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Swedish clothing brand H&M will open its first store in Ukraine in 2018. The information appeared in the company’s six-month report for 2017. “New H&M store markets planned for 2018 are Urugua
Jun. 29, 2017
Kyiv’s energy generating company Kyivenergo has reported a hacker attack, the company’s press service has told the Kyiv-based Interfax-Ukraine news agency. “We were attacked. Two hours ago, we had to
Jun. 27, 2017
Ukraine, struggling after three years of war and economic upheaval, is in greater need than ever of foreign investment. The last thing it needs is an image-scarring, 1990s-style ownership dispute over
Jun. 23, 2017
“One of the most mind-blowing performances in America’s Got Talent history.” That’s how NBC’s America’s Got Talent show described the performance of the Ukrainian light-up dance crew Light Balance. Th
Jun. 22, 2017
Ukraine’s pension system has long been a fiscal time bomb threatening the country. And recently, the ticking got louder. Today, the ratio of Ukrainian workers to pensioners is roughly 1:1, compared to
Jun. 16, 2017
As Russia’s war rages on against Ukraine’s eastern industrial Donbas region, steel and chemical exports continue to take a hit. But as these big commodity exports whither, the country’s agricultural e
Jun. 16, 2017
After a year of investigation by Ukrainian law enforcement, the case of the black ledger — a secret, handwritten list of $2 billion in shady payments by the political party of ousted Ukrainian Preside
Jun. 15, 2017
In the latest issue of its official magazine Mahistral, Ukrainian state railway monopoly Ukrzaliznytsia broached a delicate subject: having sex on trains. But far from prudishly disapproving of such i
Jun. 9, 2017
A new hostel has opened in the heart of the Chornobyl exclusion zone, one of the most radioactive places on the planet. Read more here.
Jun. 8, 2017
The Kyiv City Council has voted in favor of renaming the city’s General Vatutin Avenue into Roman Shukhevych Avenue. This decision was supported by 69 out of the 120 deputies present at a session of t
Jun. 1, 2017
The Swedish furniture and home goods chain IKEA plans to expand to the Ukrainian market, the head of PrJSC Mandarin Plaza’s board Oleksandr Chernytsky said. According to him, IKEA may rent one of the
May. 29, 2017
“Frost,” a film by Lithuanian director Šarūnas Bartas featuring French actress Vanessa Paradis, received a standing ovation after its May 23 screening at the 49th Directors’ Fortnight, an independent
May. 26, 2017
According to a new poll, 92 percent of EU citizens who visited Kyiv during the Eurovision Song Contest in early May would like to return to Ukraine. And some 64 percent of the EU citizens said they wo
May. 26, 2017
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted in the second reading and as a whole a bill that establishes an obligatory share of Ukrainian-language content on television in the amount of 75 percent of th
May. 23, 2017
He says he would never write a song just to get played on the radio and winning Eurovision will not change his life, but who is Salvador Sobral, the Portuguese star who has touched the hearts of milli
May. 14, 2017
Eurovision isn’t all about songs. It’s about business, too. Initially, it was to have cost Ukraine about $24 million to host the show. Instead, Ukraine’s taxpayer-funded national broadcaster is spendi
May. 12, 2017
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Ukrainian forces repelled a major Russian offensive in Kursk, destroying a battalion, 28 armored vehicles, and inflicting over 200 casualties on Russia.
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