Kyiv Post News, General

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.
Feb 9 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.
Feb 9 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.
Feb 9 at 22:21 | Kyiv Post
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
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
PBN goes international through merger The PBN company, a leading PR and strategic communications company in Ukraine and parts of the former Soviet Union, is merging with Hill+Knowlton Strategies, a global communications firm.
Jan 26 at 21:43 | Jakub Parusinski
McDonald’s to boost presence in Ukraine as other fast-food giants prepare to roll in Global fast food giant McDonald’s plans to boost investment into Ukraine in 2012 by 25 percent 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 24 at 17:23 | Kyiv Post Staff
Open Letter by Giovanni Nuvoli (social advertisement) To: Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov
General Prosecutor of Ukraine Viktor Pshonka
Chairman of Highest Specialized Court of Ukraine on Civil and Criminal Trials Leonid Fesenko
Deputy Prosecutor General, Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Vyacheslav Pavlov

Jan 23 at 18:16
High-end banking thrives as retail banking scales down While other financial services are hurting from a second wave of the global financial crisis, private banking for high-end customers is going against the tide.
Jan 19 at 23:22 | Jakub Parusinski
EBRD pumps 7.1 percent more into Ukraine in 2011 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) increased its investment in projects in Ukraine by 7.1 percent in 2011 compared to 2010, to 1.02 billion euro, the Kyiv office of the bank has reported.
Jan 14 at 23:06 | Interfax-Ukraine