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CAN TYMOSHENKO COMPLETE HER TRIUMPH?
As a year of political chaos and crises draws to a close, Yulia Tymoshenko appears to hold all the trump cards. In 2007 she was able to lobby successfully for new elections and then triumph at the polls, confirming her status as the early favourite for the 2009 presidency and continued dominance of the Orange camp. The question now is whether she can translate these gains into a firm grip on government
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UKRAINIAN DEMOCRACY: THE TERRIBLE TWOS
2007 proved a year of political earthquakes and constitutional ambiguities, with the country’s institutional framework often struggling to function under the burden of competing pressures applied by warring political factions. However, amid all the stage-managed protests, bribery allegations and judicial deadlock there are signs that a more mature democratic culture might finally be taking root in Ukraine More
BUMPER YEAR FOR INTERNATIONAL ACQUISITIONS
Ukraine’s banking sector has had another banner year in 2007 with record numbers of foreign acquisitions and a booming domestic consumer market. Will this trend continue on into the coming twelve months? More
UKRAINE’S WORLD-BEATING STOCK MARKET
Ukraine’s equity market has had a record-breaking year, with some stocks climbing over 1,000% and its PFTS Index ranking as the fastest-growing index in the world. What will 2008 bring? More
News CAN TYMOSHENKO COMPLETE HER TRIUMPH?As a year of political chaos and crises draws to a close, Yulia Tymoshenko appears to hold all the trump cards. In 2007 she was able to lobby successfully for new elections and then triumph at the polls, confirming her status as the early favourite for the 2009 presidency and continued dominance of the Orange camp. The question now is whether she can translate these gains into a firm grip on government
More UKRAINIAN DEMOCRACY: THE TERRIBLE TWOS2007 proved a year of political earthquakes and constitutional ambiguities, with the country’s institutional framework often struggling to function under the burden of competing pressures applied by warring political factions. However, amid all the stage-managed protests, bribery allegations and judicial deadlock there are signs that a more mature democratic culture might finally be taking root in Ukraine More JANUARY 2007The battle of the “Two Viktors” intensifies, while controversial new energy regulations place a strain on much-needed energy sector foreign investment Subscribe FEBRUARY 2007Tymoshenko visits America to call on the democratic world’s support for new parliamentary elections, while in Kyiv the real estate boom finally peaks Subscribe MARCH 2007The public slaying of a suspected mobster with ties to Yanukovych raises fears of a return to banditry, while defections in parliament threaten to provoke a constitutional crisis Subscribe APRIL 2007Thousands head to Kyiv for stage-managed protests as Yushchenko disbands parliament, but Ukraine wins the right to co-host Euro 2012 Subscribe MAY 2007A last-minute compromise deal sets elections for September and rescues Ukraine from the brink, resolving months of deadlock Subscribe SUMMER 2007: A LONG, HOT ONEA phosphorus spill following a train crash in western Ukraine causes panic, UMC rebrands to MTS and summer ends with the election campaign gradually gathers pace Subscribe SEPTEMBER 2007The election campaign dominates the headlines as Tymoshenko marches east in a bid to steal a portion of Yanukovych’s core vote Subscribe OCTOBER 2007Huge electoral gains place Tymoshenko in the coalition driving seat but talks drag on all month, while a land grab scandal engulfs Kyiv’s mayor Subscribe NOVEMBER 2007Ukraine mourns worst ever mining disaster and remembers the victims of Stalin’s genocide, while talks eventually produce renewed Orange coalition Subscribe DECEMBER 2007The renewed Orange coalition installs their speaker but fails at the first attempt to have Tymoshenko elected PM Subscribe BUMPER YEAR FOR INTERNATIONAL ACQUISITIONSUkraine’s banking sector has had another banner year in 2007 with record numbers of foreign acquisitions and a booming domestic consumer market. Will this trend continue on into the coming twelve months? More UKRAINE’S WORLD-BEATING STOCK MARKETUkraine’s equity market has had a record-breaking year, with some stocks climbing over 1,000% and its PFTS Index ranking as the fastest-growing index in the world. What will 2008 bring? More |
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