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RUSSIAN RETAIL CHAIN TO INVEST $50 MILLION IN UKRAINE
Paterson to build over 30 supermarkets during the first two years

RosBusinessConsulting, Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 27, 2004


MAJOR STEEL GROUPS LINE UP TO BID ON UKRAINE'S
BIGGEST STEELMAKER KRYVORIZHSTAL

By Rebecca Bream in London, Tom Warner in Kiev and Arkady Ostrovsky in Moscow Financial Times, London, UK, Wednesday, May 26, 2004


COMMON ECONOMIC ZONE POSES A REAL THREAT TO
UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE STATES TARASYUK

Press Service of the People's Rukh of Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 25, 2004


UKRAINE: MERGER WILL CREATE RUSSIAN-OWNED DAIRY GIANT
Russia's Unimilk will likely control 30% of the Ukrainian dairy market,

By Viktoria Braychenko, Kyiv Post Staff Writer, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 20, 2004


UKRAINE: $70 MILLION SUN OIL PLANT PLANNED,
Bunge and Estron Corporation Begin Construction of largest
sun seed processing facility in Ukraine,

By Viktoria Braychenko, Kyiv Post Staff Writer, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukarine, May 20, 2004


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-APRIL, 2004

Report and Analysis, By Iryna Piontkivska, Edilberto L. Segura, SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 17, 2004


JOBS: MIGRANT WORKER'S TRAGEDY HITS HOME IN UKRAINE,
They were a typical Soviet family.

By Alan Quartly, BBC correspondent in Cherniyiv, Ukraine 
BBC NEWS, UK, Monday, May 10, 2004


UKRAINE'S CENTRAL BANKER, SERHIY TYHYPKO, URGES
PATRIOTIC, PRAGMATIC FOREIGN TRADE POLICY,

Interview with National Bank Governor Serhiy Tyhypko,
By Journalists of Parliamentary Newspaper Holos Ukrayiny,
Holos Ukrayiny, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian 19 Mar 04; p 4, 5,
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, May 07, 2004


UMAN, UKRAINE: "LENIN STREET, UMAN"

By Joseph Skibell, The New York Times, Travel Section, One Street At A Time
New York, NY, Sunday, May 2, 2004


CRIMEAN COMMUNIST LEADER URGES UKRAINE'S
INTEGRATION WITH RUSSIA, NOT EUROPE
"National Idea: A Moment of Truth"

By Leonid Hrach, Crimean Communist Leader
Kiyevskiye Vedomosti, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian 20 Apr 04; p 5
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Wednesday, Apr 28, 2004


MIKULINTSI: UKRAINE SEES A NEW 'IRON CURTAIN' IN EU EXPANSION
Feeling Left Out, Many Anticipate Harder Time Finding Work Abroad

By Peter Baker, Washington Post Foreign Service, The Washington Post
Washington, D.C. Sunday, April 25, 2004; Page A15


ECONOMIC UNION WILL BENEFIT RUSSIA, NOT UKRAINE
"Quo vadis, SES?"

Analysis by Oleksandr Mikhelson
Glavred website, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian 21 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 24, 2004


UKRAINE, RUSSIA RATIFY POST-SOVIET ECONOMIC UNION

MOSNEWS.COM, From Reuters story, Moscow, Russia, April 21, 2004


LAUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL MORTGAGE PROGRAM (IMP)
WEB-SITE ANNOUNCED BY WESTERN NIS ENTERPRISE FUND
Ukrainians can access long term funds for home financing

Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF)
Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 14, 2004


CHEVRON TEXACO MULLS JOINT VENTURE TO BUILD AND
OPERATE MAJOR PIPELINE EXTENSION ACROSS POLAND
Transport oil from Caspian region, across Ukraine, Poland to world markets

By Kamil Tchorek, Warsaw Business Journal, Warsaw, Poland, Tues, April 13, 2004


UKRAINE MOVES CLOSER TO PRIVATIZING LARGEST STEEL MILL
Controls up to a fifth of the Ukrainian steel market

Interfax-Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 12, 2004


REAL ESTATE FEVER GRIPS UKRAINE
The boom's major drawback is that the construction industry is
fast becoming "one of Ukraine's most criminal and least transparent
industries," Ukrainian economic agency UFS lamented

Agence France-Presse (AFP), Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 11, 2004


