Most Commented, Business

Russia waiting for Ukrainian cheese for lab tests to permit cheese supplies The Russian consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor expects that in coming days the watchdog receives Ukrainian cheese for laboratory tests and then it will give green light to supplies of Ukrainian cheese to the Russian market.
May 7 at 11:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
DTEK acquires 45% state stake in Krymenergo for $32 million Ukraine's biggest energy holding, DTEK, has won a privatization tender for 45% of the stock in Simferopol-based power-supply company Krymenergo with an offer of UAH 256.1 million ($32 million) against a starting price of UAH 246 million, according to the Ukrainian State Property Fund's website.
May 4 at 13:29 | Interfax-Ukraine
Fozzy Group expands Silpo chain to 229 stores The Kyiv-based Fozzy Group has opened Silpo supermarkets in Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv and Lozova (Kharkiv region), bringing their total number to 229 trade outlets, reads a press release of the group.
May 2 at 19:06 | Interfax-Ukraine
Law enforcers, tax officials give a hard time to Russian business in Ukraine, says Russian Embassy official Kyiv, May 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Russian companies working in Ukraine often come into conflict with law-enforcement and fiscal structures of the country, the head of the economic policy group of the Russian Embassy in Ukraine, Alexei Urin, has said.
May 1 at 18:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
Two companies submit bids to buy 45% stake in Krymenergo, says SPF Two companies have submitted bids to participate in a tender on the privatization of a 45% stake in energy supply company PJSC Krymenergo (Simferopol, Crimea), the press service of the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Apr 27 at 16:31 | Interfax-Ukraine
Batruch pays $3 million despite disputing tax bill The legal standoff between Ukraine’s tax authorities and one of the wealthiest foreign businessmen working in the country has ended on a sour note.
Apr 26 at 23:37 | Vlad Lavrov
Online store faces tax evasion probe Tax police on April 19 opened a $900,000 tax evasion case against the director of a leading online store and temporary blocked its website from conducting business that day before the company switched to a German host provider.
Apr 26 at 22:12 | Mark Rachkevych
Ukrtelecom sees Hr 5,4 million net profit in 2012 PJSC Ukrtelecom in the first quarter of 2012, according to international financial reporting standards (IFRS), saw a net profit of Hr 5.409 million, while its net income amounted to Hr 1.642 billion.
Apr 26 at 15:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
Opening of Hilton five-star hotel in Kyiv postponed for autumn 2012 A five-star hotel complex with apartments downtown Kyiv, which will be managed by Hilton Hotels Corporation, would not be opened by the Euro 2012 European football championship that Ukraine hosts from June 8 to July 1, 2012, the project co-owner, Borys Fuksman, has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Apr 25 at 12:43 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine's $58 billion problem Ukrainian officials were at pains to reassure investorslast weekthat no debt default was in the offing. But people familiar with the numbers will find it hard to believe them.
Apr 25 at 08:09 | Reuters
Real estate market shows signs of life once again Ukraine’s real estate market has yet to recover from the bubble that burst in 2008-2009, triggering a freeze in construction and a tumble in residential property prices from a peak price of $4,000 or so per square meter.
Apr 26 at 23:28 | Yuriy Onyshkiv