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- U.S. Ukraine Business Council webinar today at 9:30 a.m. Washington, D.C./4:30 p.m. Kyiv time: “European Bank for Reconstruction & Development: Moving Business in Ukraine Forward.”
- Tomorrow at 3 p.m. Kyiv time (Wednesday, July 1), I will be moderating a webinar on “Crimea: COVID-19 and new challenges to human rights.” It is organized by the Oslo, Norway-based Human Rights House Foundation. For more information and registration, go to the organization’s Facebook page.
- A reminder to register for the American Independence Day raffle, 11 a.m. on July 3, with the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.
Coronavirus news
- Coronavirus isolation app’s technical issues draw ire of users
- UNIAN: 12 oblasts, Kyiv do not qualify for further easing of curbs
Top news
- Kolomoisky’s control over Ukrnafta appears to grow — with help from Naftogaz
- Zelensky called ‘tolerably mediocre’ in talk about Ukrainian president’s future (VIDEO)
- UNIAN: Rainfalls cause new flooding in Zakarpattia
- UkrInform: 83 bridges destroyed amid floods in western Ukraine
- Arup Banerji appointed new World Bank country director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine
Photos: Surrogacy mothers give hope
Olga, a 26-year-old going through her second surrogacy and expecting twins for a Chinese couple, holds her belly on June 12, 2020 as she walks in the small town of Sophiya Borshchagivka, near Kyiv. A booming surrogacy industry in Ukraine that has given hope to thousands of struggling would-be parents. See story here. (AFP)
Business Update
Reuters: EU prepares response to Nord Stream US sanctions threat
Interfax-Ukraine: 6 people go to trial for illegal logging
UkrInform: IBRD to provide Ukraine with $350 million loan for economic recovery
Opinions
Eugene Lysy: Massive illegal construction taking place on Odesa’s seashore
Ksenya Sitinskaya: Odesa’s incredibly shrinking coastline
Georgiy Kent: How fake news helped hide Soviet genocide in Ukraine
Alla Hurska: Pro-Russian disinformation operations in Kherson
Dmitry Durnev: In Ukraine’s Donbas, coronavirus is pushing people on both sides ever further apart
Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series — From The Archives
Nine years ago: Tymoshenko show trial starts, journalists visit Mezhyhyria
A look back at the July 1, 2011, edition of the Kyiv Post: Ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s abuse of office trial starts. President Viktor Yanukovych’s handpicked journalists ask no hard questions during “tour” of part of what later emerged to be his vast Mezhyhyria estate. Guide to summer beaches in Kyiv. Top lawyers. Agricultural business focus. And more.