UKRAINE ECONOMY EXPANDS 9.4% IN 2003
Industrial Output Up 11.8% in March, 2004

Interfax-Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 09.04.2004


ECONOMIC IRON CURTAIN DROPS WITH A THUD ALONG
Ukrainian border with the expanded European Union

By William J. Kole, The Associated Press
Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Thursday, April 8, 2004


"FREE THE WORLD'S OPPRESSED ENTREPRENEURS"
"Instead of viewing people as unemployed proletarians," says Mr de
Soto, "we should view them as oppressed entrepreneurs"
[Ukraine, Iraq, Mexico, Peru, Egypt, Russia, Afghanistan, North Korea, etc]

COMMENT: By Amity Shlaes, Financial Times, London, UK, Apr 05, 2004


UKRAINIAN PARTY OF BUSINESSMEN FACING SPLIT

By Oleksandr Serhiyenko, "Working Ukraine on brink of split?"
Glavred, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian, 29 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 01, 2004


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-MARCH, 2004

By Iryna Piontkivska, Edilberto L. Segura, SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine


NESTLE INTRODUCES NEW CHOCOLATE BRANDS TO UKRAINE
Aero chocolates will be produced in Lvov at the Switoch confectionery plant

www.AgriMarket.info, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, March 30, 2004


U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD ARMITAGE HAILS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN UKRAINE

Agence France-Presse, Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Mar 25, 2004


U.S. OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION (OPIC)
RETURNS TO UKRAINE AFTER FIVE YEARS OF INACTIVITY
Plans to provide $3.8m in risk insurance to American company producing
systems for railroad freight cars that is working in Ukraine

By Roman Olearchyk, Kyiv Post Staff Writer
Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Mar 18, 2004


FURNITURE PRODUCTION IN UKRAINE IN 2004 T0 GO UP
BY 26-30% ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIAL POLICY MINISTRY

Interfax-Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, March 17, 2004


JOBS: UKRAINIAN MIGRANT WORKERS TELL OF FEAR AND SUFFERING
"Gone West-The Harsh Reality of Ukrainians at Work in the UK"
TUC report reveals grim exploitation of Ukrainians

by Felicity Lawrence, Consumer Affairs Correspondent
The Guardian, United Kingdom; Mar 09, 2004


UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIAL FIRM DONBAS LOST MAJOR ACQUISITION
BECAUSE OF CONCERNS BY POLISH INTERNAL SECURITY AGENCY

Polish News Bulletin; Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Mar 04, 2004


UKRAINE WARNS POLAND OVER STEELWORKS
PRIVATIZATION AND THE INDUSTRIAL UNION OF DONBAS

Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian, 4 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service,UK, in English, Mar 04, 2004


UKRAINIAN DAILY SAYS ECONOMIC UNION
ADVANTAGEOUS FOR RUSSIA
"Choice of Company"

By Serhiy Syrovatka, Den, Kiev, in Russian 4 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Mar 04, 2004


UKRAINE POSTS HIGHEST INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT GROWTH IN
FORMER CIS FOR JANUARY 2004

Interfax, Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, 03.03.2004


U.S. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AWARDS $300,000
GRANT TO THE CITY OF YALTA TO SUPPORT MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 2, 2004


KYIV TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP INFRASTRUCTURE DUE
TO DRAWING INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT

Interfax-Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2004


JOBS: FOR SOME UKRAINIANS, A TOUGH LAND OF HOPE
Anna, from Lvov is now a cleaning lady in Poland, to escape
a seemingly hopeless economic situation at home in Ukraine

By Richard Bernstein, NYT, International Herald Tribune
France, March 1, 2004


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-FEBRUARY, 2004

By Iryna Piontkivska, Edilberto L. Segura, SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine


UKRAINIAN COMPANY'S FAILURE TO BUY POLISH STEELWORKS
SHOULD SERVE AS A LESSON, NEWSPAPER SAYS

By Serhiy Syrovatka, Den, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian 26 Feb 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 26, 2004


IMI BUSINESS EDUCATION: HEAVY DEMAND FOR EXECUTIVE
MBA COURSE IN KIEV

By Linda Anderson and Kester Eddy, Financial Times
London, UK, Feb 23, 2004


INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UKRAINIAN
CAPITAL MARKETS TO BE HELD IN LONDON

10­-11 March 2004, London, UK, EF International
London, UK, February 18, 2004


NEWSPAPER SETS OUT PRIORITIES IN UKRAINIAN-POLISH
PARTNERSHIP [ODESSA-BRODY OIL PIPELINE]
"Three Levels of Partnership
Ukraine and Poland Have Pinpointed Their Priorities"

