UKRAINE.
In: Emerging Europe Monitor: Russia, Ukraine & Baltics, Jg. 8 (2004-07-01), Heft 7, S. 4-5
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This article focuses on Ukraine's country risk. Ukraine's 1,600 peacekeeping troops in Iraq look set to remain in the Middle Eastern country for the time being, after opposition parties failed to secure enough votes in parliament to force them home. Ukraine has one of the larger forces in Iraq, after President Leonid Kuchma moved to shore up fragile relations with the US by deploying them in August 2003. The economy is experiencing fresh inflationary pressure in the form of rising fuel costs, which saw the price of petrol soar by 40% in May and could have a knock-on impact on this year's harvest. Almost 20 years after the Chernobyl disaster, questions still remain over the safety of Ukraine's nuclear energy industry. The authorities have released an initial prognosis of economic activity in 2005. The economy ministry said in May that it was expecting real GDP growth to slow from 2004's forecast 9.5% to 5.0-6.5%, due to a combination of lower prices for Ukraine's key exports of steel and chemicals, and a negative trade impact from this year's expansion of the EU.
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UKRAINE.
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Zeitschrift: | Emerging Europe Monitor: Russia, Ukraine & Baltics, Jg. 8 (2004-07-01), Heft 7, S. 4-5 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2004 |
Medientyp: | report |
ISSN: | 1742-8882 (print) |
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