This Week
DEFENDING UKRAINE’S ISLAND EMPIRE
Ukraine’s claim to a small, sparsely inhabited island beyond the Danube estuary may hold the key to greater energy independence and a wealth of natural resources. The ruthless pursuit of this rocky outcrop illustrates the increasing strategic importance of Black Sea energy resources for countries throughout the region More
RADISSON STRIKES DEAL TO BUILD COMPLEX IN CRIMEA
Crimea’s enormous international tourism potential has long been smothered by political uncertainties and competing local interests, but a deal struck last week to bring a top international hotel chain to the peninsula may mark the beginning of a new era for the Crimean tourist trade More
UKRAINE’S HEATING SYSTEM IN NEED OF URGENT REFORM
Last month’s tragic blast which destroyed part of a Dnipropetrovsk apartment building was a timely reminder of the urgent need to reform Ukraine’s archaic domestic heating system, but the task ahead is likely to be Herculean More
UKRAINE RANKS LOW IN GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX
A new world competitiveness index released October 31 by the World Economic Forum shows that Ukraine and other former Soviet countries still lag behind most of the developed world in competitiveness More
News DEFENDING UKRAINE’S ISLAND EMPIREUkraine’s claim to a small, sparsely inhabited island beyond the Danube estuary may hold the key to greater energy independence and a wealth of natural resources. The ruthless pursuit of this rocky outcrop illustrates the increasing strategic importance of Black Sea energy resources for countries throughout the region More RADISSON STRIKES DEAL TO BUILD COMPLEX IN CRIMEACrimea’s enormous international tourism potential has long been smothered by political uncertainties and competing local interests, but a deal struck last week to bring a top international hotel chain to the peninsula may mark the beginning of a new era for the Crimean tourist trade More YUSHCHENKO’S RISK OF BECOMING A LAME DUCKThis year’s election’s could mark a crucial watershed in Ukraine’s history. But this depends on Viktor Yushchenko getting it right. And as events have shown since his election, this is where the problem lies Subscribe POLISH POLL HOLDS PROMISE FOR UKRAINEFor the past few years Poland has been Ukraine’s closest foreign ally and the most vocal advocate of Kyiv’s Euro-Atlantic integration. What will the recent change of government in Warsaw mean to this special relationship? Subscribe THE EVOLUTION OF TENT TACTICS The appearance of a self-proclaimed “neutral” tent settlement on Independence Square following on from the September 30 elections is the latest development in the evolution of Kyiv tent tactics, a form of people power protest that has become as Ukrainian as salo and borsch SubscribeBATTLE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCHESUkraine’s complex cultural divide has been variously defined as linguistic, religious, geographical and historical in character. As far as the Russian Orthodox Church is concerned, it also depends of which Patriarchate you give your loyalty to Subscribe UKRAINE’S HEATING SYSTEM IN NEED OF URGENT REFORMLast month’s tragic blast which destroyed part of a Dnipropetrovsk apartment building was a timely reminder of the urgent need to reform Ukraine’s archaic domestic heating system, but the task ahead is likely to be Herculean More REDISCOVERING THE WONDERS OF UKRAINE 2008 has been named the Year of Tourism in Ukraine. With budget funds finally allocated to the domestic travel industry and the number of visitors to the country growing higher by the year, is Ukraine set to belatedly join the global tourism boom? SubscribeUKRAINE RANKS LOW IN GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEXA new world competitiveness index released October 31 by the World Economic Forum shows that Ukraine and other former Soviet countries still lag behind most of the developed world in competitiveness More PRICE RISES THREATEN LIVING STANDARDSThere are growing fears that rising inflation will force living standards down for many Ukrainians amid a climate of economic growth and booming international investment Subscribe UKRTELECOM ENTERS THE MOBILE FRAY The state-owned fixed telecoms provider makes a quantum leap by finally rolling out its long-awaited 3G mobile system which it says will revolutionise mobile communications in Ukraine with higher voice quality and faster data rates, but its competitors won’t be far behind with their own 3G systems Subscribe |
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