Den, Kiev, in Ukrainian 7 Feb 04, p 1, 3
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 11, 2004


GOSTOMEL: UKRAINE'S LARGEST GLASS-BOTTLE
PRODUCER TO EXPAND

Beverage Daily.com, Montpellier, France, February 10, 2004


NIGHTMARE OF ORDINARY UKRAINIANS OR
CASE STUDY IN PETTY CORRUPTION

COMMENTARY: By Volodymyr Hrytsutenko, Lviv, Ukraine
Published by the "UKRAINE REPORT" 2004, Number 22
Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 9, 2004, Article Two


ONE FREE-TRADE DEAL THAT WON'T FREE TRADE

By Yuliya Tymoshenko, Member of Parliament, Ukraine
Article from Project Syndicate, Published by The Straits Times,
English Language Daily, Singapore, Asia, February 6, 2004


ODESSA-BRODY TO FLOW WEST

By Roman Olearchyk, Kyiv Post Staff Writer
Kyiv, Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 5, 2004


GEOPOLITICAL CHOICE OF UKRAINE

Address By Yuri Scherbak, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine
At the Plenary Session of the Days of Science
National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan 30, 2004
Published by the "UKRAINE REPORT" 2004, Number 20, Feb 4, 2004


UKRAINE: CHALLENGE AND CHOICE: UKRAINE'S PROSPECTS
IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD OF THE XXI CENTURY"
New Book By Ambassador Yuri Scherbak

By Vlad Lavrov, Journalist and ARTUIS Representative in Kyiv
www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service (ARTUIS)
Kyiv, Ukraine,Wednesday, February 4, 2004


POLISH FARMERS RAISE A STINK OVER U.S. AGRIBUSINESS GIANT
Critics Say Smithfield Overwhelms Resources, Family Operations

WORLD NEWS: By Glenn Frankel, Washington Post Foreign Service
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., Feb 2, 2004


UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT URGES CRACKDOWN ON CORRUPT
OFFICIALS, RED TAPE, AND ECONOMIC CRIME

UT1, Kiev, in Ukrainian, 29 Jan 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Jan 30, 2004


UKRAINE'S MINISTER OF FINANCE MYKOLA AZAROV STATES
UKRAINE'S ECONOMY MADE BIG STRIDES IN 2003

Den, Kiev, in Ukrainian, 22 Jan 04, p 5
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Jan 25, 2004


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-DECEMBER, 2003

By Iryna Piontkivska, Edilberto L. Segura, SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine


UKRAINE: MACROECONOMIC SUMMARY OF THE YEAR 2003
"Reforms have stalled despite the accelerated economic growth.."

ICPS Newsletter No. 214, International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS)
Kyiv, Ukraine, December 29, 2003


ATTRACTIVENESS OF ULTIMATE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
FOR UKRAINE IS GREAT, FULFILL ASPIRATIONS
"European Prospective of the Title for Ukraine
Challenges for Kyiv, Brussels and Warsaw"

Presentation by Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, International Conference
on Ukraine's European Aspirations
Belweder, Poland, December 18, 2003


PERRY CONSTRUCTION, KYIV'S ONLY AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY, RECEIVES US SECRETARY OF STATE AWARD

U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Website, Kyiv, Ukraine, December 15, 2003


WORLD BANK APPROVES 250M-DOLLAR LOAN TO UKRAINE

Interfax-Ukraine News Agency, Kiev, Ukraine, 10 Dec 03


UKRAINIAN PLANT DELIVERS GAS TURBINES TO USA

Defense-Express web site, Kiev, 24 Oct 03


ENERGY ALLIANCE OFFERS UKRAINIAN INDUSTRY ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AND MANUFACTURING COST SAVINGS

Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), Kyiv, Ukraine, October 24, 2003


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-SEPTEMBER, 2003

By Iryna Piontkivska, Edilberto L. Segura, SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine


WJ GROUP ANNOUNCES THEIR RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003
Leading Exporter and Processor of Grains and Oilseeds, Office in Kyiv, Ukraine

