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Yuzhnets, Region Chernivtsi, Ukraine (Brian Woychuk, CC BY-NC-ND)
'Raiding' in Ukraine in the 21st century is doing well again
'Raiding', i.e. grabbing property by means of a chain of formally legal actions, a phenomenon unknown in Europe with its stable legal framework, is experiencing a revival in Ukraine following several relatively peaceful years.
Ukrainians are afraid to invest in Ukraine
The authorities in Kiev are dreaming of billions of dollars from FDI. The Investment Promotion Office at the Council of Ministers was launched in October.
Ukraine needs to create its own development plan
Ukrainian politicians are counting on a new Marshall plan that would benefit their country. The chances for the implementation of this idea are very slim.
Ukraine's banking sector is out of the woods, but significant challenges remain
Ukrainian banking landscape has changed dramatically over the past two and a half years. CE Financial Observer talks with Kateryna Rozhkova, the central bank's deputy governor.
The government condemns Ukraine to buy coal from the occupier
Ukraine is entering the winter season with virtually no coal stocks. Instead of becoming independent from supplies of strategic anthracite and the decisions of the Kremlin, the government decided to acquire the raw material from the occupied Donbas region.
Kiev railway station (Nick Savchenko, CC BY-SA)
Under the Polish management Ukrainian railways started going in the right direction
The first three months since the selection of the Pole Wojciech Balczun as a head of the Ukrainian State Railways "Ukrzaliznytsia" were full of interesting events.
Poles won't come back from the UK and Ukrainians may not be enough to save Polish labor market
"Before we start looking outside Poland for qualified workers, it is worth realizing that they are already here, but they work below their skills," says Paweł Kaczmarczyk, PhD, from the Centre of Migration Research of the University of Warsaw.
Ukrainian construction industry may resume growth
Between 2008 and 2015, the Ukrainian construction industry expanded year-on-year in real terms only once, in 2011.
Bank failures in Ukraine ruin citizens and hit the economy
The wave of bank failures in Ukraine has brought over UAH400bn in losses. The banking catastrophe, which has already been nicknamed "bankollapse", has hit the whole economy hard.
No time to grieve for forests
The Ukrainian forests are quickly disappearing ‒ claim the environmentalists and indicate the two perpetrators guilty of this situation.