LONDON (Reuters) - Russia holds the world's largest gas reserves and is the biggest gas exporter but tense relations with the states across which it pumps the fuel to western Europe have alarmed many customers over the last few winters.Full Story 23 December 2008, 15:50 | Reuters
LONDON (AP) - Whittard of Chelsea, a British tea and
coffee merchant, is likely to be sold this week, a person
close to talks said Tuesday after British media reported
the Icelandic-owned company was in trouble.Full Story 23 December 2008, 15:48 | Associated Press
The Cabinet of Ministers has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a finalized draft national budget for 2009.Full Story 23 December 2008, 14:14 | Ukrainian News
Lviv, Dec. 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Credit Committee of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has confirmed issuing a EUR 100 million loan to Lviv, the press service of the Lviv city council has told Interfax-Ukraine.Full Story23 December 2008, 12:06
Kyiv, Dec.23 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The World Bank has forecast Ukraine's GDP will fall by 4% in 2009 with the inflation being 13.6%, the World Bank expert Ruslan Piontkovsky said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday, December 23.Full Story 23 December 2008, 12:05 | Interfax-Ukraine
KYIV (Interfax-Ukraine) – A plunge of the hryvnia exchange rate against the US dollar might cause a series of defaults among Ukrainian businesses and banks shortly, experts of the Kyiv-based Credit-Rating agency have said.Full Story 22 December 2008, 17:06 | Interfax-Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) - Anglo-Russian oil joint venture TNK-BP elected a completely new board at an extraordinary shareholders' Monday, bringing to a close one of the most bitter corporate disputes in Russia this year.Full Story 22 December 2008, 16:22 | Associated Press
KYIV (Interfax) - The European Commission is imposing customs duties of 10.7% on seamless and welded steel pipes produced by Ukraine's Interpipe and 44.1% on pipes produced by other Ukrainian companies.Full Story 22 December 2008, 16:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
KYIV (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Ukrainian government has forecast an inflation rate of 9.5% for 2009, First Deputy Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov said at a meeting of the conciliatory council in the Verkhovna RadaFull Story 22 December 2008, 15:10 | Interfax-Ukraine
MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom stepped up pressure on Ukraine to pay debts, saying it had warned European customers about potential disruptions to gas transit should the company fail to clinch a deal with Kyiv.Full Story 22 December 2008, 13:52 | Reuters
Czechs eye Ukraine's Nord appliance producer;
Horizon Capital closes $390 million private fund;
Gas trading billionaire buys troubled Nadra Bank;
Central bank: Kluyevs bought ProminvestbankFull Story12 November 2008, 23:10
Early market entry, a competitive advantage and a strategic merger has propelled Magisters through the yearsFull Story 12 November 2008, 23:06 | Jonathan Holmberg, Editor
While the number of divorces in Ukraine is slowly declining, the number of single-parent families remains highFull Story 12 November 2008, 23:01 | Elena Plekhanova, Kyiv Post Staff writer
Difficult times like these force law firms to work even harder to keep their clients happyFull Story 12 November 2008, 22:53 | Yulia Golub, Kyiv Post, Staff Writer
Before a candidate attends a job interview, the question they should be asking is: “How can I prepare myself to make the best first impression to my potential future employer?”Full Story12 November 2008, 22:51
With the credit crisis knocking on its door, Ukraine needs to encourage the inflow of foreign investment now more than ever beforeFull Story 12 November 2008, 22:47 | Olga Osmachko and Warwick McDonald, Special to Kyiv Post
As the financial turmoil puts the squeeze on Ukraine’s state coffers, attention is turning to a major source of untapped revenue – state companies.Full Story 5 November 2008, 22:09 | James Marson, Kyiv Post, Staff Writer
KYIV (Interfax-Ukraine) – A plunge of the hryvnia exchange rate against the US dollar might cause a series of defaults among Ukrainian businesses and banks shortly, experts of the Kyiv-based Credit-Rating agency have said.Full Story 22 December 2008, 17:06 | Interfax-Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) - Anglo-Russian oil joint venture TNK-BP elected a completely new board at an extraordinary shareholders' Monday, bringing to a close one of the most bitter corporate disputes in Russia this year.Full Story 22 December 2008, 16:22 | Associated Press
KYIV (Interfax) - The European Commission is imposing customs duties of 10.7% on seamless and welded steel pipes produced by Ukraine's Interpipe and 44.1% on pipes produced by other Ukrainian companies.Full Story 22 December 2008, 16:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
KYIV (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Ukrainian government has forecast an inflation rate of 9.5% for 2009, First Deputy Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov said at a meeting of the conciliatory council in the Verkhovna RadaFull Story 22 December 2008, 15:10 | Interfax-Ukraine
MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom stepped up pressure on Ukraine to pay debts, saying it had warned European customers about potential disruptions to gas transit should the company fail to clinch a deal with Kyiv.Full Story 22 December 2008, 13:52 | Reuters
Kyiv, Dec. 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The National Bank of Ukraine should clearly state its policies aimed at the strengthening of the hryvnia exchange rate and provide for the hryvnia exchange rate to the dollar, first deputy head of the presidential secretariat Oleksandr Shlapak voiced this position of Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko.Full Story 22 December 2008, 13:14 | Interfax-Ukraine
Kyiv, Dec. 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Ukrainian government has forecast an inflation rate of 9.5 percent for 2009, First Deputy Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov said at a meeting of the conciliatory council in the Verkhovna Rada.Full Story 22 December 2008, 13:06 | Interfax-Ukraine
LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Global shares weakened on Monday in tandem with the dollar, pressured by signs of a deepening recession in Japan and concerns about the banking sector around the world. Ireland's weekend announcement that it would take stakes in its three main banks for 5.5 billion euros further underlined the global scope of the worst financial crisis in 80 years.Full Story 22 December 2008, 12:38 | Reuters
Kyiv, Dec. 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The government should help improve the capitalization of Prominvestbank after its new shareholders have failed to comply with the readjustment plan.Full Story 22 December 2008, 12:08 | Interfax-Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian residential property developer PIK Group has won 4.03 billion roubles ($145.3 million) worth of City of Moscow contracts to sell residential property in the Moscow region.Full Story 19 December 2008, 19:15 | Reuters
