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

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

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

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