Opportunities in Ukraine: EURO-2012 and beyond

On the May 13th, teh UEFA named four Polish and four Ukrainian cities as venues which will host the EURO-2012, the European football championship. Yet, the Ukrainian government is hasitating to capitalize on the opportunity, many Ukrainian football fans admit. Ukraine will have to meet very demanding expectations as for the conditions of the infrastructure [...]

Europe isn’t getting any closer

Europe has built a new iron curtain on the Polish-Ukrainian border. While Ukraine lifted visa requirement for EU nationals back in 2005, most of the Ukrainians still have to go through humiliating procedure of visa application, interviewing and, yet, about 20% of the Ukrainians get refused their chance to visit Europe’s Schengen zone or any [...]

Bread Basket of Europe

Bread basket of Europe is an old description of Ukraine.
Among all the associations foreigners have with Ukraine, the oldest and still valid assertion that Ukraine is the bread basket of Europe. So, why is Ukraine called the “Bread Basket of Europe?”

Sustainable evolution of the Ukrainian market

Ukrainian consumers’ behaviour is changing to sustainable consumption despite the financial crisis. Without any marketing efforts, Ukrainians are going back to “grandma’s recipes” and village markets or bulk home deliveries for basic fruit and vegetables at prices below supermarkets’ bids.

ING plans to pull out of Ukraine

ING Bank of the Netherlands has announced its plans to separate its banking and insurance businesses, sell off 8 million EUR worth of assets and pull out of Ukraine where it started its banking operations in the spring of 2008.

Deposit exchange

A new online Deposit Exchange has opened recently in Ukraine. It enables people whose bank deposits have been frozen in banks of questionable solvency to sell the money in those deposits at a discount.

Organic Agriculture venture grows amid the crisis

The largest organic agricultural project in Ukraine, Maharishi Organic Agriculture has opened its online representation in February.

Quality of professional staff improving in Ukraine

Ukrainian professional staff is improving its quality as the markets become more competitive and human resources more expensive. Multinational and now Ukrainian companies are increasingly forced to work on their performance. The number of training companies in Ukraine increased significantly making it easier for businesses to train personnel fast and without moving to more [...]

Investing in land in Ukraine

Any investor would agree that buying fertile land is always a good investment since land is no longer produced on the planet. Ukrainian land is leased now under long term contracts. Some of the biggest private farms boast 49-years lease contracts of state-owned of “pai” agricultural lands. Privatization of land in Ukraine is a matter [...]

Ernst & Young Ukraine in the center of the UkrZaliznytsya audit scandal

According to Nikolay Sivulskiy, the Head of the State Audit Department, his agency has requested authorities to deprive Ernst & Young Ukraine company of the due diligence and valuation? practice for its incompetent analysis and valuation of the UkrZaliznytsya assets.