$73.8m mega-project will be the first of its kind in the city.

Not only has Kyiv hosted international events in recent years, it has also utilised its tech expertise to make it a safer and smarter city, mayor Vitali Klitschko tells fDi.

Russia remains fDi’s most diversified commodity economy, while second ranked Brazil has displaced Ukraine into third place. 

The mayor of the Ukrainian city Lviv talks to fDi about how it will retain its smarter edge, and how it must compete with Poland for workers.

Gennadiy Kernes, the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, tells fDi how he is working with international partners to develop and improve its investment offering.  

Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky was elected as Ukraine's president in April, but the mood in the country is still largely one of optimism.

Arbitrators charging into Crimea to rule on disputes with Russia – leading to retaliatory action by Russian banks – may have acted too hastily. 

Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko spoke to fDi at March's Mipim event about the city's appeal to Western investors.

The Ukrainian port city of Odessa has turned the page on the tensions that erupted in 2014, and is newly crowded with visitors and resurgent businesses.