’ experience in this vast and promising economy of 45m consumers on the EU’s eastern border is not all doom and gloom. Ukraine looks “risky” from the standpoint of...
- FINANCIAL TIMES — September 19, 2012
- IPOs: Companies Still Look Westward for Cash
Ukraine risks swinging eastward geopolitically if relations with the EU continue to deteriorate, but even such a scenario is not likely to end a steady westward course taken by the country’s companies searching for capital. There were expectations a decade ago that a tepid home market would drive Ukrainian companies to list in Moscow, but...
- FINANCIAL TIMES — September 19, 2012
- Agriculture: Room for Profitable Growth in the Fields of Black Earth
Ukraine’s “black earth” – the chernozem – is an amazingly deep, fertile soil whose prodigiously productive capacity led the country to be christened “the bread basket of Europe”. The country has close to a third of the arable land area of the whole EU...
- FINANCIAL TIMES — September 18, 2012
- Lviv: Habsburg Jewel Is a Historic Survivor
Prague and Krakow, over-run by tourists, may soon find a competitor in Lviv. just across Ukraine’s border with Poland. The Unesco World Heritage site is gearing up to become the next hot destination for those in search of Habsburg splendour and good, cheap beer. Among the cities of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, Lviv stands apart...
- CALGARY HERALD — September 18, 2012
Tapestries, Costumes, Eggs At Ukrainian Museum of CanadaBlack-and-white photos showing faces filled with hope and determination hang on the walls of the Ukrainian Museum of Canada. In front of the pictures are pieces of clothing, some with delicate beadwork from a region known as Bukovyna while others have detailed embroidery. There’s a wedding ensemble...
- KYIV POST — September 18, 2012
- Ukraine Among Countries With Strongest Momentum in Retailer Activity
Ukraine is 13th of 20 countries with the strongest momentum in terms of consumer, retailer, developer and investor activity, reads a press release of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), referring to its Retail Real Estate Momentum Index. The report says that China took the top spot in the index, while India was second and Indonesia third. Russia is ninth...
- UNAIDS — September 14, 2012
Ukraine to Lead the AIDS Response in Eastern EuropeA senior delegation from Ukraine led by the Vice-Prime-Minister and Minister of Health, Raisa Bogatyrova met with UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé at the UNAIDS Headquarters in Geneva on 12 September 2012. During the meeting, they discussed the existing challenges and opportunities for an effective HIV response in the country...