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On March 16, 2007, Kamyanets-Podilsky opened the year’s tourist season
In several years, the city of Kamyanets-Podilsky, Khmelnytsky Oblast, already one of Ukraine’s biggest tourist attractions, may well turn intp the all-Ukrainian tourist’s Mecca and a destination on the European travel map. More...

Two Ukrainian retail chains opened their facilities – a shopping mall and a construction hypermarket – in Chernivtsi with the onset of spring, creating a total of at least 750 jobs. More...

Adam Smith Conferences’ 3rd Annual Ukrainian Investment Summit, which opened in London today, has aroused an “unprecedented response,” the summit’s organizer announced on its web site. More...

Although not as impressive as 2005, the year 2006 marked a significant gain in foreign direct investments (FDI) in Ukraine, becoming the second most successful to date. More...

A public hearing last Friday in Mykolaiv approved a €27 million investment project to upgrade its communally-owned water/wastewater enterprise, Mykolaiv Vodokanal, making a step on the way to secure a state guarantee for a €15.5 million European Investment Bank loan. More...

The City Rada of Kovel, Volyn Oblast, is launching implementation of an ISO 9001-certified Quality Management System (QMS) in its Executive Committee, the city hall told the LED Monitor on Friday. More...

As Ukrainian parliamentary committees are studying a bill on industrial parks, an international conference in Uzhgorod on Feb. 7 and 8, 2007, made a sure step toward creation of Ukraine’s first automotive and electronics cluster. More...

The Eurasia Foundation (EF) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have announced a contest for local economic development projects in the oblasts of Zaporizhya, Odesa, and Poltava. More...

The USAID Local Economic Development (LED) project is looking for architects willing to acquire skills in designing/planning industrial property. More...

Horizon Capital is implementing a €20 million project to build a brickyard in Sumy, a source in the company told the LED Monitor on Thursday. More...