A few days ago I mentioned the EU Supergrid opportunities for Ukraine. A project that I would hope Ukraine gets involved in as much as possible, not only as a transit route but also as a producer and exporter in its owns right. Anyway, if you click on “Maps” and then on “Map 6” from […]
Micro-geopolitics in a macro-geopolitical battle - Crimea
September 18, 2011 by
The macro-geopolitical battle over Ukraine between the EU and Russia is obvious to anybody. The AA and DCFTA against the Russian led Customs Union is but one example. Cooperation with the CSTO verses NATO is yet another. Ukrainian ability to transport Caspian Sea oil and gas to the EU without Russian involvement is yet another. […]
Roads to transparency in Ukraine
August 3, 2011 by 1 Comment
Sometimes people say something that make you stop and profoundly reexamine what you do, why you do it and what it means. Yesterday was one of those days. Quite by chance I met somebody via a mutual acquaintance from Dnipropetrovsk who managed to get themselves stuck with almost 20 metric tons of steel billets when […]
EBRD and EIB make pledges for the GTS
July 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Remember what I wrote yesterday about external factors influencing the current lack of political will to address the utility subsidies in Ukraine? No? - Briefly I said there is a political unwillingness amongst the current government to remove or reduce the current, exceptionally expensive subsidies on utilities to Ukrainians at present. A major reason being […]
Infrastructure - Getting it right or wrong?
June 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Well, let us imagine you are given a nation with huge infrastructural needs and what there is has been fairly well ignored and allowed to fall into a ruinous state over the past 20 years. A situation not so different than those faced by international development agencies in many nations hit by catastrophe. Whilst Ukrainian […]
Euro 2012 countdown - Will Ukraine be a success?
June 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Well dear readers in exactly 1 year from today, this will be the eve of the biggest multinational event in Ukraine’s history since independence. The first games will take place on 8th June 2012, albeit Ukraine has an additional day of preparation as the first games here do not take place until 9th June. I […]