The Ukrainian healthcare sector has undergone a decade of dramatic change including a series of high-profile and comprehensive reform initiatives. Despite the unprecedented challenges created by the ongoing Russian invasion, this evolution continues. Outside interest in the Ukrainian medical industry has increased in recent years, but the sector remains a challenging environment for new international […]
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Resilience and reforms: assessing key legal industry trends in wartime Ukraine
Since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, the Ukrainian legal sector has navigated through unprecedented challenges and undergone significant transformations, while at the same time continuing to play a crucial role in society. A number of key trends and important issues have emerged during this period that are shaping the legal landscape […]
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Legislation and lobbying to aid Ukraine’s recovery
Over the coming five years, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to invest between EUR 7.5 billion and EUR 15 billion in Ukraine. The private sector is also showing signs of increasing commitment. Major companies including Germany’s Bayer AG and Rheinmetall, the UK’s BAE Systems, and Turkey’s Baykar have already either announced […]
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INTERVIEW: BANKING ON UKRAINE’S NEW FARMLAND MARKET REFORMS
The Deputy CEO of Credit Agricole in Ukraine Larysa Bondarieva sees the long-awaited July 2021 launch of the country’s farmland market as a gateway to new banking services but does not expect to see dramatic changes in the agricultural industry overnight
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Investing in healthcare reform
The transformation of Ukraine’s healthcare sector creates a range of potential investment opportunities for the business community
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REFORM REALITIES: Can Ukrainian tax reform live up to today’s high expectations?
The new government promises to pursue business-friendly tax reform but initial signals are mixed
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Standard & Poor’s becomes latest of “Big Three” credit rating agencies to upgrade Ukraine
Upgrade follows similar move by Fitch in early September and reflects widespread international optimism over Ukraine’s future policy direction and macroeconomic fundamentals despite mounting concerns over oligarch influence
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OPINION: Reform of Ukraine’s state-owned banks is a maturity exam for the country
Oschadbank Supervisory Board Chairman Sevki Acuner on why the introduction of a corporate governance model based on international standards is crucial for the future of Ukraine’s state-owned banks
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AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR: “UKRAINIANS HAVE PROVED CHANGE IS POSSIBLE”
As Austrian Ambassador to Ukraine Hermine Poppeller prepares to leave Kyiv, she says the Ukraine of 2019 is a far more optimistic and inspiring place than the traumatized country she first encountered upon her arrival four years ago
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Ukrainian banks report 69.2% increase in profits during the first four months of 2019
Ukraine’s banking sector has undergone fundamental reform since the 2014 Revolution of Dignity with dozens of banks forced to close and the introduction of demanding new regulatory measures