Folklore & Esoterica
The kobzars and the sung epic
A tradition of long narrative songs, performed by blind itinerant musicians who were organised into guilds with their own rules, training and secret language.
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National Days & Anniversaries
Independence Day 2018: pressure on the sea, and an election in view
Twenty-seven years. Growth is holding above three per cent, an anti-corruption court has finally been legislated — and shipping through the Sea of Azov is being…
Economy & Macro
Ease of doing business: what the rankings measure, and what they miss
Ukraine climbed a long way up the international rankings between 2012 and 2019, and the climb was real. It also did not correspond to how the…
Society & Regions
Inbound tourism after visa liberalisation: what changed and what did not
Visa-free travel to the EU changed the direction of Ukrainian tourist flows immediately. Its effect on inbound tourism was smaller, slower and more interesting, because it…
Economy & Macro
Why the hryvnia stopped moving: the mechanics of a managed float
After two collapses in seven years the currency became boring, and that was an achievement rather than an accident. What changed was the regime, and understanding…
Quarterly & Annual Reports
Ukraine Market Report — Q2 2018
A bridge opened across the Kerch Strait in May, and the physical constraint it imposed on vessels reaching the Azov ports became a commercial fact for…
National Days & Anniversaries
Ivana Kupala 2018
Midsummer, and the observation that this is the one festival where the young organise and the old attend.
National Days & Anniversaries
Constitution Day, 28 June 2018
A greeting for Constitution Day, and a word about the boring parts.
Politics & Governance
The Business Ombudsman Council
An institution set up to take complaints from businesses against the state, with no power to compel anything, which nonetheless recovered a great deal of money.
Politics & Governance
How the Rada actually passes a law
Anyone whose business depends on Ukrainian legislation should understand the procedure, because knowing where a bill is tells you what can still be changed.
Trade & Investment
Ukraine in the Baltic and Nordic business conversation: a different set of assumptions
Companies from the Baltic states and the Nordic countries approach this market with a set of assumptions quite unlike those brought by western European entrants, and…
Energy & Infrastructure
District heating: the system nobody sees
Most Ukrainian city households are heated by a network of pipes running under the street from a central plant. It is the largest piece of infrastructure…
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The ritual year, the symbols embroidered into cloth and painted onto eggs, the Carpathian practitioners and the philosophers — the older layer beneath modern Ukraine.
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Independence Day and the other dates in Ukraine's calendar, each read against the state of the country in that year.
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