11/26/2013News
Beware of dangerous appliances! The State Consumer Protection Inspectorate says that there are hundreds of low-quality household appliances on th...
Beware of dangerous appliances! The State Consumer Protection Inspectorate says that there are hundreds of low-quality household appliances on the shelves of supermarkets. They are causing homes to catch fire and people to die. Despite the ban, dangerous appliances are still being sold. Yevhen Onoprienko found out what kind of t...
10/16/2013News
Ukrainian gasoline must contain alcohol. These are the requirements of the law that comes into force in the new year. Will fuel become cheaper? O...
Ukrainian gasoline must contain alcohol. These are the requirements of the law that comes into force in the new year. Will fuel become cheaper? Or will it be the other way around? Iryna Smirnova found out. Irina Smirnova, correspondent: - This car is 31 years old and was manufactured in 1982. It still runs on old fuel, though. A...
9/27/2013News
Certain negative information leaking to the media, including the recent "duck" about the increase in the cost of travel in the Kyiv metro, can be...
Certain negative information leaked to the media, including the recent "duck" about the increase in the cost of travel in the capital's subway, can be launched by the authorities themselves to see how the public reacts and the degree of possible outrage. This was stated by Viktor Medvid, director of the consulting company Invest...
9/27/2013News
On September 27, the GolosUA news agency hosted a press conference on the topic: "Why should the Kyiv metro raise fares?" The press conference wa...
On September 27, the GolosUA news agency hosted a press conference on the topic: "Why does the Kyiv metro need to raise fares?" The press conference was attended by: Viktor Medved - Director of the consulting company Invest-Expert; Ivan Saliy - former mayor of Kyiv; Vyacheslav Konovalov - expert on transportation issues. Moderat...
8/22/2013News
The road to the sea is being overhauled. 70 kilometers of the Kyiv-Odesa highway near the capital are being practically rebuilt. They say that by...
The road to the sea is being overhauled. 70 kilometers of the Kyiv-Odesa highway near the capital are being practically rebuilt. They say that by 2015 this section will be unrecognizable. The money spent on repairs is worth billions, but how long will the fresh asphalt last? Lyudmyla Horbach knows what the officials boasted abou...
7/16/2013News
On July 16, the GolosUA news agency hosted a press conference on "Who will benefit from the rise in railway ticket prices?" The press conference...
On July 16, the GolosUA news agency hosted a press conference entitled "Who will benefit from the rise in railway ticket prices?" The press conference was attended by: Viktor Medved -Director of the consulting company Invest-Expert; Ildar Gazizullin -Director of Economic Programs at the Institute for Public Policy; Gregory Spect...
4/1/2013News
The servant of Themis, who will be discussed in the next story, became the hero of a scandal. All because she blocked the exit from the courtyard...
The servant of Themis, who will be discussed in the next story, became the hero of a scandal. All because she blocked the exit from the courtyard with her car. Persuasion did not lead to anything, and the judge wrote a statement to the police because of a photo of her car published on the Internet. Yevhen Onoprienko looked into...
3/4/2013News
Judge Zhanna Bernatska became the hero of a scandal because she blocked the exit from the courtyard with her car. Persuasion did not lead to anyt...
Judge Zhanna Bernatska became the hero of a scandal because she blocked the exit from the courtyard with her car. Persuasion did not lead to anything, and the judge filed a statement with the police because of a photo of her car published on the Internet. It all started with a photo and a discussion of the topic on our website's...
2/28/2013News
Ukrainian roads are among the five worst in the world. They are second only to the roads in Madagascar. This fact is not too surprising, as each...
Ukrainian roads are among the five worst in the world. They are second only to the roads in Madagascar. This fact is not too surprising, as each of us has experienced potholes and potholes on Ukrainian roads, as they say, "firsthand." Why the asphalt also comes off Ukrainian roads with snow every spring, and who and where the bu...
2/3/2013News
The current state of the roads is due to the fact that 98% of all repairs are emergency repairs, says Viktor Medvid, an expert in evaluation at I...
The current state of the roads is due to the fact that 98% of all repairs are emergency repairs, says Viktor Medvid, an expert in evaluation at the consulting company Invest-Expert. "The shelf life of this 'patching' is from 3 to 6 months. Accordingly, if the roads were repaired last year, there will be a complete mess in the sp...