The Ukrainian Week

3 June, 2021	World	Great Britain, dress right! How British Conservatives and Prime Minister Boris Johnson are taking advantage of new political trends
18 April, 2019	Breaking news	Ukraine reverses nationalization of tycoon’s bank A Ukrainian court on Thursday ruled that the 2016 nationalization of a major bank owned by a tycoon was illegal, sending shockwaves through the country’s financial community
25 March, 2019	Economics	Gas clinch Why government oversight over big business is just as important as privatization
2 March, 2018	History	The genesis of Ukrainian conservatism What shaped the aristocratic tradition in politics between the Cossack period and the liberation struggle in 1917-1920
20 September, 2017	World	Private and armed Why the Kremlin needs private military companies
26 January, 2017	Economics	Lessons learned The benefits and flaws of PrivatBank transfer into state hands
31 August, 2016	Economics	Of vouchers and men Privatization in Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its role in the rise of oligarchy
31 August, 2016	Economics	Odesa Port Plant: Just not yet Why the auction to sell OPP failed
25 May, 2016		"Foreign investors are alarmed by macro instability and political turbulence in Ukraine" Head of the Ukrainian State Property Fund on the estimated value of state assets in Ukraine, performance of the privatisation plan, bidders for the Odesa Port Plant and Russian management of Ukrainian regional power companies
23 September, 2015	Economics	Big Sale Coming Up The government plans to reform the system of public property management and launch a wide scale sell-off. Are Ukraine’s economy and society ready?
26 March, 2015	Society	Catching Up With the Future The present and future of IT business in Ukraine
10 September, 2014	Society	Historian and sociologist Oksana Mikheyeva:“We must drag people out of the media coma” The Ukrainian Week speaks to Ms. Mikheyeva about the humanitarian future of her native region
1 May, 2014	History	Modern Ukrainian Conservatism In 1918, Ukrainian conservatives tried to implement a reform agenda that was free of populism and relied on private property as the foundation of culture and civilization
22 August, 2013	History	From Private Property to Feudalism State monopoly, limited competition and the excessive exploitation of resources was always the basis for the economic model that the Kremlin tried to force upon Ukraine
30 July, 2013	Society	Cyber Mowgli. Excessive access to television and gadgets hampers child development Children who watch too much TV and play with gadgets prefer visual to verbal communication
23 July, 2013	Economics	Cure for Poverty Polish reformer Leszek Balcerowicz on how Ukraine can embark on market reforms
22 July, 2013	Economics	Patchwork Solution Cash needed to avert Ukraine’s public finance disaster will be pumped out of non-oligarch businesses
29 October, 2012	Economics	Erosion of Capital Signals Economic Degradation The persistence of old enterprises and technology leave Ukraine’s economy archaic and uncompetitive
12 March, 2012	Society	Privatization Targets Culture The Party of power us looking at museums, cultural heritage and “sects”
23 December, 2011	Politics	A Twist of the Wrist Oleksandr Bondar, currently an MP and ex-Chairman of the State Property Fund, says the privatization program hardly affects anything
23 December, 2011	Politics	Take and Divide: the Government Wants to Sell Almost All of its Assets by 2014 Privatization can be facilitated via simplified preparation and sale procedures
5 December, 2011	Society	Finland: Country of Innovators Ilkka and Vappu Taipale talk about social capital, consensus and innovation in their home country
14 October, 2011	Economics	The Bond Game The government is trying to get off the IMF needle but is not prepared for the pain of withdrawal. Ukraine’s sovereign debt and fiscal load are set to grow in 2012, and default may become a reality in 2013
1 August, 2011	Economics	Inflation Springboard Memories of last-year’s government moves in the agricultural sector are still fuelling prices
1 August, 2011	Investigation	Goods for EURO 2012 The Ukrainian Week discovers the likelihood of a dubious scam to import and export goods during Euro 2012, which is being lobbied on the legislative level
4 July, 2011	Economics	Azarov’s Machine Gun The government has shifted the blame for delayed VAT compensation to business owners
2 June, 2011	Economics	Tighten Your Belts Export dynamics, inflation and privatisation help the government fill the budget, while at the same time they are increasing pressure on taxpayers
30 March, 2011	Economics	Fear and trembling The Tax Code cut the number of small business owners in Ukraine and opened the way for the unofficial collection of taxes
29 March, 2011		“The Subscriber is Unavailable” (This is a recording) Ukrtelecom’s bizarre privatization: prepared for over 10 years, to be sold to God-knows-who