WJ GROUP, Chicago, Illinois, August 28, 2003


UKRAINE SEES 8% GDP GROWTH, INFLATION TO RISE TO 8%

Reuters, Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, July 10, 2003


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-JULY, 2003

By Dr. Edilberto L. Segura, Chief Economist
and Director of Kyiv Office, SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine
Iryna Piontkivska, SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine


US FUND SIGMABLEYZER EYES ROMANIA
Already Has Launched Three Equity Funds in Ukraine

BUSINESS BRIEFS, Bucharest Business Week Online, Bucharest, Romania
30 June 2003


INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION RELEASES
STUDY ON TAXATION OF CIGARETTES IN UKRAINE
ITIC Recommends Retaining Current Regime and Indexing Rates

Ukraine Market Reform Group, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 14, 2003


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-May, 2003

By Dr. Edilberto L. Segura, Chief Economist and Director of Kyiv Office
SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine


UKRAINE REPORT 2003, Number 29
Thursday, April 17, 2003

One Article, Complete Text, Ukrainian Premier Presents Action
Programme in Parliament, Ukrainian Radio First Programme in Kyiv
and the BBC Monitoring Service, UK, April 16, 2003


UKRAINE'S EUROCAR TO ASSEMBLE VOLKSWAGEN CARS
STARTING IN JULY OF 2003

by Anna Ivanova-Galitsina, Dow Jones Newswires, Moscow, April 15, 2003


UKRAINE: MINERS CHOOSE BETWEEN JOBLESSNESS AND
EXTREME DANGER (PART ONE)
First part of two special reports from Donetsk

by Askold Krushelnycky, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
Prague, Czech Republic, April 10, 2003


UKRAINE: A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (Part 2)
Second part of two reports by Askold Krushelnycky from Donetsk

for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Prague, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2003


"A VISION FOR UKRAINE,"
Presentation by Paula Dobriansky
Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State
At the "Civil Society in Ukraine" Conference, Co-Sponsored by the
George Washington University and the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace

Washington, D.C., April 7-8, 2003


UKRAINE REPORT 2003, NUMBER 24
Friday, April 4, 2003

One Article: A FOREIGN TRADE POLICY STRATEGY FOR UKRAINE
By Anders Åslund, Consultant, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP),
Washington, D.C., March 31, 2003


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-March, 2003

By Dr. Edilberto L. Segura, Chief Economist and Director of Kyiv Office
SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine


"THE EFFECT OF PRIVATIZATION ON SOCIAL WELFARE IN UKRAINE:
The Practical Experience of SigmaBleyzer"

A paper by The Bleyzer Foundation and SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine, February, 2003


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-February, 2003

By Dr. Edilberto L. Segura, Chief Economist and Director of Kyiv Office
SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine


BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN POLAND,
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
February 20, 2003, Toronto, Canada

www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service
Washington, D.C.
Friday, January 31, 2003


DENMARK SIGNS CLIMATE AGREEMENT WITH ROMANIA,
WORKING ON ONE WITH UKRAINE AND OTHER COUNTRIES

www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service, Kyiv, Ukraine, January 31, 2003


Economic Problems Prevailed At Informal Summit of CIS Leaders

By Andrey Lubensky, PRAVDA.Ru, January 29, 2003


U.S. BASED TREZAC CORPORATION WANTS TO BUY
NON-CYCLICAL CONSUMER BUSINESSES IN UKRAINE,
MOLDOVA AND ROMANIA


ArtUkraine.com Information Service Washington, D.C., January 28, 2003


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Designation of Nauru and
Ukraine as Primary Money Laundering Concerns, Comments Can Be
Submitted until January 27, 2003

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., December 20, 2002


UKRAINIAN EQUITY FUND CHIEF BLEYZER TOUTS GLOBAL REFORM
Ukrainian-American Bleyzer inspired by Marshall plan

By Steve Gelsi, CBS.MarketWatch.com, New York, Jan 27, 2003


MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON SET FOR HIGH LEVEL
UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC AND FINANCE DELEGATION

By E. Morgan Williams, ArtUkraine.com Information Service Washington, D.C.
January 24, 2003


RENAULT FORECASTS TO SELL 3,000 CARS IN UKRAINE IN 2003

ArtUkraine.com Information Service, Kyiv, Ukraine, January 23, 2003


WHIPPED: INFLATION IN POST-COMMUNIST EUROPE
Price stability has arrived in central and eastern Europe

