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| | REGIONAL CORNER: ODESSA,UKRAINE |
 | | Odessa, Ukraine's fifth largest city, with a population of 1.1million, has been called Ukraine's "southern window to Europe." Historically, Odessa's location on the Black Sea; its proximity to Moldova, Romania, and Bulgaria; and its role as a major port have exposed it to the wider world and made it more receptive to foreign business. |
 | | Not surprisingly, the Odessa oblast, or region, attracts almost 13 percent of all foreign investment in Ukraine, and has the second-highest level of foreign investment of any region in the country after Kiev, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations. |
 | | The Port of Odessa is one of Ukraine's major points for the export of chemicals and metals. |
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