Kyiv Post News, Ukraine

EBRD projects Ukraine's GDP growth at 4% in 2013 The growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013 will speed up to 4% from 2.5% in 2012, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) reported in its updated Regional Economic Prospects bulletin.
May 18 at 20:48 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov supports Web cameras at polling stations, but says government lacks money Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov supports the installation of Web cameras at polling stations during the parliamentary elections in 2012, but said the government lacked the money for this purpose.
May 18 at 20:19 | Interfax-Ukraine
Arbuzov: Inflation in Ukraine in 2012 may be limited to 5% Inflation in Ukraine in 2012 may be limited to 5%, which is below the government's forecast of 7.9%, according to Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Serhiy Arbuzov.
May 18 at 19:15 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov: Ukraine will never have six-day working week The new Labor Code of Ukraine will not introduce a six-day working week in Ukraine, Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said.
May 18 at 18:29 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine, Poland sign several economic cooperation deals Ukraine and Poland have signed a number of agreements on economic cooperation.
May 18 at 17:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Bohatyriova: Ukraine close to medical insurance model Deputy Premier and Health Minister of Ukraine Raisa Bohatyriova has stated that today the main task for the Health Ministry is to work out new standards for rendering medical aid.
May 18 at 16:51 | Interfax-Ukraine
Onishchenko: Four Ukrainian plants allowed resuming cheese exports to Russia Moscow - The Russian sanitation authorities are lifting the embargo on cheese deliveries by two more Ukrainian manufactures - Pyriatyn cheese plant and Dubnomoloko, Russian Chief Sanitation Doctor Gennady Onishchenko told Interfax on Friday, May 18.
May 18 at 16:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tigipko: Pensions of military retirees to increase gradually by 36% from July 1 For the first time since 2008, the government will increase the pensions of military retirees, Vice Premier and Social Policy Minister of Ukraine Sergiy Tigipko has said.
May 18 at 15:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine’s Image Anything But Tourist-Friendly EURO 2012 provides chance to Ukraine to shed bad stereotypes.
May 18 at 00:25 | Daryna Shevchenko
Blogging diplomats seek wider audience Ambassadors are split over value of blogging directly to public.
May 18 at 00:14 | Maryna Irkliyenko
Sources: New EU head to revive dialogue with Ukraine Poland’s Jan Tombinski will this summer replace Portugal’s Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira as head of the European Union delegation in Ukraine, EU officials revealed on May 16.
May 18 at 00:09 | Jakub Parusinski
Race against time The ongoing reconstruction of Andriyivsky Uzviz (Andrew‘s Descent), one of the city’s most popular tourist destinations, is supposed to be finished on May 25 – Kyiv Day, ahead of the Euro 2012 football championship in June.
May 18 at 00:05 | Daryna Shevchenko
Poroshenko: No threat of hryvnia devaluation Trade and Economic Development Minister of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said there is no threat of a hryvnia devaluation against the U.S. dollar.
May 17 at 20:13 | Interfax-Ukraine
Pre-term elections in some regions to be held on same day as parliamentary elections Pre-term elections of the heads of a number of local governments in Ukraine will be held on October 28, 2012.
May 17 at 18:33 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov: Nord, South Streams not alternative to Ukraine's gas transportation system The Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) remains the most reliable and cheapest gas transit route to Europe, despite the construction of the Nord Stream and South Stream gas pipelines, said Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
May 17 at 17:28 | Interfax-Ukraine