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Ukrainian tech companies are losing money because they lack tech specialists. Judging by how quickly they grow, tech firms need about 50,000 techies a year, while there are only a bit over 16,000 tech
Feb. 15, 2021
The Kyiv District Administrative Court has overturned the Kyiv City Council’s decision to rename Moscow Avenue to Stepan Bandera Avenue in Kyiv. The decision is a legal victory for the nonprofit Publi
Feb. 11, 2021
A Ukrainian immigrant to America has received $120,000 from a panel of U.S. investors on the television show “Shark Tank,” where entrepreneurs pitch ideas to get funding. In the episode, aired on Jan.
Feb. 10, 2021
Latvia’s National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) has banned 16 Russian TV channels, including ones that spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda. All are either rebroadcast Russian channels or regional
Feb. 9, 2021
Two years after Twitter gave a blue verification check mark to the account of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Kremlin-occupied Crimea, Ukrainians launched a flash mob on the platform
Feb. 8, 2021
Ukrainian literature has struggled through centuries, oppressed and censored by autocratic regimes. The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union banned the Ukrainian language, seized books, eliminated cult
Feb. 4, 2021
Many third-year Indian students were expelled from Ukraine’s medical universities last year because they didn’t pass the Krok exam that allows all undergraduates to study medicine in Ukraine. Now thes
Feb. 4, 2021
Ukraine’s economy operates notoriously in the shadows: people get paid under the table and sell goods under the counter. Overall, tax evasion may cost the country $30 billion a year. Last year, Ukrain
Feb. 4, 2021
The Ukrainian sky has been virtually empty last year — the air traffic dropped by 58% since 2019. Ukrainian airlines have lost millions of dollars, teetering on the edge of bankruptcy without state su
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
The Prosecutor General’s office launched a criminal investigation against Petro Poroshenko, the former president of Ukraine, Poroshenko’s lawyer Igor Golovan said, in a statement. Golovan claimed that
Jan. 27, 2021
Ukraine’s state-run arms corporation UkrOboronProm is looking for foreign investors to complete the building of one more Antonov An-225 giant transport aircraft, which has been waiting for its moment
Jan. 25, 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
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
The Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, announced on Jan. 23 that it had prevented a plotted assassination of one of its officials co-organized by another SBU officer. The law enforcement a
Jan. 24, 2021
Ukrainian tech companies are losing money because they lack tech specialists. Judging by how quickly they grow, tech firms need about 50,000 techies a year, while there are only a bit over 16,000 tech
Feb. 15, 2021
The Kyiv District Administrative Court has overturned the Kyiv City Council’s decision to rename Moscow Avenue to Stepan Bandera Avenue in Kyiv. The decision is a legal victory for the nonprofit Publi
Feb. 11, 2021
A Ukrainian immigrant to America has received $120,000 from a panel of U.S. investors on the television show “Shark Tank,” where entrepreneurs pitch ideas to get funding. In the episode, aired on Jan.
Feb. 10, 2021
Latvia’s National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) has banned 16 Russian TV channels, including ones that spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda. All are either rebroadcast Russian channels or regional
Feb. 9, 2021
Two years after Twitter gave a blue verification check mark to the account of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Kremlin-occupied Crimea, Ukrainians launched a flash mob on the platform
Feb. 8, 2021
Ukrainian literature has struggled through centuries, oppressed and censored by autocratic regimes. The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union banned the Ukrainian language, seized books, eliminated cult
Feb. 4, 2021
Many third-year Indian students were expelled from Ukraine’s medical universities last year because they didn’t pass the Krok exam that allows all undergraduates to study medicine in Ukraine. Now thes
Feb. 4, 2021
Ukraine’s economy operates notoriously in the shadows: people get paid under the table and sell goods under the counter. Overall, tax evasion may cost the country $30 billion a year. Last year, Ukrain
Feb. 4, 2021
The Ukrainian sky has been virtually empty last year — the air traffic dropped by 58% since 2019. Ukrainian airlines have lost millions of dollars, teetering on the edge of bankruptcy without state su
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
The Prosecutor General’s office launched a criminal investigation against Petro Poroshenko, the former president of Ukraine, Poroshenko’s lawyer Igor Golovan said, in a statement. Golovan claimed that
Jan. 27, 2021
Ukraine’s state-run arms corporation UkrOboronProm is looking for foreign investors to complete the building of one more Antonov An-225 giant transport aircraft, which has been waiting for its moment
Jan. 25, 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
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
The Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, announced on Jan. 23 that it had prevented a plotted assassination of one of its officials co-organized by another SBU officer. The law enforcement a
Jan. 24, 2021
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