The Economist, London, UK, January 23, 2003


WESTERN NIS ENTERPRISE FUND SELLS ITS STAKE IN
VITANTA-INTRAVEST BEVERAGE COMPANY IN MOLDOVA

Chisinau, Moldova, January 22, 2003


UKRAINE GIVES THUMBS UP TO BALTIC-UKRAINE HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY LINE

Rosbalt News, St. Petersburg, Russia, January 17, 2003


GLIMMERS OF LIGHT IN THE EAST
The former communist states.
Governments must reduce borrowing, liberalise their economies further,
bring about political stability, promote serious restructuring, enforce
commercial laws fairly, provide better access to EU markets and today's
political leaders need to finish the job

EDITORIAL COMMENT Financial Times, London, UK, January 16, 2003


UKRAINE'S GDP GROWTH SLOWS IN 2002, OUTLOOK BLEAK

By Natalya Zinets, Reuters, Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 15, 2003


UKRAINE..MACROECONOMIC SITUATION..YEAR END 2002
Key Achievements and Shortfalls in 2002

By Dr. Edilberto L. Segura, Chief Economist and Director
Kyiv Office, SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine, January 15, 2003


PROCTER & GAMBLE FACTORY TO CLOSE IN UNITED KINGDOM
P&G is to shed 330 staff in the UK as it moves production to factories in
Borispol, Ukraine and Budapest, Hungary

By E. Morgan Williams, ArtUkraine Information Service (ARTUIS)
Kyiv, Ukraine, January 15, 2003


UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES (UIA) SPREADS ITS WINGS
WITH NEW AGREEMENT WITH DISCOVER THE WORLD MARKETING COMPANY

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, Thursday January 2, 2003


Ukraine Fund Limited, Extraordinary General Meeting

Frances House, Guernsey, Regulatory News Service; Dec 31, 2002


Ukrainian Opportunity Fund, Hanna Dziadevych Appointed New Director

Regulatory News Service; Dec 30, 2002


PUTIN'S ECONOMIC ADVISER SHATTERS MYTHS
State Monopolism, Mass-Media Monopolism, and Ideological Monopolism

By Natalia Melikova, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, No. 277, December 27, 2002


OLIGARCHS ARE GREATEST THREAT TO RUSSIA
Russian President's Economic Advisor States

Rosbalt, Moscow, Russia, December 26, 2002


PRESS CONFERENCE: RUSSIAN MINISTER OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE GERMAN GREF
Results of 2002

DECEMBER 24, 2002


FINTRAC (CANADA) CALLS FOR INCREASED VIGILANCE WHEN
DEALING WITH FINANCIAL ENTITES FROM THE UKRAINE

FINTRAC Advisory, Ottawa, Canada, December 20, 2002


TOP EASTERN UKRAINIAN COKE COMPANY PROFILED
The ARS Donetsk-based industrial conglomerate

Donetskiye Novosti, Donetsk, Dec 19, 2002


UKRAINE FACTORY MAKES TOYS FROM LAND MINES

By Tom Vickery, AP Europe, Monday, Dec 16, 2002


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-November, 2002

By Dr. Edilberto L. Segura, Chief Economist and Director of Kyiv Office
SigmaBleyzer, Kyiv, Ukraine


APPLE PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED TO UKRAINIAN OUTLETS

Editor: Sergiy Rachinsky, EuropeMedia.net, December 4, 2002


UKRAINIAN AIRCRAFT COMPANIES TARGET RUSSIAN MARKET
State Owned Kharkov Aviation Plant

By Lyuba Pronina, Staff Writer
The St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Russia, December 3, 2002


NUCLEAR TERRORISM FOCUS SHIFTING TO RESEARCH FACILITIES
Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, Iraq opened office in Kharkiv

By Joby Warrick, Washington Post, November 28, 2002


BUSH PUTS STRINGS ON $5BN EXTRA AID

Elaine Monaghan in Washington, The Times, UK, Nov. 27, 2002


BUSH TO CALL FOR NEW FOREIGN AID AGENCY

By Paul Blustein, The Washington Post, November 26, 2002


FROM ODESSA WITH LOVE.......OR BANKING ON CUSTOMER SERVICE
Ukrainian banker Oleg Betzel in Boston

Edward Mason, Boston Business Journal, November 25, 2002


DASHED HOPES FOR UKRAINE'S ECONOMY?

