Economics
The Swedish company IKEA, the world’s largest retailer of furniture and household goods, opened its first city-format store with an area of 5,000 square meters in Ukraine in the shopping and entertain
Feb. 1, 2021
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA will open its first brick and mortar store in Kyiv’s Blockbuster Mall on Feb. 1, the company announced on Jan. 29. IKEA promised to enter Ukraine in 2005 but scraped th
Jan. 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: After the publication of this story, Kurt Groszhans withdrew the second case against Roman Leshchenko. Leshchenko says it proves that the lawsuit against him was unsubstantiated, while
Jan. 28, 2021
Israeli tech firm Playtika, which has three offices in Ukraine, raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange. A developer of mobile casino games, Playtika sold 79.9 m
Jan. 25, 2021
Ukraine ranked second in the ranking of world grain exporters in terms of total exports in the past 2019/2020 agricultural year, including the second in barley supplies, fourth in maize supplies, and
Jan. 25, 2021
Turkish company Dogus Insaat Ve Ticaret will build a new 3-kilometer bridge across the Dnipro River in Kremenchuk, a city of 225,000, located 290 kilometers southeast of Kyiv. The bridge will cost Hr
Jan. 25, 2021
Streaming giant Netflix has released its first feature film with Ukrainian dubbing. Called “Outside the Wire”, it is the first feature-length motion picture that has premiered on Netflix with an audio
Jan. 20, 2021
Ukrainian retail giant Epicenter K has announced its plans to invest over $1.2 billion in the company’s development in 2021–2022. Epicenter K, a leading construction materials and home improvement ret
Jan. 15, 2021
Swiss-based food producer Nestle has partnered with Starbucks, a U.S. chain of coffee houses, to bring more coffee products to Ukraine, according to news agency Interfax-Ukraine. The international gia
Jan. 9, 2021
Suspects awaiting trial in a Kyiv-based detention center could spend the new year in new jail cells. Ukrainian Justice Ministry invested nearly $2,390 to remove mold from the cell’s walls, to paint th
Jan. 4, 2021
In 2017 there was nothing. Now in 2020, BDO Centers has distinguished itself as a highly effective and successful consulting group. This new business, is the brainchild of Nicolai Kiskalt, CEO of BDO
Dec. 28, 2020
Ukrainian delivery service Raketa has changed its name to Rocket to make it it work on foreign markets as it started operating in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, the company announced on Dec. 23. The
Dec. 24, 2020
Forty Belarusian tech companies and nearly 2,000 freelancers have moved to Ukraine since protests against the regime of self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko began on Aug. 9, accor
Dec. 9, 2020
Ukraine drew in $221 million of direct foreign investment in the first 10 months of 2020 — 20 times less than during the same period of 2019 when the country attracted $4.5 billion from foreign invest
Dec. 2, 2020
Top 30 Under 30
The Kyiv Post announces the winners of the 2020 Top 30 Under 30 award, an annual prize that recognizes young Ukrainian achievers. The award ceremony took place at the newspaper’s headquarters on Nov.
Nov. 27, 2020
Top 30 Under 30
Age: 25 Education: Choral conducting, R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music Profession: Pop singer, songwriter Did you know? She assembled her stage name, Jerry Heil, from the Jerry Mouse cartoon c
Nov. 27, 2020