What we’re watching
- Sept 2 at 3:30 p.m. Kyiv time: U.S. chargé d’affaires Kristina Kvien invites U.S. citizens to a virtual Town Hall meeting. The consul general and consular staff will discuss consular operations, including passport appointments, absentee voting procedures, entry and exit requirements for Ukraine, the COVID-19 situation in Ukraine, and immigrant and nonimmigrant visas to the United States. Register here.
- Sept. 2 at 2 p.m. Kyiv time: A webinar on Ukrainian technology, featuring Victoria Tigipko, managing partner at TA Ventures, and Kirill Bigai, CEO at Preply.com. Register here.
- Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. Kyiv time: A webinar organized by Ukraine-2050 nongovernmental organization entitled: “Investments and doing business in Ukraine. New realities in the conditions of COVID-19.” (In Ukrainian language) Watch here
- Hryvnia/$1: 27.4
- Will Andrii Ovsiienko defend justice or corruption?
- Kyiv court epitomizes corruption & impunity
- Top 10 tape scandals in Ukraine’s history
- Ukrainians commemorate loved ones killed in Battle of Ilovaisk (PHOTOS)
- Unknown attackers shoot rubber bullets at bus near Kharkiv, injure 4
- Drunk driver injures 3 students of military university
- Foreign Minister Kuleba: Ukraine suspends diplomatic relations with Belarus
- Climbing Mount Hoverla is actually easy. Here’s how
- An interest in Ukraine led to romance
- Constitutional Court: Sytnyk appointment as NABU head illegal
- Ukraine International Airlines to cut flights after borders close, again
- Demonstrators protest new quarantine restrictions
- Ukraine shuts its borders to foreign citizens until Sept. 28
- Back to school: Yes, really
Kyiv Post Podcast: From Ukraine, With Love
The week’s top news by Elina Kent and Alex Query.
Business Update
UNIAN: Wage arrears in Ukraine exceed $124 million
NABU to appeal against closing Rotterdam+ case
Interfax: Merkel says it’s wrong to link Nord Stream 2 to Navalny situation
Zelensky’s visit to Cherkasy Oblast
Interfax: EBRD to provide $100 million to Novus Ukraine
Finland bans berry pickers from Ukraine over coronavirus
Opinions
Editorial: Kyiv Post moves up & out
Editorial: Don’t blame foreigners
Quinta Jurecic: Trump thinks everyone breaks the rules
Trudy Rubin: An Alice in Wonderland foreign policy at the GOP convention
Paul Goble: Moscow backs imposing 10-year prison term for separatism
Yulia Abibok: Trapped in eastern Ukraine
The Ukrainian Weekly: The 29th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence
Halya Coynash: Russia hides Crimean Tatar prisoner suffering from Covid-19
Halya Coynash: Ukrainian court acquits judge who released Berkut
Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series — From The Archives
Yanukovych-era corruption, 10 years ago
Viktor Yanukovych goes after Yulia Tymoshenko’s allies, including ex-Naftogaz official Ihor Didenko, ex-customs chief Anatoly Makarenko, and ex-economy minister Bohdan Danylyshyn. Will she be next? Edward Chow analyzes energy sector corruption. Opaque privatizations yield little. Media crackdown tied to Valery Khoroshkovsky.nd more!