By Paul Starobin in Odessa, with Roman Olearchyk in Kiev
Business Week Online, November 25, 2002


SEA-LAUNCHED ROCKETS TAKE OFF
Sea Launch is a joint venture between American, Russian, Ukranian
and Norwegian companies

By Tim Bowler; BBC World Business Report; 18 November, 2002


GAZ AUTOMOBILE PRODUCER TO INCORPORATE
EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION COMPANY IN UKRAINE

Pravda.RU, Moscow, Russia, November 18, 2002


GAZPROM'S GOT WEST EUROPEANS OVER A BARREL

JEROME GUILLET, Wall Street Journal, Friday, November 8, 2002


UKRAINE'S MINES DRAIN MONEY, AND LIVES
With Jobs and Powerful Businessmen in Mind, State Keeps Industry
Alive With Heavy Subsidies

By Sharon LaFraniere; Washington Post Foreign Service
The World News Section; The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Monday, November 4, 2002; Page A12


GUARDIAN EUROPE TO BUILD GLASS FACTORY IN KYIV

VOLIA, November 2002


JP MORGAN DOWNGRADES UKRAINE
JP Morgan Sees Low Prospects for Ukrainian Euro Bonds

Intefax-Ukraine; Ukrainian News; VOLIA, October 30, 2002


UKRAINE FACES 'DIRTY MONEY' SANCTIONS

BBC NEWS | Business | EDITIONS
Friday, 25 October, 2002, 10:07 GMT 11:07 UK


FOREIGN INVESTMENT PLUMMETS WORLDWIDE
"These investment flows are projected to DECREASE in Estonia,
Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia and UKRAINE."

By Gustavo Capdevila, Inter Press Service, Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 25,
2002


THREE UKRAINIANS AMONG REGION'S WEALTHIEST
Rating included Presidential Administration Head Viktor Medvedchuk,
parliamentary deputy Viktor Pinchuk and Donetsk-based businessman Renat
Akhmetov

By Peter Byrne and Vitaly Sych, Kyiv Post Staff Writers
Kyiv, Ukraine, 24 October, 2002


WEAPONS OF MASS SALVATION (WMS)
Create a World of Shared Prosperity

Article by Jeffery Sachs, Opinion by Invitation, From The Economist Print
Edition
Economist.com, London, England, Thursday, October 24, 2002


UKRAINE'S GDP RISES 4.1 PERCENT IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS

AP World Politics, Thursday, Oct 17, 2002


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-September, 2002

Dr. Edilberto L. Segura, Chief Economist, SigmaBleyzer
October 14, 2002, Kyiv, Ukraine


MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT: A NEW MODEL FOR
INCREASED AID EFFECTIVENESS?

Roundtable, Center for Global Development (CGD)
Remarks by: Paul O'Neill, United States Secretary of the Treasury
Monday, September 30, 2002, Washington, D.C.Ukraine


EBRD APPROVES NEW STRATEGY FOR UKRAINE

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
London, England and Kyiv, Ukraine, 27 September 2002


ENTRANCE OF UKRAINE INTO INTERNATIONAL MILK
FEDERATION IS STEP TO ENTRY TO WTO – KOZACHENKO

UNIAN-NEWS, Kyiv, Ukraine, September 25, 2002


UKRAINE AND THE IMF (International Monetary Fund)

by Edilberto Segura and Nina Legeida
The Bleyzer Foundation and Sigma Bleyzer
Kyiv, Ukraine, September 18, 2002


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-August, 2002

Dr. Edilberto L. Segura, Chief Economist, SigmaBleyzer
Kyiv, Ukraine


THE MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Remarks by Frederick W. Schieck, Deputy Administrator, USAID
Meridian House, Washington, D.C., July 12, 2002


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-July, 2002

Dr. Edilberto L. Segura, Chief Economist, SigmaBleyzer
Kyiv, Ukraine


UKRAINE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION-June, 2002

Dr. Edilberto L. Segura, Chief Economist, SigmaBleyzer
Kyiv, Ukraine


"MEASURING ECONOMIC FREEDOM"

Presentation by Mr. Rachid Benjelloun, Nathan Associates
FORUM of the USAID Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid
(ACVFA), Washington, D.C., May 22, 2002


MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT (MCA)
President Bush Proposes $5 Billion Plan to Help Developing Nations

Office of the Press Secretary, White House March 14, 2002: 1:21 P.M. EST