Kyiv Post News, Business

Top hotels to open in Kyiv, adding nearly 1,700 rooms Around a decade ago, Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv had no five-star hotels.
3 days ago at 22:40 | Yuriy Onyshkiv
Kharkiv, Euro 2012 host city, averts  repossession of 90 trolleybuses Kharkiv city authorities say they reached a temporary agreement over a $10 million debt to a Polish-backed Lviv company which has won court cases and threatened to repossess 90 trolleybuses and 10 trams it had rented to Ukraine’s second largest city.
3 days ago at 22:31 | Mark Rachkevych
Ukrainians dump bazaars in favor of big-box supermarkets An increasing majority of Ukrainians are today doing their grocery shopping at big box supermarkets rather than bazaars, or outdoor markets that were popular in Soviet days.
3 days ago at 22:21 | Kyiv Post
Corporate raiding hurts investment On Jan. 25, police raided the Odesa plant of Stalkanat Silur, a steel rope and wire producer, seizing documents from the plant’s administrative building.
Feb 3 at 00:04 | Jakub Parusinski
Closing of EX.ua sparks intense cyberwarfare Authorities shut down main Ukrainian file-sharing website.
Feb 2 at 23:47 | Yuriy Onyshkiv
DTEK’s CEO rebuts critics of latest privatizations The recent spree of rushed and uncompetitive privatizations of Ukrainian energy assets, including some of the last blue-chip properties, has prompted a wave of criticism among Ukrainian and foreign experts.
Feb 2 at 23:35 | Vlad Lavrov
Lawmakers may soon crack down on use of unregistered cell phones Parliament is considering a draft law that would ban use of cell phones not registered in Ukraine, a move that could cause headaches for foreigners wanting to stay in the country for more than three months and use their devices.
Feb 2 at 23:25 | Maryna Irkliyenko
Bright spots and low-hanging fruit Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post and leading Kyiv-based investment bank Dragon Capital got together to pick the top 10 companies for investors to keep an eye on in 2012.
Feb 2 at 23:07 | Kyiv Post
OECD cites four sectors as tops in investment potential Nearly three years in the making, Ukraine’s strategic sector competitiveness report has finally been unveiled by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development.
Feb 2 at 22:58 | Jakub Parusinski
Ukraine only starting to harness potential of renewable energy Ukraine is beginning to harness what Mother Nature has endowed it in a big way.
Feb 2 at 22:45 | Mark Rachkevych
How and where to invest in Ukraine – if you can stand the risk With developed markets mired in stagnation, investors are scouring the globe in search of places to put their money.
Feb 2 at 22:39 | Jakub Parusinski
Former Canadian official: Ukraine can become energy self-sufficient Ukraine, which is heavily dependent upon Russia for its current natural gas needs, has the capacity to become self sufficient, says former Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach.
Jan 27 at 18:02 | Marco Levytsky
Akhmetov’s shopping spree The latest wave of non-competitive Ukrainian privatizations of multibillion-dollar energy assets has left at least one Ukrainian happy.
Jan 26 at 21:54 | Vlad Lavrov
Khoroshkovsky meets with IMF Ukraine’s freshly minted Finance Minister Valeriy Khoroshkovsky traveled to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 24 to test the waters on reviving Ukraine’s $15.6 billion lending program.
Jan 26 at 21:49 | Jakub Parusinski
McDonald’s to boost presence in Ukraine Global fast-food giant McDonald’s plans to boost investment into Ukraine by 25 percent in 2012 compared to last year, pumping some Hr 200 million ($25 million) into upgrades of existing restaurants and launching up to four new ones, the group’s vice president and managing director in Ukraine, Ian Borden, told Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
Jan 26 at 21:45 | Kyiv Post