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Govt issues UAH 8.3 bn in VAT bonds

  The Finance Ministry issued the third tranche of VAT bonds for UAH 8,304,873 million on...

Three million Ukrainians work abroad

  The Labour and Social Policy Ministry estimates the number of Ukrainian labour migrants at...

Grain harvest estimated at 29.194 mn t

  Ukrainian agribusinesses harvested 29.194 million tons of grain and leguminous plants as at...

President rules out another gas crisis

  Viktor Yanukovych rules out another gas crisis and disruption of natural gas supplies to...

Antonov, Russian United Aviation Corp to create JV in Nov

  Kyiv-based Antonov and Unified Aviation Building Corporation (Russia) are expected to...

Niyazov’s gilded statue dismantled in Ashgabat

  The gold-plated rotating statue of the first president of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov...

Microbe eating spilled oil in Gulf of Mexico

  The leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico was plugged on July 15 and two weeks later...

Elder fraud dents Japan’s longevity record

  Japan’s reputation as a society of centenarians — there are supposed to be more than 40,000...

Georgian schools will teach national dances

  A new subject – national dances – will be introduced in Georgian schools starting the new...

August naps bring rudest awakenings

  The world sometimes falls asleep in August and when it wakes in September it sorely rues...

Tajik president urges public to stock up on food

  Tajik President Enomali Rakhmon called on Tajiks to start building up food reserves amid...

Poland’s honchos accused of high treason

  The Prosecutor’s Office of Poland may launch an investigation into whether the country’s...

Euro expected to grow on

    PHÎÒÎ: SHUTTERSTOCK The exchange rate of the cash Euro to the...

Police recommends to surrender arms

    PHÎÒÎ: PHL The police will conduct a month-long campaign for the...

Europe recognizes Ukrainian eggs

    PHÎÒÎ: PHL “Production of poultry meat and eggs in Ukraine are in...

Wealthy home owners upbeat about real estate tax

    PHÎÒÎ: SHUTTERSTOCK The promise of the government to introduce taxes...

A ferry boat from Ukraine to Turkey

    The government approved on August 18 a draft of an agreement between...

Big Brother to watch over people

    A new piece of legislation establishing methods of control over the incomes and expenses...

Rada scraps corporate seals

    PHÎÒÎ: PHL The State Committee of Entrepreneurship has drafted a bill...

Keeping pace with Euro 2012 preparation plan

    PHÎÒÎ: UNIAN With the opening of a new airport terminal in Kharkiv,...

Young parties get go ahead

    PHÎÒÎ: UNIAN The VR cancelled the requirement on mandatory...

editorial

Kolesnikov: shadow economy estimated at 55-60%

The shadow economy accounts for 55-60% of all national economy. “This means that the salaries...

Tread carefully

On the face of it the tabling of a draft bill in the Ukrainian Parliament on church values by...

Well done!

  A mixed week for Ukrainian teams in European competitions saw Dynamo Kyiv, the country’s...

Sort out border queues

  Long border queues at Boryspil Airpirt, the main gateway into the country, have become more...

Pulse of Week

metropolis

Prolong your summer

For good part of Ukrainians the summer holidays are over. However, the human body needs more...

finance & markets

Russia sets palm barriers

New CIS regulations may bring Ukraine’s palm oil industry to a standstill, warns ag policy...

Luxury homes: developers are in the way of sales

PHÎÒÎ: AP   The number of purchase/sale agreements of luxury apartments in...

world

German army drops the draft

The impending reform of the military in Germany is still on the discussion block, but is...

Art of Living

culture

Gogol comes to Kyiv

The Annual Gogol Contemporary Arts Festival will take place at the O. Dovzhenko Film Studios...

ukrainicum

Aria of Ukraine

Ukrainian voices could always be heard in world opera

sports

SPORTS September 3–9, 2010

Individual passports for Italy’s  football fans   A special individual passport for Italian...

lifestyle

Better things still to come on Kyiv’s culinary scene

Our reporter makes its forecast for the next restaurant season

travelling

City of ships and brides

Mykolaiv is a quiet green city in the south of Ukraine built on the confluence of two rivers...

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